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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, Lakewood, CO (US);
Heather Anne Swinger Platt, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/04 (2014.01); H01L 31/0465 (2014.01); H01L 31/0463 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0465 (2014.12); H01L 31/0463 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Photovoltaic sub-cell interconnect systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device comprises a thin film stack of layers deposited upon a substrate, wherein the thin film stack layers are subdivided into a plurality of sub-cells interconnected in series by a plurality of electrical interconnection structures; and wherein the plurality of electrical interconnection structures each comprise no more than two scribes that penetrate into the thin film stack layers.