Photovoltaic device

Reese, Jason A.; Keenihan, James R.; Gaston, Ryan S.; Kauffmann, Keith L.; Langmaid, Joseph A.; Lopez, Leonardo C.; Maak, Kevin D.; Mills, Michael E.; Ramesh, Narayan; Teli, Samar R.

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Title: Photovoltaic device

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The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device ("PV device"), more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device (10) with a multilayered photovoltaic cell assembly (100) and a body portion (200) joined at an interface region (410) and including an intermediate layer (500), at least one interconnecting structural member (1500), relieving feature (2500), unique component geometry, or any combination thereof.

Inventors:: Reese, Jason A.; Keenihan, James R.; Gaston, Ryan S.; Kauffmann, Keith L.; Langmaid, Joseph A.; Lopez, Leonardo C.; Maak, Kevin D.; Mills, Michael E.; Ramesh, Narayan; Teli, Samar R.

Issue Date:: Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1213433

Patent Number(s):: 9123847

Application Number:: 13/991,525

Assignee:: Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, MI)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/048 - Encapsulation of modules
H01L31/0481 - {characterised by the composition of the encapsulation material}

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
H02S20/25 - Roof tile elements
H02S40/34 - comprising specially adapted electrical connection means to be structurally associated with the PV module, e.g. junction boxes

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
Y02B10/10 - Photovoltaic [PV]

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
Y02E10/50 - Photovoltaic [PV] energy

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DOE Contract Number:: FC36-07GO17054

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Dec 12

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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                    Reese, Jason A., Keenihan, James R., Gaston, Ryan S., Kauffmann, Keith L., Langmaid, Joseph A., Lopez, Leonardo C., Maak, Kevin D., Mills, Michael E., Ramesh, Narayan, and Teli, Samar R. Photovoltaic device.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Reese, Jason A., Keenihan, James R., Gaston, Ryan S., Kauffmann, Keith L., Langmaid, Joseph A., Lopez, Leonardo C., Maak, Kevin D., Mills, Michael E., Ramesh, Narayan, & Teli, Samar R. Photovoltaic device.  United States.

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                    Reese, Jason A., Keenihan, James R., Gaston, Ryan S., Kauffmann, Keith L., Langmaid, Joseph A., Lopez, Leonardo C., Maak, Kevin D., Mills, Michael E., Ramesh, Narayan, and Teli, Samar R. Tue .  
        "Photovoltaic device".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1213433.

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  title        = {Photovoltaic device},

  author       = {Reese, Jason A. and Keenihan, James R. and Gaston, Ryan S. and Kauffmann, Keith L. and Langmaid, Joseph A. and Lopez, Leonardo C. and Maak, Kevin D. and Mills, Michael E. and Ramesh, Narayan and Teli, Samar R.},

  abstractNote = {The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device ("PV device"), more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device (10) with a multilayered photovoltaic cell assembly (100) and a body portion (200) joined at an interface region (410) and including an intermediate layer (500), at least one interconnecting structural member (1500), relieving feature (2500), unique component geometry, or any combination thereof.},

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  year         = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

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