公开(公告)号：US11955921B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17841034

申请日：2022-06-15

申请人： Tesla, Inc.

发明人： John Liu ,  Yangsen Kang ,  Anh N. Duong ,  Yongkee Chae ,  Milan Padilla ,  Chen Wang ,  Remy D. Labesque

IPC分类号： H02S20/25 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/0368 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H02S20/25 ,  H01L31/02167 ,  H01L31/02366 ,  H01L31/03682 ,  H01L31/0488 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/1804

摘要： One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile. The photovoltaic roof tile can include a transparent front cover, a transparent back cover, and a plurality of polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and the back cover. A respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure has a front surface facing the front cover and a back surface facing the back cover. The photovoltaic roof tile can further include a paint layer positioned on a back surface of the back cover facing away from the front cover. A color of the paint layer substantially matches a color of the front surface of the respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure.

公开(公告)号：US20190088802A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US15709315

申请日：2017-09-19

申请人： TESLA, INC.

发明人： Yangsen Kang ,  Zhigang Xie ,  Jianhua Hu

IPC分类号： H01L31/0216 ,  H02S20/23 ,  H01L31/0747 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/20

摘要： One embodiment can provide a solar module. The solar module can include one or more moisture-resistant photovoltaic structures. A respective photovoltaic structure can include a base layer, an emitter layer positioned on a first side of the base layer, and a moisture barrier layer positioned on a first side of the emitter layer, thereby reducing the amount of moisture that reaches a junction between the base layer and the emitter layer.

公开(公告)号：US10672919B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US15709315

申请日：2017-09-19

申请人： TESLA, INC.

发明人： Yangsen Kang ,  Zhigang Xie ,  Jianhua Hu

IPC分类号： H01L31/0216 ,  H02S20/23 ,  H01L31/0747 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/048

摘要： One embodiment can provide a solar module. The solar module can include one or more moisture-resistant photovoltaic structures. A respective photovoltaic structure can include a base layer, an emitter layer positioned on a first side of the base layer, and a moisture barrier layer positioned on a first side of the emitter layer, thereby reducing the amount of moisture that reaches a junction between the base layer and the emitter layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210044250A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：US16533524

申请日：2019-08-06

申请人： TESLA, INC.

发明人： John Liu ,  Yangsen Kang ,  Anh N. Duong ,  Yongkee Chae ,  Milan Padilla ,  Chen Wang ,  Remy D. Labesque

IPC分类号： H02S20/25 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0368 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/18

摘要： One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile. The photovoltaic roof tile can include a transparent front cover, a transparent back cover, and a plurality of polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and the back cover. A respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure has a front surface facing the front cover and a back surface facing the back cover. The photovoltaic roof tile can further include a paint layer positioned on a back surface of the back cover facing away from the front cover. A color of the paint layer substantially matches a color of the front surface of the respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure.

公开(公告)号：US20180342640A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-29

申请号：US15821274

申请日：2017-11-22

申请人： TESLA, INC.

发明人： Yangsen Kang ,  Nathan D. Rock ,  Jiunn Benjamin Heng

IPC分类号： H01L31/054 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/18

摘要： A colored photovoltaic (PV) module or roof tile including a layer of highly stable nanoparticles provides uniform, angle-independent viewer color. The nanoparticles can comprise a metal oxide such as zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, or iron oxide. The nanoparticles can have composition and/or size tuned to absorb wavelengths of light reflected from PV cells, effectively concealing their appearance, and tuned to scatter wavelengths in a desired color range. The disclosed embodiments can provide better color uniformity and better efficiency, and be more cost-effective, than existing approaches for manufacturing colored PV modules. During the manufacturing process, a coating system, which may include one or more nozzles, can spray an inside surface of a glass cover with nanoparticles, which can be suspended in a solvent (such as water or isopropyl alcohol). The nanoparticle layer can then be encapsulated directly inside an encapsulant layer.

公开(公告)号：US11431280B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16533524

申请日：2019-08-06

申请人： Tesla, Inc.

发明人： John Liu ,  Yangsen Kang ,  Anh N. Duong ,  Yongkee Chae ,  Milan Padilla ,  Chen Wang ,  Remy D. Labesque

IPC分类号： H02S20/25 ,  H01L31/049 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/0368 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/18

摘要： One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile. The photovoltaic roof tile can include a transparent front cover, a transparent back cover, and a plurality of polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and the back cover. A respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure has a front surface facing the front cover and a back surface facing the back cover. The photovoltaic roof tile can further include a paint layer positioned on a back surface of the back cover facing away from the front cover. A color of the paint layer substantially matches a color of the front surface of the respective polycrystalline-Si-based photovoltaic structure.