Flexible solar cell interconnection systems and methods

US9171991B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US

Inventors

• David Pearce · Saratoga, US
• Bruce Hachtmann · San Martin, US
• Arthur C. Wall · Rochester, US
• Thomas M. Valeri · Dormagen, DE
• Dennis R. Hollars · Los Gatos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a highly automated method of interconnecting flexible solar cells to form solar modules having a wide variety of sizes and electrical characteristics. The method is fast and economical, providing many attributes of a “pseudo monolithic integration” scheme that has previously been attainable only on rigid substrates.