Flexible, rollable photovoltaic cell module
A photovoltaic module is described consisting of: busbar means; individual photovoltaic cell strips, each cell strip having an electrically conductive substrate layer, a semiconductor body deposited on the substrate layer, and a transparent electrically conductive layer deposited on the semiconductor body, the transparent electrically conductive layer being selectively sectioned to define electrically distinct photovoltaic cells carried by the cell strip; grid means deposited on the transparent electrically conductive layer of each of the photovoltaic cell; continuous electrically conductive filament means alternately and repetitively connected, at contact points, to the electrically conductive substrate layer of one photovoltaic cell strip and to the grid means of another photovoltaic cell strip; wherein the filament means is connected medially of the lateral edges of the respective cell strips; and means for connecting the transparent electrically conductive layer of one photovoltaic cell strip to the busbar means.
- Assignee:
- Standard Oil Co., Cleveland, OH
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4574160
- OSTI ID:
- 5779908
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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140600* -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRODES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FILAMENTS
GRIDS
LAYERS
MATERIALS
OPACITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POWER SUPPLIES
RELAXATION
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
STRESS RELAXATION
SUBSTRATES