WO2009133336A3 - Improvements in and relating to textiles incorporating photovoltaic cells - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to textiles incorporating photovoltaic cells Download PDF

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WO2009133336A3
WO2009133336A3 PCT/GB2009/000842 GB2009000842W WO2009133336A3 WO 2009133336 A3 WO2009133336 A3 WO 2009133336A3 GB 2009000842 W GB2009000842 W GB 2009000842W WO 2009133336 A3 WO2009133336 A3 WO 2009133336A3
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textile
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photovoltaic cells
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Robert Rhodes Mather
John Ivor Barrett Wilson
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Power Textiles Limited
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D1/00—Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
    • D03D1/0076—Photovoltaic fabrics
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/02002—Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the device in operations
    • H01L31/02005—Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the device in operations for device characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/02008—Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the device in operations for device characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier for solar cells or solar cell modules
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/0248—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies
    • H01L31/0352—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their shape or by the shapes, relative sizes or disposition of the semiconductor regions
    • H01L31/035272—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their shape or by the shapes, relative sizes or disposition of the semiconductor regions characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/048—Encapsulation of modules
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2401/00—Physical properties
    • D10B2401/16—Physical properties antistatic; conductive
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Treatments For Attaching Organic Compounds To Fibrous Goods (AREA)

Abstract

A photovoltaic cell deposited onto a textile and a method for making the same. The textile is treated such that the area where the photovoltaic cell is deposited conducts electricity and the fibres forming the textile in said area are stuck together to enhance electrical conduction in the device. The area of the textile may be treated with a conductive material such as a conductive polymer and the fibres can be stuck together at their cross-over points.
PCT/GB2009/000842 2008-05-02 2009-03-30 Improvements in and relating to textiles incorporating photovoltaic cells WO2009133336A2 (en)

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DE3317309A1 (en) * 1983-05-11 1984-11-29 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH, 8000 München Thin-layer solar cell array
US4913744A (en) * 1987-01-13 1990-04-03 Helmut Hoegl Solar cell arrangement
JPH0677511A (en) * 1992-08-27 1994-03-18 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Solar battery and its manufacture
JPH06283747A (en) * 1993-03-30 1994-10-07 Asahi Chem Ind Co Ltd Manufacture of photoelectric transfer element
DE10054558A1 (en) * 2000-10-31 2002-05-16 Univ Stuttgart Inst Fuer Physi Flexible fiber, semiconductor device and textile product
GB2424121A (en) * 2005-02-11 2006-09-13 Risoe Nat Lab Solar cell using electrode formed from cotton fabric coated with conductive polymer
WO2007134742A2 (en) * 2006-05-18 2007-11-29 Sefar Ag Photovoltaic cell
DE102006047045A1 (en) * 2006-10-02 2008-04-03 Universität Paderborn Photovoltaic device for production of solar energy, has photovoltaic acceptor material and photovoltaic donor material and device has two carrier layers

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DE3317309A1 (en) * 1983-05-11 1984-11-29 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH, 8000 München Thin-layer solar cell array
US4913744A (en) * 1987-01-13 1990-04-03 Helmut Hoegl Solar cell arrangement
JPH0677511A (en) * 1992-08-27 1994-03-18 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Solar battery and its manufacture
JPH06283747A (en) * 1993-03-30 1994-10-07 Asahi Chem Ind Co Ltd Manufacture of photoelectric transfer element
DE10054558A1 (en) * 2000-10-31 2002-05-16 Univ Stuttgart Inst Fuer Physi Flexible fiber, semiconductor device and textile product
GB2424121A (en) * 2005-02-11 2006-09-13 Risoe Nat Lab Solar cell using electrode formed from cotton fabric coated with conductive polymer
WO2007134742A2 (en) * 2006-05-18 2007-11-29 Sefar Ag Photovoltaic cell
DE102006047045A1 (en) * 2006-10-02 2008-04-03 Universität Paderborn Photovoltaic device for production of solar energy, has photovoltaic acceptor material and photovoltaic donor material and device has two carrier layers

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