Shingled solar cells overlapping along non-linear edges

Patent · 26 April 2022

OSTI ID:1892876

Caswell, Nathaniel Alexis; Ruiz, Maritza; Lance, Tamir; Beckett, Nathan; DeGraaff, David

Solar devices and methods for producing solar devices are disclosed. In some examples, a solar device includes solar cells arranged in a shingled manner such that adjacent long edges of adjacent ones of the solar cells overlap. The adjacent long edges have a non-linear shape that has protruding portions. The solar device includes contact pads arranged in the protruding portions of the adjacent long edges such that the contact pads of the adjacent ones of the solar cells are electrically connected.

• Research Organization: SunPower Corp., San Jose, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: EE0007190
• Assignee: SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 11,316,057
• Application Number: 16/909,528
• OSTI ID: 1892876
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English