HIGH RELIABILITY PHOTO-VOLTAIC DEVICE

• Main Authors: DEGROOT, MARTY, W, MILLS, MICHAEL, E, NAMJOSHI, ABHIJIT, FEIST, REBEKAH, K, CLARK, LINDSEY, A, LOPEZ, LEONARDO, C, STEMPKI, MATT, CAPALDO, KEVIN, P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 13.02.2014
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS,e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USERAPPLICATIONS; COMPUTING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; 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; PHYSICS; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

An article of manufacture includes a PV element having a conductive layer positioned on a light-incident side of the PV element, a conductor electrically coupled to the conductive layer, and a conductive particle matrix interposed between the conductor and the conductive layer at a number of positions on the conductive layer. The article further includes a carrier film positioned on the light-incident side of the PV element, and a non-conductive adhesive, where the adhesive and the conductor are positioned between the carrier film and the conductive layer. L'invention concerne un article manufacturé comprenant un élément photovoltaïque qui présente une couche conductrice placée sur une face d'incidence de la lumière de l'élément photovoltaïque, un conducteur couplé électriquement à la couche conductrice, et une matrice de particules conductrice interposée entre le conducteur et la couche conductrice en un certain nombre d'emplacements sur la couche conductrice. L'article comprend en outre un film de support placé sur la face d'incidence de la lumière de l'élément photovoltaïque, et un adhésif non conducteur, l'adhésif et le conducteur étant placés entre le film de support et la couche conductrice.