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Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2018
Applicant:

Cnbm Research Institute for Advanced Glass Materials Group Co., Ltd., Bengbu, CN;

Inventors:

Andreas Heiss, Penzing, DE;

Joerg Palm, Munich, DE;

Helmut Vogt, Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0468 (2014.01); H01L 31/0463 (2014.01); H01L 31/0465 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0468 (2014.12); H01L 31/0463 (2014.12); H01L 31/0465 (2014.12);
Abstract

A thin-film solar module with a substrate and a layer structure applied thereon, which comprises a rear electrode layer, a front electrode layer, and an absorber layer arranged between the rear electrode layer and the front electrode layer, wherein serially connected solar cells are formed in the layer structure by patterning zones, wherein at least one solar cell has one or more optically transparent zones that are in each case rear-electrode-layer-free, wherein the one or more optically transparent zones are implemented such that the rear electrode layer of the solar cell is continuous.


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