EP 1269542 A1 20030102 - Method for producing a solar module with thin-film solar cells which are series connected in an integrated manner
Title (en)
Method for producing a solar module with thin-film solar cells which are series connected in an integrated manner
Title (de)
Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Solarmoduls mit integriert serienverschalteten Dünnschicht-Solarzellen
Title (fr)
Procédé de production d'un module solaire doté de cellules solaires à couches minces intégrées et connectées en série
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 0101295 W 20010329
- DE 10017610 A 20000330
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0175976A1] Known methods for producing large-surface, integrated thin-film solar modules with an amorphous, poly- or microcrystalline absorber layer always comprise division and conversion structuring processes which can cause instabilities in the structuring and which are relatively expensive. According to the inventive methods, which can be used to produce substrate solar cells (116) and superstrate solar cells, the mask (100) that is used provides for structuring itself during the deposition of layers for the back electrode (106) and the absorber layer (110) through its geometrical form. The use of a mask (110) that can be reused as an independent element after use in this method allows for a relatively free range of possible geometrical forms. This also enables applications inside and outside buildings from an aesthetic and informal point of view, including in the area of a window. These types of applications are also supported by the possibility of a structural connection between the solar modules produced according to the inventive method and light-collecting concentrator modules, in order to considerably increase their average and total energy conversion efficiency.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01L 31/046 (2014.01); H01L 31/0463 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H01L 31/046 (2014.12 - EP US); H01L 31/0463 (2014.12 - EP US); H01L 31/0543 (2014.12 - EP US); Y02B 10/10 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0175976A1
Citation (examination)
- WO 8300409 A1 19830203 - SPEAR REGINALD G
- DE 1564935 A1 19700604 - TELEFUNKEN PATENT
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0175976 A1 20011011; DE 10017610 A1 20011018; DE 10017610 C2 20021031; EP 1269542 A1 20030102; HK 1053904 A1 20031107; JP 2003529938 A 20031007; JP 4056744 B2 20080305; US 2003121542 A1 20030703; US 7019207 B2 20060328
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 0101295 W 20010329; DE 10017610 A 20000330; EP 01935948 A 20010329; HK 03104726 A 20030702; JP 2001573554 A 20010329; US 24030302 A 20021028