WO2010049495A3 - Thin-film solar cell device with curved edges - Google Patents

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WO2010049495A3
WO2010049495A3 PCT/EP2009/064304 EP2009064304W WO2010049495A3 WO 2010049495 A3 WO2010049495 A3 WO 2010049495A3 EP 2009064304 W EP2009064304 W EP 2009064304W WO 2010049495 A3 WO2010049495 A3 WO 2010049495A3
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Jens GÜNSTER
Ivan Sinicco
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Oerlikon Solar Ip Ag, Trübbach
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/0445—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including thin film solar cells, e.g. single thin film a-Si, CIS or CdTe solar cells
    • H01L31/046—PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
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    • 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
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    • H01L31/048—Encapsulation of modules
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
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Abstract

The present invention provides a thin-film solar cell device (1) comprising a substrate (2), an active region (11) and a passive region (10) that is substantially free of the components of the active region and surrounds the active region, wherein the active region is of substantially rectangular shape and comprises at least a first transparent electrode layer (3), at least one photoelectric conversion layer (4) and at least a second electrode layer (5) deposited on the substrate in the order of mention. Importantly, the edges (9) of the active region are curved. Furthermore, a method for the production of the thin-film solar cell device is provided.
PCT/EP2009/064304 2008-10-29 2009-10-29 Thin-film solar cell device with curved edges WO2010049495A2 (en)

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JPH1012904A (en) * 1996-06-27 1998-01-16 Fuji Electric Co Ltd Manufacture of thin film semiconductor device
JP2006253417A (en) * 2005-03-10 2006-09-21 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Solar cell panel and manufacturing method
JP2007165531A (en) * 2005-12-13 2007-06-28 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Solar cell and manufacturing method thereof

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KRAY ET AL: "Study on the edge isolation of industrial silicon solar cells with waterjet-guided laser", SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL LNKD- DOI:10.1016/J.SOLMAT.2007.05.028, vol. 91, no. 17, 15 October 2007 (2007-10-15), pages 1638 - 1644, XP022206200, ISSN: 0927-0248 *
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