KR101278916B1 - Thin film solar module - Google Patents
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Abstract
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a thin film solar module, comprising: a substrate comprising a Fluorinated Ethylene-Propylene (FEP) resin, a first electrode stacked on the substrate, a photoactive layer stacked on the first electrode, and stacked on the photoactive layer A second electrode is formed, and an encapsulant is formed on the second electrode, and the substrate includes a dielectric film in which metallic nanoparticles are arranged.
Description
The present invention relates to a thin film solar module comprising a front sheet or a back sheet.
In recent years, due to climate warming and high oil prices due to excessive CO 2 emissions, energy has emerged as the biggest problem that will affect human life in the future. There are many renewable energy technologies such as wind power, biofuel, hydrogen / fuel cell, but solar energy, which is the source of all energy, is almost infinitely clean energy.
The photovoltaic module that converts sunlight into electrical energy has a junction structure of a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor like a diode, and when light is incident on the photovoltaic module, the interaction between light and the material constituting the semiconductor of the photovoltaic module As a result, negatively charged particles and positively charged holes are generated, and as they move, current flows.
The solar module is classified into a bulk type and a thin film type according to the thickness of the semiconductor. The thin film type solar module includes a photoelectric conversion material having a thickness of several μm to several μm or less.
Currently, bulk silicon solar cell devices have been widely utilized mainly for ground power. However, in recent years, as the demand for bulk silicon solar modules surges, prices are on the rise due to a shortage of raw materials.
Therefore, in recent years, there is a need for a thin film solar module that can be mass produced at low cost, and in particular, there is a need for a flexible thin film solar module that is easy to install.
These products have the advantage of being relatively light and low cost, but have a long lifespan.
The most important point in the development process of such a solar cell is that the module must guarantee a long life of 20 to 30 years as well as overcome low economics due to high manufacturing cost and efficiency limitations. Accordingly, there is an urgent need for the development of modules that can shield solar cells from harsh external environments for as long as possible.
For this reason, as the importance of the module is recognized more and more with the development of the solar cell, a long service life without a decrease in output is required for a thin film solar module or a flexible thin film solar module for 20 to 30 years. There is a need for a protective sheet having better heat resistance and durability than ETFE.
An object of the present invention for solving this problem is to provide a thin film solar module comprising a protective sheet excellent in transmittance, low yellow index (yellow index) and excellent heat resistance.
A substrate comprising a thin-film solar FEP (Fluorinated Ethylene-Propylene) resin according to an embodiment of the present invention, a first electrode stacked on the substrate, a photoactive layer stacked on the first electrode, stacked on the photoactive layer A second electrode includes an encapsulant on the second electrode, and the substrate includes a dielectric film in which metallic nanoparticles are arranged.
According to an embodiment, the back sheet may further include a back sheet, and the back sheet may include a FEP resin.
A thin film solar module according to an embodiment of the present invention is a flexible substrate, a photovoltaic layer stacked on the flexible substrate and including a first electrode, a photoactive layer and a second electrode, the front stacked on the photovoltaic layer A front sheet, and a back sheet formed on a rear surface of the flexible substrate, wherein at least one of the front sheet and the back sheet includes a FEP resin, wherein the front sheet or the back sheet is formed of metallic nanoparticles. An array of dielectric films.
According to an embodiment, an encapsulant may be further included between the photovoltaic layer and the front sheet, and between the photovoltaic layer and the back sheet, respectively.
According to an embodiment, the front sheet or the back sheet may have a thickness of 30 μm or more and 200 μm or less.
According to an embodiment, the substrate or the front sheet may have surface irregularities having a pitch of 100 nm or more and 2 μm or less.
According to an embodiment, the front sheet or back sheet may include a dielectric film in which metallic nanoparticles are arranged.
According to an embodiment, the metallic nanoparticles may have a diameter of 5 nm or more and 100 nm or less.
According to an embodiment, the dielectric film may have a thickness of 30 nm or more and 1000 nm or less.
According to an embodiment, the metallic nanoparticles may include at least one of gold, silver, aluminum, nickel, chromium, titanium, tin, zinc, platinum, and copper.
In example embodiments, the dielectric layer may include at least one of silica (SiO 2 ), titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ).
According to an embodiment, the photoactive layer may be amorphous silicon-based, compound-based, organic-based and dye-sensitized solar cells or a mixture thereof.
According to an embodiment, the encapsulant may be EVA or PVB or acrylic resin or polyolefin (PO) or UV curing agent.
According to an embodiment, the effective area of the thin film solar module may have a spacing of 1 cm or more and 3 cm or less from the edge of the thin film solar module.
According to an embodiment, the FEP resin may have a transmittance of 90% or more and 98% or less with respect to light having a wavelength of 400 nm or more and 1100 nm or less.
According to an embodiment, the thin film solar module may be a see-through type.
According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the front sheet or the back sheet may include a FEP resin and may provide a thin film solar module having excellent transmittance, less yellowing and excellent heat resistance.
According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the substrate or the back sheet (Fluorinated ethylene-propylene) containing a thin film solar module having excellent transmittance, low yellow index (yellow index) and heat resistance Can be provided.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar module according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a plan view from above of a thin film solar module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar module including a dielectric film according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar module according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar module including a dielectric film according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, detailed descriptions of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. Note that the shapes and sizes of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity, and reference numerals and like elements in the drawings may be denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. Should be. For reference, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
First Embodiment
1 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar module according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the thin film solar cell according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a
The
The transparent substrate may be a substrate including a FEP resin, a transparent polyimide substrate, or a flexible glass substrate.
As the opaque substrate, a metal foil may be used, and as the metal, aluminum (Al), stainless steel (SUS), cold rolled steel sheet, or the like may be used. In addition, plastic substrates such as polyimide, polyethylene napthalate (PEN), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) may be used as the opaque substrate.
The
The first electrode is an electrode stacked on the
The photoactive layer can include any material that converts incident light energy into electrical energy. For example, the photoactive layer may include a photoelectric conversion material capable of forming a thin film solar module such as amorphous silicon based, compound based, organic based and dye-sensitized solar cells. CIGS (CuInGaSe 2 ), CdTe, CIS (CuInSe 2 ), CZTS (Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 ) may be used as the compound family.
In addition, the photoactive layer may include a plurality of unit cell layers as well as a single unit cell layer. For example, the photoactive layer may include two unit cell layers stacked or three unit cell layers. Each of the stacked unit cell layers is a basic unit layer for performing photoelectric conversion.
An intermediate reflecting film may be inserted between the stacked unit cell layers to maximize internal light reflection effect. For example, when the photoactive layer includes two unit cell layers, an intermediate reflective film may be inserted between the two unit cell layers. Since the intermediate reflector is positioned between two unit cell layers, the incident light may partially reflect and partially transmit incident light. The intermediate reflector may be silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride (SiN), or titanium dioxide (TiO 2). ), ZnO (zinc oxide), ITO (indium tin oxide), SiO (silicon oxide), SnO 2 (tin oxide).
The second electrode is an electrode stacked on the photoactive layer and may be a transparent electrode such as zinc oxide (ZnO), tin oxide (SnO 2 ), or indium tin oxide (ITO).
Next, the
The
The
The
The
The
The FEP resin has a high transmittance of 90% or more and 98% or less for light having a wavelength of 400 nm or more and 1100 nm or less.
Therefore, in the embodiment, when the
2 is a plan view from above of a thin film solar module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Edge isolation may be performed at the edge of the photovoltaic module to manufacture the thin film photovoltaic module for electrical stability of the module. At this time, through the edge isolation, an
In the thin film solar module according to the first embodiment, the thickness of the
3 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar module including a dielectric film according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, the
In addition, in a solar cell having a double junction structure or more, light in a short wavelength region is mainly absorbed by a unit cell in which light is incident first, and light in a long wavelength region is mainly absorbed in a unit cell in which light is incident later. Therefore, since the metallic nanoparticles 350a enhance the intensity of light in the long wavelength region, generation of current may be increased even if the intrinsic semiconductor layer of the unit cell to which light is incident is not thick.
The size of the metallic nanoparticles 350a may be 5 nm or more and 100 nm or less to enhance the intensity of light in the long wavelength region of 800 nm or more to cause surface plasmon resonance.
The
The thickness of the
The metallic nanoparticles 350a may include at least one of gold, silver, aluminum, nickel, chromium, titanium, tin, zinc, platinum, and copper. In addition, the
In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the
Next, an embodiment in which a front sheet made of a FEP resin is used as a substrate of a thin film solar module will be described.
Second Embodiment
4 is a sectional view of a thin film solar module according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, the thin film photovoltaic module according to the present invention includes a
As shown in FIG. 4, in the thin film solar module according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the
Since FEP resin has good transmittance and heat resistance of about 200 ° C., little yellowing occurs, and excellent moisture resistance and weather resistance, FEP can be used as the
Accordingly, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the FEP resin material may be used as the
The
In addition, the
The first electrode of the
When the photovoltaic module according to the second embodiment of the present invention performs photoelectric conversion by light irradiated from the
In addition, the
In addition, when the
5 is a cross-sectional view of a thin film solar module including a dielectric film according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 5, the
In addition, in the thin film solar module according to the second embodiment, the
The material of the
As described above, the FEP resin may be used in a substrate, a front sheet, a back sheet, or the like of a thin film solar module, and a substrate including the FEP resin, or a sheet made of the FEP resin, has excellent moisture resistance and weather resistance and is stable in thin film solar cells. The lifetime of the optical module can be extended and stable photoelectric conversion efficiency can be expected.
As described above, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. Therefore, the exemplary embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and the meaning and scope of the claims and All changes or modifications derived from the equivalent concept should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.
100: flexible substrate
101: substrate
151, 350, 351, 550: dielectric film
151a, 350a, 351a, 550a: metallic nanoparticles
200, 201: photovoltaic layer
300: first encapsulant
301: Encapsulant
400: front seat
401: back sheet
500: second encapsulant
600: back sheet
700: effective area
800: invalid area
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A first electrode stacked on the substrate;
A photoactive layer laminated on the first electrode;
A second electrode stacked on the photoactive layer;
An encapsulant on the second electrode,
The substrate includes a dielectric film arranged with metallic nanoparticles,
Thin film solar modules.
Further comprising a back sheet on the encapsulant,
The back sheet is a thin film solar module comprising a FEP resin.
A photovoltaic layer stacked on the flexible substrate and including a first electrode, a photoactive layer, and a second electrode;
A front sheet laminated on the photovoltaic layer; And
Including a back sheet formed on the rear surface of the flexible substrate,
At least one of the front sheet and the back sheet comprises a FEP resin,
The front sheet or the back sheet includes a dielectric film arranged with metallic nanoparticles,
Thin film solar modules.
And a sealing material between the photovoltaic layer and the front sheet, and between the photovoltaic layer and the back sheet, respectively.
The substrate is a thin film solar module having a thickness of 30 μm or more and 200 μm or less.
The back sheet is a thin film solar module having a thickness of more than 30 μm less than 200 μm.
The front sheet or the back sheet is a thin film solar module having a thickness of 30 μm or more and 200 μm or less.
The substrate is a thin film solar module having a surface irregularities having a pitch of 100 nm or more and 2 μm or less.
The back sheet is a thin film solar module having a surface irregularities having a pitch of 100 nm or more and 2 μm or less.
The front sheet or the back sheet is a thin film solar module having a surface irregularities having a pitch of 100 nm or more and 2 μm or less.
The back sheet is a thin film photovoltaic module including a dielectric film arranged with metallic nanoparticles.
The metallic nanoparticles are 5 nm or more and 100 nm or less thin film solar module.
The dielectric film is a thin film solar module having a thickness of 30 nm or more and 1000 nm or less.
The metallic nanoparticles may include at least one of gold, silver, aluminum, nickel, chromium, titanium, tin, zinc, platinum, and copper.
The dielectric film includes at least one of silica (SiO 2 ), titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ).
The photoactive layer is an amorphous silicon-based, compound-based, organic-based and dye-sensitized solar cell or a mixture thereof.
The encapsulant is EVA or PVB or acrylic resin or polyolefin (PO) or UV curing agent.
The effective area of the thin film solar module is a thin film solar module having a spacing of more than 1 cm 3 cm from the edge of the thin film solar module.
The FEP resin has a transmittance of 90% or more and 98% or less with respect to light having a wavelength of 400 nm or more and 1100 nm or less.
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