Arrangements of flexible photovoltaic modules

    公开(公告)号:US11621361B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16071145

    申请日:2017-01-23

    申请人: FLISOM AG

    摘要: A photovoltaic apparatus is provided including a first photovoltaic module and a second photovoltaic module. Each photovoltaic module includes a front sheet having an outer portion and an inner portion. The outer portion is disposed around a core to form a keder. Each photovoltaic module further includes a back sheet and a photovoltaic device disposed between the front sheet and the back sheet. Each photovoltaic device includes an array of photovoltaic cells.

    Photovoltaic assembly
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11277094B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16082893

    申请日:2017-02-23

    申请人: FLISOM AG

    摘要: A photovoltaic apparatus is provided including a first portion having a first surface facing a first direction; a second portion located in a different position in the first direction from the first portion; and a third portion located in a different position in the first direction from the first portion; a front sheet and a back sheet each extending at least partially through each of the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion. The photovoltaic apparatus further includes a first rigid folded portion connecting the first portion to the second portion, the first rigid folded portion including portions of the front sheet and the back sheet; and a second rigid folded portion connecting the first portion to the third portion, the second rigid folded portion including portions of the front sheet and the back sheet.

    Structuring of a photovoltaic apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10734538B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-04

    申请号:US16060087

    申请日:2016-12-13

    申请人: FLISOM AG

    摘要: A photovoltaic apparatus (200) is provided including a back sheet (210) and a photovoltaic device (100) disposed over the back sheet. The photovoltaic device includes an array of photovoltaic cells (101-104) extending in a first direction; and a plurality of serial interconnects (191) having a length that extends in a second direction, wherein each serial interconnect is disposed between and electrically connects consecutive photovoltaic cells of the array. The photovoltaic apparatus further includes a front sheet (250) disposed over the photovoltaic device, the front sheet having a plurality of structures (220), wherein each structure has one or more edges (221) aligned with one of the serial interconnects.

    Fabricating thin-film optoelectronic devices with added rubidium and/or cesium

    公开(公告)号:US10658532B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US16077034

    申请日:2017-01-27

    申请人: FLISOM AG

    摘要: A method for fabricating thin-film optoelectronic devices (100), the method comprising: providing a alkali-nondiffusing substrate (110), forming a back-contact layer (120); forming at least one absorber layer (130) made of an ABC chalcogenide material, adding least one and advantageously at least two different alkali metals, and forming at least one front-contact layer (150) wherein one of said alkali metals comprise Rb and/or Cs and where, following forming said front-contact layer, in the interval of layers (470) from back-contact layer (120), exclusive, to front-contact layer (150), inclusive, the comprised amounts resulting from adding alkali metals are, for Rb and/or Cs, in the range of 500 to 10000 ppm and, for the other alkali metals, typically Na or K, in the range of 5 to 2000 ppm and at most 1/2 and at least 1/2000 of the comprised amount of Rb and/or Cs. The method (200) is advantageous for more environmentally-friendly production of photovoltaic devices on flexible substrates with high photovoltaic conversion efficiency and faster production rate.

    SELF-ASSEMBLY PATTERNING FOR FABRICATING THIN-FILM DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20190044008A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16077036

    申请日:2017-01-27

    申请人: FLISOM AG

    摘要: A method (200) for fabricating patterns on the surface of a layer of a device (100), the method comprising: providing at least one layer (130, 230); adding at least one alkali metal (235) comprising Cs and/or Rb; controlling the temperature (2300) of the at least one layer, thereby forming a plurality of self-assembled, regularly spaced, parallel lines of alkali compound embossings (1300, 1305) at the surface of the layer. The method further comprises forming cavities (236, 1300) by dissolving the alkali compound embossings. The method (200) is advantageous for nanopatterning of devices (100) without using templates and for the production of high efficiency optoelectronic thin-film devices (100).

    SOLAR MODULE BUSBAR
    8.
    发明申请
    SOLAR MODULE BUSBAR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190013418A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US16060098

    申请日:2016-12-14

    申请人: FLISOM AG

    摘要: A photovoltaic apparatus (200) is provided including a photovoltaic device (100). The photovoltaic device includes an array of photovoltaic cells (101-114) having a first end and a second end, the array extending in a first direction from the first end (1101) to the second end (1102). Each photovoltaic cell includes a first contact layer (150), a second contact layer (120), and an absorber layer (130) disposed between the first contact layer and the second contact layer. The photovoltaic apparatus further includes a first busbar (180) extending from a first side of the photovoltaic device to a second side of the photovoltaic device in a second direction. The first busbar includes a plurality of strands (1851) that are intertwined to form a flexible electrically conductive structure.

    Photovoltaic apparatus and assembly

    公开(公告)号:US11588063B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US17189041

    申请日:2021-03-01

    申请人: FLISOM AG

    发明人: Thomas Netter

    摘要: A photovoltaic apparatus (1000) is provided including a front sheet (250) having a first portion (2501) and a second portion (2502). The photovoltaic apparatus further includes a back sheet (210) having a first portion (2101), a second portion (2102), and a first folded portion (2103), where the second portion of the front sheet is disposed between the second portion of the back sheet and the first folded portion of the back sheet. The photovoltaic apparatus further includes one or more photovoltaic devices (100) disposed between the first portion of the front sheet and the first portion of the back sheet, where each of the one or more photovoltaic devices includes an array of photovoltaic cells (105).