Large-area solar module via continuous additive lamination method

US12324249B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SA

Inventors

• Thomas G. ALLEN · Thuwal, SA
• Emmanuel Van Kerschaver · Los Altos, US
• Michele DE BASTIANI · Thuwal, SA
• Ahmed Hesham BALAWI · Thuwal, SA
• Michael Filipe SALVADOR · Thuwal, SA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2025
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/50
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A photovoltaic, PV, module includes plural PV sections, each PV section including plural lamellas. A first lamella of the plural lamellas includes a back sheet, a first encapsulant material, a PV cell, a foldable material, a second encapsulant material, and a front sheet. The first encapsulant material bonds the PV cell to the back sheet, and the second encapsulant material bonds the PV cell to the front sheet. A first edge of the foldable material is sandwiched between the first and second encapsulant materials of the first lamella and a second edge of the foldable material is sandwiched between corresponding first and second encapsulant materials of a second lamella of the plural lamellas.