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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2006
Stephen George Pisklak, Hockessin, DE (US);
James Allan Rand, Landenberg, PA (US);
Ralf Jonczyk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Alysha Grenko, Bulger, PA (US);
Stephen George Pisklak, Hockessin, DE (US);
James Allan Rand, Landenberg, PA (US);
Ralf Jonczyk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Alysha Grenko, Bulger, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for photovoltaic roofing systems are provided. The system includes a back sheet including a length, L, a width, W, and a thickness, T, the back sheet including an overlap portion extending along length L having a width, WO and an active portion extending along length L having a width, WA. The system also includes a photovoltaic cell formed on a surface of the active portion, the photovoltaic cell including a photovoltaic member electrically responsive to an absorption of photons, a negative electrode coupled to a surface of the photovoltaic member, and a positive electrode coupled to the surface of the photovoltaic member, wherein the thickness T is selected such that thickness T plus a thickness of the photoelectric cell substantially match a thickness of a proximate non-photovoltaic roofing member when the photovoltaic roofing system is installed.