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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Joel Dufourcq, Puyoo, FR;
Sevak Amtablian, Lyons, FR;
Nicolas Karst, Folkling, FR;
Frederic Roux, Saint-egreve, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module comprising a plurality of solar cells in a thin-layer structure, in which the following are consecutively formed: an electrode on the rear surface (), a photovoltaic layer () obtained by depositing a layer () of precursors and by annealing such as to convert the precursors into a semiconductor material, and another semiconductor layer () in order to create a pn junction with the photovoltaic layer (); characterized in that the layer () is deposited in a localized manner, such as to leave free at least one area () of the electrode on the rear surface () placed between two adjacent cells, wherein the annealing step modifies said area () which has higher resistivity than the rest of the electrode on the rear surface (), such as to provide electric insulation between two adjacent cells.