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Flexible photovoltaic device

US4612409A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1982
Grant dateSep 16, 1986
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50

Abstract

A flexible photovoltaic device includes a flexible substrate and a photovoltaic device body. The flexible substrate is a metal foil or film provided with an electric insulating layer of a material having an electric conductivity of not more than 10.sup.-7 (.OMEGA..multidot.cm.).sup.-1 during of light impingement and selected from a heat resistant polymer, a metal oxide, a crystalline or amorphous silicon compound, and an organometallic compound.

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