SEMI-TRANSPARENT THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH AN OPTIMIZED METAL/NATIVE OXIDE/METAL ELECTRICAL CONTACT

    公开(公告)号:US20210242359A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17238891

    申请日:2021-04-23

    IPC分类号: H01L31/05

    摘要: A thin-film semi-transparent photovoltaic device comprising: a plurality of active photovoltaic zones, having a surface S5, formed of: a transparent substrate; a front electrode formed of a transparent electroconductive material arranged on the transparent substrate; an absorber made up of one or more photoactive thin layer(s); a rear electrode formed of a stack of at least: a conductive metal layer; and a native metal oxide layer having a nanometric thickness. The device additionally includes a plurality of transparent zones separating at least two active photovoltaic zones; and a metal reconnection layer having a contact surface S to the rear electrode, wherein the ratio Ra=S/S5 between the contact surface S of the metal reconnection layer and the surface S5 of an active photovoltaic zone is such that 0.2%

    SEMI-TRANSPARENT MULTI-CELL PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220109078A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17644514

    申请日:2021-12-15

    IPC分类号: H01L31/0463 H01L31/0468

    摘要: A semi-transparent photovoltaic module comprises a basic 2D pattern representing an arrangement of an electrically conductive zone and electrically non-conductive zones such that any point in the electrically conductive zone is electrically connected to any other point of the zone and the electrically conductive zone is a regular or pseudo-regular structure formed by an elementary geometrical figure. The module additionally comprises one or more active isolation lines and a plurality of non-functional isolation lines that are mutually parallel.

    PHOTOVOLTAIC WITH IMPROVED INSULATION VISIBILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210296518A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17204017

    申请日:2021-03-17

    摘要: Systems and methods of generating electrical power for a portable electronic device from a photovoltaic power system are described herein. In some embodiments, a photovoltaic module comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior photovoltaic cells may be disposed in photovoltaic stripes on the interior surface and exterior photovoltaic cells may be disposed on the exterior surface. Substantially opaque materials are employed to provide a photovoltaic-powered portable electric device with an improved appearance.

    MULTI-CELL PHOTOVOLTAIC FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210294395A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17204013

    申请日:2021-03-17

    摘要: Systems and methods of generating electrical current from at least one photovoltaic cell are described herein. In some embodiments, a dual-cell arrangement of photovoltaic cells may be disposed on a face. Equal parts of a first photovoltaic cell and a second photovoltaic cell may be disposed on the face such that when a portion of the face is shaded, the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell receive substantially equal amounts of electromagnetic radiation. In some embodiments, the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell comprises a plurality of sub-cell connected in series and parallel to optimize the power output form the partially exposed cells.

    THIN-FILM SEMITRANSPARENT PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210028320A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:US16948981

    申请日:2020-10-08

    IPC分类号: H01L31/0224

    摘要: A thin-film semitransparent photovoltaic device can include: a transparent substrate; a front electrode including a transparent and electrically conductive material, arranged on the transparent substrate; one or more photoactive layers referred to as absorbers; one back electrode including a stack of at least one metal conductive layer in contact with the absorber and of a metal barrier layer deposited uniformly over the whole of the metal conductive layer; a metal contact pickup layer; and a contact pickup region (10). The thickness of the metal barrier layer is greater than 5% of the thickness of the metal conductive layer and is greater than 5 nm.