TW201421716A - Solar cell module - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a solar cell module capable of simplifying the structure and saving the manufacturing time. The solar cell unit 6 comprises: a layout plate 4 formed with a layout portion 3; a solar cell unit 6 connected to layout portion 3 through a connecting element 9, which has a light receiving face 6b for receiving light and a connection electrode 6a formed at a back portion 6c; a transparent substrate 7 with transparency; an electrically insulated back lateral sealing portion 5A filled from the wiring face 2b of a wiring sheet 4 to the back portion 6c connected to the electrode 6a of the solar cell unit 6; and a transparent light receiving lateral sealing portion adhered tightly to the lateral back sealing portion 5A and the light receiving face 6b of the solar cell unit 6 and laminated tightly to the transparent substrate 7, wherein the solar cell unit 6 is sealed by the back lateral sealing portion 5A and the lateral sealing portion 5B of light receiving face.

Description

Solar battery module

The invention relates to a solar cell module.

In recent years, the spread of solar power generation as a power generation system using natural energy has been rapidly advanced. In a solar battery module for performing solar power generation, a plurality of solar battery cells are disposed adjacent to each other, and each solar battery cell is electrically connected to output electric power.

When such a wiring in which the solar battery cells are electrically connected to each other is exposed on the light-receiving surface side, the light-receiving area is reduced. Therefore, it is proposed to form a connection electrode on the surface opposite to the light-receiving surface of the solar battery cell, and to connect the back surface of the solar battery cell via the connection member to the wiring sheet for wiring the connection electrodes. The connection structure of the way. As the connecting member, for example, solder and/or silver paste or the like can be used.

Conventionally, the wiring sheet used in the solar cell module of such a back surface connection method is provided so as to prevent the heated connecting member from moving and insulating at the time of wiring so that the connecting member does not intrude into the adjacent wiring pattern. Insulation between wirings.

For example, in the solar cell back surface circuit sheet described in Patent Document 1, an insulating protective layer covering the side surface and the outer surface of the circuit layer formed on the insulating base material is provided, and is exposed from the insulating protective layer. On the circuit layer, the solar cells can be connected via a connecting member.

As the insulating protective layer of the solar cell back surface circuit sheet, a solder resist is used.

[Previous Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2011-199020

However, the prior art as described above has the following problems.

When the solar cell back surface circuit sheet described in Patent Document 1 forms an insulating protective layer for wiring by a solder resist, the solder resist is expensive, and thus the component cost of the solar cell module is increased.

The solar cell module is manufactured by laminating a module. Therefore, in the module lamination process, for example, it is heated at a temperature of 125 ° C to 160 ° C for about 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

In the insulating protective layer obtained by using the solder resist in Patent Document 1, after the solder resist is printed, for thermal crosslinking, for example, a process of heating at a temperature of 120 ° C to 160 ° C for about 20 minutes to 60 minutes is required.

Therefore, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, there is also a problem in that the addition of such a superheating program may cause thermal deterioration or heat generation of the raw material (material) constituting the solar cell module. Shrinkage results in poor dimensional stability.

Further, in the case of constituting a solar cell module, in order to protect the solar cell unit from moisture and gas, for example, the following structure is employed: by using ethylene. A sealing material made of a translucent resin such as a vinyl acetate copolymer resin (EVA resin) seals the solar cell. The sealing material has flexibility and also functions as a protective layer for mitigating impact caused by an external force applied to the solar cell module. Thus, the sealing material needs to have a thickness for satisfying the mechanical properties necessary for mitigating the impact. On the other hand, the insulating protective layer containing the solder resist is harder than the sealing material, and thus has almost no function of mitigating impact.

As described above, in the solar cell module of the related art, it is necessary to have an insulating protective layer and a sealing material having different functions together, and thus there is a problem that manufacturing cost and/or component cost become expensive. In addition, there is a problem that the thickness of the solar cell module is thick only due to the portion of the insulating protective layer.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a solar battery module which can simplify the structure and can reduce manufacturing man-hours.

In order to solve the above problems, a solar battery module according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: a wiring sheet having a wiring pattern formed on a surface thereof; and a solar battery unit having a light receiving surface for receiving light for generating electricity, a connection electrode for wiring formed on a surface opposite to the light-receiving surface side, and the connection electrode is connected to the wiring pattern of the wiring sheet via a conductive connecting member; a light transmissive substrate which is provided in a range in which the light receiving surface of the solar battery cell and the wiring sheet are covered, and a back side sealing portion having electrical insulation, which is filled at least from the wiring sheet a layered space in which a surface of the wiring pattern is formed between the surface of the solar cell in which the connection electrode is formed; and a light-receiving surface side sealing portion having light transmittance, which is in close contact with the back side sealing portion and The solar cell unit is laminated on the light-receiving surface and is in close contact with the light-transmitting substrate; and the solar cell unit is sealed to the wiring sheet by the back-side sealing portion and the light-receiving surface-side sealing portion. Between the light transmissive substrate and the foregoing.

In the solar battery module described above, the back side seal portion may have a larger specific resistance than the light receiving surface side seal portion.

In the solar battery module described above, a filler may be added to the back side seal portion.

In the solar battery module described above, the filler may have an average particle diameter of 5 μm or more and 150 μm or less.

In the above solar cell module, the back side seal portion may be composed of a material containing a resin selected from the group consisting of an olefin resin, a polyvinyl butyral resin, and a ruthenium resin. More than one type.

In the above-described solar cell module, the back side sealing portion may be formed by a material to which a pigment having light absorbing property or light reflectivity is added, whereby the aforementioned light receiving surface side is not visible. Wiring pattern.

Since the solar cell module of the present invention is electrically insulated by covering the wiring portion with the back side sealing portion constituting a part of the sealing portion, the structure can be simplified and the manufacturing manufacturability can be reduced.

1‧‧‧Protective layer

2‧‧‧Sheet substrate

2a‧‧‧Back

2b‧‧‧ wiring surface

3‧‧‧Wiring section (wiring pattern)

4‧‧‧Wiring sheet

5‧‧‧ Sealing Department

5a‧‧‧through hole

5A‧‧‧Back side seal

5B‧‧‧Stained side seal

6‧‧‧Solar battery unit

6a‧‧‧Connecting electrode

6b‧‧‧Glossy surface

6c‧‧‧back

7‧‧‧Transmissive substrate

8‧‧‧ Sealing material

9‧‧‧Connecting parts

35A‧‧‧Back side sealing sheet

35B‧‧‧light side sealing sheet

50, 60‧‧‧ solar battery module

50A‧‧‧Layer

Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a solar battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a program explanatory view for explaining a manufacturing procedure of a wiring sheet used in the solar battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the procedure of a manufacturing procedure of a solar battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the procedure for manufacturing a solar battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a solar battery module according to a first modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Formation of the Invention]

Hereinafter, a solar battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a solar battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, since the first drawing is a schematic view, the size and shape are exaggerated (the same applies to the following drawings).

As shown in Fig. 1, the solar battery module 50 of the present embodiment includes a solar battery in which a plurality of connection electrodes 6a for wiring are provided on the side of the back surface 6c opposite to the light-receiving surface 6b for receiving light for power generation. Unit 6; wiring sheet 4 for wiring solar battery unit 6; sealing portion 5 laminated on wiring sheet 4 and solar battery unit 6 to seal solar battery unit 6; light transmittance laminated on sealing portion 5 The substrate 7 is a protective layer 1 laminated on the side opposite to the sealing portion 5 of the wiring sheet 4.

The solar battery cell 6 is a solar battery cell that performs photoelectric conversion by photoelectric conversion of light incident on the light receiving surface 6b, and is a solar battery cell of a back surface connection type in which the connection electrode 6a is provided on the back surface 6c. In addition, since FIG. 1 is a schematic view, the illustration is simplified, and two or more appropriate numbers may be provided as needed for the number of connection electrodes 6a.

Further, the number of the solar battery cells 6 is not particularly limited, and one or more appropriate numbers may be provided. In the present embodiment, the solar battery cells 6 (not shown) are arranged side by side in the depth direction of the paper surface of the first drawing, and are arranged in a lattice shape in two directions in plan view.

The shape of the solar battery cell 6 in plan view is not particularly limited, and for example, a rectangular shape and/or a shape of a suitable polygon may be employed.

The wiring sheet 4 includes a sheet substrate 2 and a wiring portion 3 (wiring pattern).

The sheet base material 2 is a member that supports the wiring portion 3 on the wiring surface 2b on the surface on one side in the thickness direction.

On the back surface 2a of the other side surface of the sheet substrate 2, the protective layer 1 is in close contact and joined.

As a material of the sheet base material 2, a resin film having heat resistance and electrical insulation resistance to a heating temperature at the time of lamination described later can be used. As a film material suitable for the sheet base material 2, for example, polyethylene terephthalate can be cited. A stretch polyester film such as a diester (PET) and/or polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), or a polyimide film.

The wiring portion 3 is formed by a conductive member formed into a thin layer of an appropriate pattern for wiring the solar battery cells 6. As a method of fixing the sheet base material 2, for example, adhesion by a two-liqueficial type adhesive or the like can be employed.

The wiring portion 3 has a width wider than the outer diameter of the connection electrode 6a at a portion connected to the connection electrode 6a of the solar battery cell 6.

As the conductive member used in the wiring portion 3, a metal foil such as a copper foil or an aluminum foil which is excellent in workability and low in cost is preferable.

Further, in addition to the metal foil, a conductive plastic film and/or a conductive paste which is electrically conductive by containing metal particles may be used.

As a method of patterning the wiring portion 3, a well-known patterning method can be employed depending on the type of the conductive member. For example, in the case of a metal foil, for example, punching processing and etching can be performed. In the case of a conductive plastic film, press working can be performed, and in the case of a metal paste, patterning by printing can be performed.

The connection electrode 6a of the solar battery cell 6 and the wiring portion 3 of the wiring sheet 4 are electrically connected by the connection member 9.

The material of the connecting member 9 is not particularly limited as long as it has electrical conductivity, and for example, solder paste, silver paste or the like can be used.

The sealing portion 5 includes a back side seal portion 5A and a light receiving surface side seal portion 5B.

The back side seal portion 5A is filled at least from the wiring surface 2b of the sheet substrate 2 on which the wiring portion 3 is formed of the wiring sheet 4 to the solar battery cell 6. A layered space between the back faces 6c of the connection electrodes 6a is formed and formed of a material having electrical insulation.

The back side seal portion 5A is in close contact with the wiring portion 3 constituting the charging portion, the connection electrode 6a, and the connecting member 9. Therefore, the electrical insulation of the back side seal portion 5A is required to have electrical insulation properties such that these charging portions are not short-circuited. The preferable electrical insulation of the back side seal portion 5A is equal to or higher than that of the conventional solder resist used as an insulating protective layer in the printed circuit board and/or the solar cell module.

A preferable numerical range of the electrical insulating property of the back side seal portion 5A is 10 ¹³ Ωcm or more in terms of specific resistance (volume specific resistance value).

Further, the material used in the back side seal portion 5A is preferably a material which is easily softened upon heating. For example, the storage elastic modulus E' when heated to 150 ° C is preferably about 10 ³ Pa to 10 ⁷ Pa.

As a material of the back side seal portion 5A, a resin material monomer having such electrical insulating properties or a composite material in which an additive such as a pigment or a filler is added to the resin material can be used.

Examples of the resin material suitable for the back side seal portion 5A include ethylene. Vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) (resistivity: 10 ¹³ Ωcm).

Further, as an example other than the EVA, for example, ethylene can be cited. Methacrylic acid copolymer (EMAA) (resistivity: 10 ¹⁷ Ωcm), ethylene. Acrylic copolymer (EAA), ionic polymer (resistivity: 10 ¹⁶ Ωcm), olefin resin including polypropylene (resistivity: 10 ¹⁶ Ωcm), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), enamel resin (resistance) Rate: 10 ¹⁴ Ωcm).

These resin materials have a higher electrical resistivity than EVA, and can obtain better electrical insulation, and thus are more preferable materials.

Further, since these resin materials do not generate substances such as acetic acid which may corrode wiring, durability can be improved and thus it is more preferable.

Further, for example, it can be obtained at a lower cost than the solder resist.

Here, regarding the electrical resistivity, a numerical example of an appropriate level among the respective resin materials is described as a reference.

When a composite material is used as the back side seal portion 5A, when a pigment is used as an additive, the back side seal portion 5A can be colored, which is preferable.

Since the back side seal portion 5A is filled so as to cover the wiring portion 3, when the back side seal portion 5A is colored, the wiring portion 3 is not visible when viewed from the side of the light-transmitting substrate 7, and the appearance of the solar cell module 50 is obtained. Becomes good.

The type and color of the pigment to be added are not particularly limited as long as the resistivity necessary for the back side seal portion 5A is obtained, and an appropriate type and color can be employed.

For example, as the white pigment, titanium oxide or barium sulfate is preferred. The amount of these white pigments added is preferably 0.5% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less.

When the white pigment is less than 0.5% by weight, there is a fear that the wiring portion 3 cannot be sufficiently concealed.

When the amount of the white pigment exceeds 20% by weight, the amount of the pigment in the back side seal portion 5A becomes excessive, and the adhesion to the adherend is lowered, or the member cost is increased.

For example, carbon black or the like is preferable as the black pigment. The amount of addition of the black pigment can also be considered by the concealability and electrical insulation with respect to the wiring portion 3. , adhesion, etc. to determine the appropriate amount of addition. The concealability of the black pigment is superior to that of the white pigment, and therefore, if the amount added is 0.1% by weight or more, sufficient concealability can be obtained.

In particular, when the carbon black is used as the black pigment, the amount of addition is preferably 0.1% by weight or more and 10% by weight or less.

When the carbon black is less than 0.1% by weight, there is a fear that the wiring portion 3 cannot be sufficiently concealed.

When the carbon black is more than 10% by weight, the electrical resistivity of the back side seal portion 5A may be too low to have sufficient electrical insulating properties due to the conductivity of the carbon black.

Further, when a composite material is used as the back side seal portion 5A, for example, a filler other than the pigment may be added in order to increase the strength or increase the electrical resistivity.

Examples of the filler to be added to the back side seal portion 5A include an electrically insulating filler such as a resin filler such as an acryl group or an inorganic filler such as vermiculite.

The filler has a function as a separator that maintains electrical insulation and film thickness of the back side seal portion 5A. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the film thickness of the back side seal portion 5A when the solar battery cell 6 is sealed by lamination from being thin and to cause a short circuit.

The size of the filler is preferably equal to or less than the film thickness of the back side seal portion 5A, and the average particle diameter is 5 μm or more and 150 μm or less. Further, the particle size distribution is measured by, for example, a laser diffraction method.

The thickness of the back side seal portion 5A is preferably 30 μm or more and 450 μm or less. In addition, within this range, the thinner can reduce the connection The amount of use of the part 9 is thus better.

When the thickness of the back side seal portion 5A is less than 30 μm, there is a fear that the height difference between the wiring surface 2b and the wiring portion 3 cannot be buried, and a gap is formed or the light receiving surface side seal portion 5B is in contact with the wiring portion 3.

When the thickness of the back side seal portion 5A exceeds 450 μm, the amount of use of the back side seal portion 5A and the connecting member 9 is excessively increased, so that the component cost is increased.

The light-receiving side seal portion 5B is laminated on the back surface side seal portion 5A and the light-receiving surface 6b of the solar battery cell 6 to be laminated, and is in close contact with the light-transmitting substrate 7 and is formed of a material having light transparency.

As a material of the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B, a suitable resin material having light transparency can be used. In particular, a well-known sealing material conventionally used for sealing solar battery cells can be used.

As an example of the resin material applied to the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B, EVA which is conventionally used as a sealing material for a solar battery cell is exemplified.

Moreover, examples other than the EVA include, for example, EMAA, EAA, an ionic polymer, an olefin resin containing polypropylene or the like, PVB, an anthracene resin, or the like.

In the present embodiment, the charging portion that is in contact with the wiring portion 3 or the like is the back side sealing portion 5A, and the light receiving surface side sealing portion 5B does not contact the charging portion such as the wiring portion 3.

By using EVA which generates acetic acid in the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B, it is possible to reliably prevent deterioration due to corrosion of the wiring by using a material which does not generate acetic acid or the like as the back side sealing portion 5A. according to With such a configuration, the durability of the solar cell module 50 can be improved.

Further, the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B does not necessarily have to be electrically insulating as the back side sealing portion 5A, and thus a material having a smaller specific resistance than the back side sealing portion 5A can be used.

Therefore, the material of the light-receiving surface side seal portion 5B which is used in a larger amount than the back side seal portion 5A can be made of a material which is less expensive than the back side seal portion 5A, so that the component cost as the entire seal portion 5 can be reduced.

The resin material used in the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B may be the same as the resin material used in the back surface side sealing portion 5A if necessary light transmittance is obtained. In this case, in the case where the wiring portion 3 is also visible from the side of the light-transmitting substrate 7, the structure in which the pigment or the like is not added to the back-side sealing portion 5A may be employed.

The thickness of the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B is preferably 100 μm or more and 1000 μm or less.

When the thickness of the light-receiving surface side seal portion 5B is less than 100 μm, the strength is insufficient. Therefore, for example, when an external force is applied, the solar battery cell 6 may be broken.

When the thickness of the light-receiving surface side seal portion 5B exceeds 1000 μm, the amount of use of the light-receiving surface side seal portion 5B becomes excessive, thereby increasing the component cost.

In order to guide the incident light from the outside to the light receiving surface 6b of the solar battery cell 6, the light-transmitting substrate 7 is a plate-shaped member made of a material having light transparency, and covers the light-receiving surface 6b and the wiring sheet 4. It is provided in the range and is placed in close contact with the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B.

Further, in the solar battery module 50, the light-transmitting substrate 7 is shaped A member that becomes an outer surface on the opposite side of the protective layer 1.

The material of the light-transmitting substrate 7 is not particularly limited as long as it is light-transmitting and has weather resistance required for the solar cell module 50. Examples of the material to be used as the light-transmitting substrate 7 include glass, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and the like.

In the thickness direction of the solar cell module 50, the protective layer 1 and the light-transmitting substrate 7 constitute an outer surface on the single side, thereby suppressing, for example, moisture, and/or oxygen, from entering the sheet-like member inside the solar cell module 50. The protective layer 1 is in close contact with and bonded to the back surface 2a of the wiring sheet 4.

The preferred material of the protective layer 1 is a suitable resin material excellent in barrier properties against moisture and/or oxygen, a vapor deposited film obtained by vapor-depositing alumina or ruthenium oxide on the surface of the resin film, and the like. A composite laminated film of aluminum foil and a suitable resin.

Examples of the structure of the resin material used in the protective layer 1 include a laminated film obtained by sequentially laminating a fluororesin, a PET resin, and a fluororesin, and a hydrolysis-resistant PET resin and a PET resin for improving the sheet. A laminated film obtained by laminating the anchor coat layer of the material base material 2 in this order is used.

The protective layer 1 may be bonded to the back surface 2a of the wiring sheet 4 after being formed separately from the wiring sheet 4, or may be formed integrally with the wiring sheet 4.

Further, in the case where the necessary barrier property is obtained by wiring the sheet 4, the protective layer 1 may be omitted.

Next, an example of a method of manufacturing the solar cell module 50 having such a configuration will be described.

(a) and (b) are program explanatory views for explaining a manufacturing procedure of a wiring sheet used in the solar battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a manufacturing procedure of a solar battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a view showing the procedure of a manufacturing procedure of a solar battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is continued from Fig. 3;

In order to manufacture the solar cell module 50, as shown in Fig. 2(a), the protective layer 1, the sheet substrate 2, and the conductive sheet 30 for wiring are sequentially laminated. At this time, an adhesive (not shown) is provided between the layers. Here, the conductive sheet 30 for wiring is a sheet member which is made of the same material as that of the wiring portion 3.

Next, the laminate is bonded, for example, by a dry lamination method or the like.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the wiring conductive sheet 30 in the laminated body after bonding is patterned to form the wiring portion 3.

In the case of the patterning method, for example, when the conductive sheet 30 for wiring is a metal foil sheet such as a copper foil, an etching method can be employed. In other words, after applying a resist to the conductive sheet 30 for wiring, the resist is patterned in accordance with the wiring pattern corresponding to the wiring portion 3, and is not etched by the chemical etching. The wiring covered by the agent is removed by the conductive sheet 30 to form the wiring portion 3. Thereafter, the resist on the wiring portion 3 is removed.

By doing so, a laminate of the protective layer 1 and the wiring sheet 4 is formed.

Further, such a laminate may be formed by bonding the protective layer 1 to the back surface 2a of the sheet substrate 2 after the wiring sheet 4 is formed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the back side sealing sheet 35A is superposed on the laminated body of the protective layer 1 and the wiring sheet 4.

The back side seal piece 35A is a sheet member formed of the same material as the back side seal portion 5A because the back side seal portion 5A is formed. In the back side seal piece 35A, a through hole 5a penetrating in the thickness direction is formed with respect to the installation position of the connection electrode 6a of the solar battery cell 6. The through hole 5a has a shape capable of accommodating the connection electrode 6a, and has a size to such an extent that the connection electrode 6a does not overlap in a state where it does not overflow from the wiring portion 3 at the connected position.

Thereby, each of the through holes 5a is formed with a concave portion that is closed below by the wiring portion 3.

Next, a connecting member 9 is provided on the wiring portion 3 in the through hole 5a. For example, in the case where the connecting member 9 is a solder paste and/or a silver paste, it is provided by applying a necessary amount in the through hole 5a.

Next, the solar battery cell 6 is placed on the laminated body in which the back side sealing sheet 35A is provided in this manner. At this time, each solar battery cell 6 is provided in a state in which each of the connection electrodes 6a is inserted into the through hole 5a.

Then, the light-receiving surface side sealing sheet 35B is placed so as to sandwich the solar battery cell 6 between the back surface side sealing sheets 35A, and the light-transmitting substrate 7 is placed on the light-receiving surface side sealing sheet 35B (see the 4 picture).

Here, the light-receiving surface side sealing piece 35B is a sheet member formed of the same material as the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B because the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B is formed.

By doing so, the laminated body 50A in which the protective layer 1, the wiring sheet 4, the back side sealing sheet 35A, the solar battery cell 6, the light-receiving surface side sealing sheet 35B, and the light-transmitting substrate 7 are laminated in this order is formed.

Then, the laminate 50A is heated while being laminated in the lamination direction by heating the laminate 50A.

The heating temperature at this time is a temperature at which the back side sealing sheet 35A and the light receiving surface side sealing sheet 35B are softened and deformed, and can be adhered to and adhered to the surfaces of the adjacent members, respectively, and the connecting member 9 can be joined to the temperature. The temperature of the wiring portion 3 and the connection electrode 6a.

The heating temperature is also related to the material of the back side sealing sheet 35A, the light receiving surface side sealing sheet 35B, and the connecting member 9, but may be, for example, a temperature of about 125 ° C to 160 ° C.

Therefore, compared with the structure of the insulating layer containing a soldering resist which requires a heating temperature of about 120 ° C to 160 ° C for thermal crosslinking after printing, it is not necessary to perform heating other than lamination, so the heat load can be Very few. Therefore, it is easy to prevent the following phenomenon: the raw material (material) constituting the solar cell module is thermally deteriorated, or dimensional stability is deteriorated due to heat shrinkage.

By the heating and the pressing, the inside of the through hole 5a of the back side sealing sheet 35A is pressed, and the connecting member 9 is pressed in the laminating direction in a state of being sandwiched between the wiring portion 3 and the connecting electrode 6a. It is attached to the wiring part 3 and the connection electrode 6a. Thereby, the back side sealing sheet 35A functions to prevent the softened connection electrode 6a from moving and adhering to a portion other than the wiring portion 3.

Further, the back side seal piece 35A and the light receiving surface side seal piece 35B are softened in a flowable state, respectively, and are in close contact with the surfaces of the adjacent members. Thereby, the back side sealing sheet 35A and the light receiving surface side sealing sheet 35B are filled between the wiring sheet 4 and the solar battery cell 6, and the sun The back side seal portion 5A and the light receiving surface side seal portion 5B are formed in a state between the battery unit 6 and the light-transmitting substrate 7, between the wiring portions 3, and between the connection electrodes 6a.

By doing so, when the heating is completed, the layers of the laminated body 50A are adhered to each other, and the solar battery module 50 shown in Fig. 1 is formed.

According to the solar battery module 50 of the present embodiment, the outer surface of the wiring portion 3, the connection electrode 6a, and the connecting member 9 is shielded by the back side sealing portion 5A constituting a part of the sealing portion 5, and thus the other portions are surely provided at intervals The charging unit is electrically insulated. Further, when the connecting member 9 electrically connects the wiring portion 3 and the connection electrode 6a, the connecting member 9 can be fixed to the range of the through hole 5a of the back side sealing portion 5A, and the movement of the connecting member 9 can be suppressed.

Thus, for example, in addition to the sealing material that seals the solar cell module 50, an insulating layer formed of a solder resist is provided to realize electrical insulation of the wiring portion 3 and prevention of adhesion to a portion where solder is not required. It can be made into a simple structure.

In addition, since the solder resist is thermally curable, it is necessary to provide a process for curing before the process of sealing the solar cell unit 6 by lamination, but the back side seal portion 5A of the present embodiment contains a thermoplastic resin as a main component. Therefore, the solar battery cells 6 can be sealed by lamination together with the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B, and can be simultaneously molded while the electrical connection by the connecting member 9 is performed.

As a result of the above, the number of components and the number of programs can be reduced, and thus cost reduction can be achieved.

Further, when a structure in which an appropriate pigment is added to the back side seal portion 5A is formed, the wiring portion 3 can be concealed. As a result, the wiring portion 3 is not visible when viewed from the outside on the side of the light-transmitting substrate 7, and the gap between the solar battery cells 6 is uniformly covered by the colored back-side sealing portion 5A, so that the solar cell can be improved. The appearance of the module 50.

That is, the pigment added to the back side seal portion 5A can be freely selected, and thus the solar cell module 50 having various appearance colors can be easily obtained. In particular, when a pigment of a color having a high reflectance such as white is used, the amount of light used for power generation is increased by the reflected light, so that power generation efficiency can be improved.

Further, the method of forming the back side seal portion 5A can employ the same lamination method as the conventional method of forming a sealing material. Therefore, in the case of using an insulating layer of a solder resist, a heating program for thermal crosslinking is not required, and thus Reducing the thermal load in the manufacturing process can suppress deterioration of materials. Thereby, the durability of the solar cell module 50 can be improved.

[First Modification]

The solar battery module according to the first modification of the embodiment will be described below.

Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a solar battery module according to a first modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the solar battery module 60 of the present modification, the sealing material 8 is provided between the sheet base material 2 of the solar battery module 50 of the above-described embodiment and the protective layer 1.

Hereinafter, a description will be given focusing on differences from the above-described embodiments.

The sealing material 8 is provided for sealing a through hole and/or a wiring such as a wiring, for example, in a case where a wiring (not shown) electrically connected to the wiring portion 3 is provided to penetrate the sheet substrate 2 . Parts.

As the material of the sealing material 8, EMAA, ionic polymer, enamel resin, polyethylene resin (PE), polypropylene resin (PP), etc. may be used, and a crosslinking agent and/or a decane coupling may be added as needed. Additives such as agents.

In the same manner as the solar battery module 50 of the above-described embodiment, the solar battery module 60 of the present embodiment is electrically insulated by covering the wiring portion 3 with the back side sealing portion 5A constituting a part of the sealing portion 5, and thus can be electrically insulated. The structure is simple and the manufacturing man-hours can be reduced.

Further, by providing the sealing material 8, even when wiring is formed on both surfaces of the wiring sheet 4, durability can be improved.

In addition, all the components described in the above-described embodiment and the first modification can be combined or deleted as appropriate within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

[Examples]

Hereinafter, specific examples 1 to 3 of the above embodiment will be described.

[Example 1]

In the present embodiment, A511/A5035 (trade name; manufactured by Mitsui Chemicals Co., Ltd.) which is a two-part curing type urethane-based adhesive is used, and a thickness of 25 μm is used as a fluororesin by a dry lamination method. Protective layer of PV2111 (trade name; manufactured by DuPont) of polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) resin film 1. Lumirror (registered trademark) S10 (trade name; Toray (share)) containing PET resin film having a thickness of 250 μm The sheet base material 2 of the system 2 and the conductive sheet 30 for wiring containing the electrolytic copper foil having a thickness of 35 μm were bonded together. At this time, the thickness of the adhesive was 5 g/m ² (dry thickness).

Then, patterning of the conductive sheet 30 for wiring including the electrolytic copper foil is performed by an etching method to form the wiring portion 3, thereby forming a back sheet with wiring as shown in Fig. 2(b). ).

With respect to the back side sealing sheet 35A, only 2% by weight of carbon black was added to Nucrel (registered trademark) NC0809 (trade name; manufactured by DuPont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd.) which is an EMAA resin by extrusion lamination processing, and borrowed A sheet member having a thickness of 200 μm was produced by a T-die method.

Then, on the wiring portion 3 with the wiring back plate, a back side sealing sheet 35A having a thickness of 200 μm, a solar battery cell 6, and a transparent grade EVA resin film EF1001 having a thickness of 400 μm (trade name; letterpress printing ( The light-receiving side sealing sheet 35B and the light-transmitting substrate 7 containing glass having a thickness of 4 mm are laminated in this order to form a laminated body 50A.

At this time, the connecting member 9 containing the silver paste is applied to the through hole 5a of the back side sealing sheet 35A.

Next, the laminated body 50A is subjected to module lamination using a module laminator. The conditions for module lamination were set to the following conditions: the laminate 50A was allowed to stand under a vacuum of 130 ° C for 5 minutes, and then the laminate 50A was pressed at a temperature of 130 ° C for 3 minutes in the lamination direction, followed by a temperature of 150 ° C. Heat for 30 minutes.

In the vacuum state and the pressurized state, the gas is ejected from the laminated body 50A. After the bubble is removed, the light-receiving surface side sealing sheet 35B is softened to adhere to the surface of the adjacent member, and the back side seal portion 5A and the light receiving surface side seal portion 5B are formed. Further, crosslinking of the sealing material was carried out by heating at 150 ° C, and the respective members constituting the laminated body 50A were adhered.

The solar cell module 50 of Example 1 was fabricated by doing so.

[Embodiment 2]

Between the present embodiment and the solar battery module 50 of the above-described first embodiment, only the material of the back side seal portion 5A is different. Hereinafter, a description will be given focusing on a point different from the above-described first embodiment.

With respect to the back side seal portion 5A of the present embodiment, only 5% by weight of oxidation is added to Nucrel (registered trademark) NC0809 (trade name; manufactured by DuPont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd.) which is an EMAA resin by extrusion lamination processing. Titanium was formed by a T-die method using a back side seal sheet 35A having a thickness of 200 μm.

[Example 3]

Between the present embodiment and the solar battery module 50 of the above-described first embodiment, only the material of the back side seal portion 5A is different. Hereinafter, a description will be given focusing on a point different from the above-described first embodiment.

The back side seal portion 5A of the present embodiment is formed of the same material as the light receiving surface side seal portion 5B. In other words, a back side seal sheet 35A of a transparent grade EVA resin film EF1001 (trade name; manufactured by letterpress printing) having a thickness of 200 μm was used.

[Example 4]

Between this embodiment and the solar cell module 50 of the above embodiment 1. Only the material of the back side seal portion 5A is different. Hereinafter, a description will be given focusing on a point different from the above-described first embodiment.

In the back side seal portion 5A of the present embodiment, only an average particle diameter of 3% by weight is added to Nucrel (registered trademark) NC0809 (trade name; manufactured by DuPont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd.) which is an EMAA resin by extrusion lamination processing. It is a spherical acrylic filler of 50 μm, and is formed by a T-die method using a back side seal sheet 35A having a thickness of 150 μm.

[Evaluation]

In the first and second embodiments, the electrical resistivity of the back surface side seal portion 5A was 10 ¹⁷ Ωcm, which was significantly larger than the resistivity of the solder resist 10 ¹³ Ωcm or the like, so that the electrical insulation properties of Examples 1 and 2 were obtained. Extremely good. Further, the back side seal portion 5A of the third embodiment has an electric conductivity of 10 ¹⁴ Ωcm, which is smaller than those of the first and second embodiments, but is larger than the solder resist, and therefore the electric insulating property of the third embodiment is good.

Regarding the concealability of the wiring portion 3, since black and white pigments were added to the first and second embodiments, respectively, they were concealed by the back side sealing portion 5A.

Further, when viewed from the light-transmitting substrate 7, no color unevenness was observed. This is considered to be because the viscosity of the back side seal portion 5A at the module lamination temperature of 150 ° C is larger than the viscosity of the light receiving surface side seal portion 5B. In other words, the back side seal portion 5A and the light-receiving surface side seal portion 5B are less likely to be intermingled at the interface by the difference in viscosity, and the diffusion of the pigment is less likely to occur.

In the third and fourth embodiments, no pigment is added to the back side seal portion 5A and the light receiving surface side seal portion 5B, so that the cloth can be seen from the light-transmitting substrate 7 The line portion 3, however, can be used for applications in which the concealability of the wiring portion 3 is not important.

With regard to the adhesiveness of the solar cell module 50, the amount of the pigment and the filler added to the back side seal portion 5A is appropriate, which is good.

In the first and second embodiments, the EVA resin is used in the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B, but the EMAA resin is used in the back side sealing portion 5A, and therefore does not occur. The durability due to the generation of corrosive products is lowered.

In the first and second embodiments, since the inexpensive EVA resin is used in the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B having a large amount of use, the high-performance one having a higher electrical resistivity such as EMAA resin is also used in the light-receiving surface side sealing portion 5B. Compared with the case of a resin material, it can manufacture at low cost.

In addition, in the fourth embodiment, by adding the filler to the back side seal portion 5A, it is possible to suppress partial thinning of the back side seal portion 5A during lamination, and the back side seal portion 5A can be made thinner. It can be manufactured at low cost.

1‧‧‧Protective layer

2‧‧‧Sheet substrate

2a‧‧‧Back

2b‧‧‧ wiring surface

3‧‧‧Wiring section (wiring pattern)

4‧‧‧Wiring sheet

5‧‧‧ Sealing Department

5A‧‧‧Back side seal

5B‧‧‧Stained side seal

6‧‧‧Solar battery unit

6a‧‧‧Connecting electrode

6b‧‧‧Glossy surface

6c‧‧‧back

7‧‧‧Transmissive substrate

9‧‧‧Connecting parts

50‧‧‧Solar battery module

Claims (6)

A solar cell module comprising: a wiring sheet having a wiring pattern formed on a surface thereof; a solar battery cell having a light receiving surface for receiving light for generating electricity, and a light receiving surface and the light receiving unit a connection electrode for wiring formed on a surface on the opposite side of the surface, and the connection electrode is connected to the wiring pattern of the wiring sheet via a conductive connecting member; and a light transmissive substrate having light transparency Provided in a range covering the light receiving surface of the solar battery cell and the wiring sheet; and an electrically insulating back side sealing portion filled at least from a surface of the wiring sheet on which the wiring pattern is formed to the solar energy The battery unit is formed with a layered space between the surfaces of the connection electrodes; and a light-receiving surface side sealing portion having a light transmissive property, which is adhered to the back side sealing portion and the light receiving surface of the solar battery cell to be laminated And adhering to the light-transmitting substrate; and sealing the solar battery cell to the cloth by the back side sealing portion and the light-receiving surface side sealing portion Between the line sheet and the light transmissive substrate. The solar cell module according to claim 1, wherein the back side seal portion has a larger resistivity than the light receiving surface side seal portion. The solar cell module of claim 1 or 2, wherein a filler is added to the back side seal portion. The solar cell module of claim 3, wherein the average particle diameter of the filler It is 5 μm or more and 150 μm or less. The solar cell module according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the back side sealing portion is formed of a resin-containing material derived from an olefin resin, a polyvinyl butyral resin, and One or more selected from the silicone resin. The solar cell module according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the back side seal portion is formed of a material to which a pigment having light absorbing property or light reflectivity is added, whereby the light receiving surface side cannot be visually recognized. See the wiring pattern.