Environmentally stable thin-film solar module
US5512107A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/50
Abstract
A thin-film solar module includes a transparent substrate, at least one active semiconductor layer (3) made of a I-III-VI2 semiconductor (chalcopyrite) having a diode structure, the semiconductor layer being patterned into strip-shaped individual solar cells, electrode patterns made of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) having a hexagonal crystal structure as front and rear contacts and for integrated interconnection of the solar module, and an epoxy coating layer as a rear covering.
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