Integrated array of photovoltaic cells having minimized shorting losses

US4315096A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Yuan-Sheng Tyan · Webster, US
• Evelio A. Perez-Albuerne · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 1980
• Grant date: Feb 9, 1982
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/50

Abstract

There are disclosed an integrated array of photovoltaic cells each comprising, on a support, a first electrode segment, a semiconductor segment, and a second electrode segment; and a process for making it, wherein no insulating material need be applied to exposed semiconductor materials before applying the second electrode segment. The array is composed of sub-cells, groups of which are series-connected to form sub-arrays. The sub-arrays are in turn connected in parallel so that a short in any one sub-cell only minimally affects the output of the entire array.