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Photovoltaic module including tap cells and method of making

US7888585B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SCHOTT SOLAR AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Lechner · Vaterstetten, DE
Walter Psyk · Munich, DE
Erwin Heckel · Au in der Hallertau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2007
Grant date	Feb 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A photovoltaic module includes a plurality of interconnected submodules. Each submodule has a transparent front electrode layer, a semiconductor layer and a back electrode layer which have separating lines in each case for forming series-connected strip-shaped photovoltaic cells. The outer cells of two adjacent submodules are united into a single tap cell for current collection, the separating lines of the two adjacent submodules being disposed mirror-symmetrically with respect to their common tap cell.

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