SHINGLE-LIKE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES

• Main Authors: PEARCE, DAVID, B, CLEEREMAN, ROBERT, J, HOLLARS, DENNIS, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 21.02.2013
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS,e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USERAPPLICATIONS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERATION; GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-REDRADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USINGPHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

A photovoltaic system comprises one or more shingle-like photovoltaic (PV) modules, each having a layer of optically transparent material adjacent to a layer of photoactive material configured to generate electricity upon exposure to light from the layer of optically transparent material. In some cases the layer of optically transparent material of each of the one or more shingle-like PV modules has a pattern of depressions in a shingle-like configuration. L'invention concerne un système photovoltaïque qui comprend un ou plusieurs modules photovoltaïques (PV) de type bardeau, chacun comportant une couche de matériau optiquement transparent contiguë à une couche de matériau photoactif configurée pour générer de l'électricité lors d'une exposition à la lumière à partir de la couche de matériau optiquement transparent. Dans certains cas, la couche de matériau optiquement transparent de chacun des modules PV de type bardeau présente un motif de creux dans une configuration de type bardeau.