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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Francois Andre Koran, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Stephen Joseph Norton, Holyoke, MA (US);
Khanh Duc Tran, South Hadley, MA (US);
Francois Andre Koran, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Stephen Joseph Norton, Holyoke, MA (US);
Khanh Duc Tran, South Hadley, MA (US);
Solutia Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a thin film photovoltaic module that has a protective substrate, such as glass, that has been contoured to define a space that allows air to avoid entrapment by a bus bar on the thin film photovoltaic device. The contouring of the protective substrate greatly facilitates the deairing and lamination of the module because it reduces or eliminates the amount of trapped air during lamination. Photovoltaic modules of the present invention can be processed with a minimum of waste caused by deairing and related lamination problems.