Direct mounted photovoltaic device with improved adhesion and method thereof
Abstract
The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure. The device includes an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1166019
- Patent Number(s):
- 8915030
- Application Number:
- 12/908,055
- Assignee:
- Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, MI)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-07G017054
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2010 Oct 20
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Boven, Michelle L, Keenihan, James R, Lickly, Stan, Brown, Jr., Claude, Cleereman, Robert J, and Plum, Timothy C. Direct mounted photovoltaic device with improved adhesion and method thereof. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Boven, Michelle L, Keenihan, James R, Lickly, Stan, Brown, Jr., Claude, Cleereman, Robert J, & Plum, Timothy C. Direct mounted photovoltaic device with improved adhesion and method thereof. United States.
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"Direct mounted photovoltaic device with improved adhesion and method thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1166019.
@article{osti_1166019,
title = {Direct mounted photovoltaic device with improved adhesion and method thereof},
author = {Boven, Michelle L and Keenihan, James R and Lickly, Stan and Brown, Jr., Claude and Cleereman, Robert J and Plum, Timothy C},
abstractNote = {The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure. The device includes an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure.},
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