Solar cell panels and method of fabricating same

US9583658B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Harold J. Hovel · Katonah, US
• Rainer Krause · Hochheim, DE
• Xiaoyan Shao · Yorktown Heights, US
• Steven E. Steen · Titicus, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A solar cell panel and method of forming a solar cell panel. The method includes a: forming an electrically conductive bus bar on a top surface of a bottom cover plate; forming an electrically conductive contact frame proximate to a bottom surface of a top cover plate, the top cover plate transparent to visible light; and placing an array of rows and columns of solar cell chips between the bottom cover plate and the top cover plate, each solar cell chip of the array of solar cell chips comprising an anode adjacent to a top surface and a cathode adjacent to a bottom surface of the solar cell chip, the bus bar electrically contacting each cathode of each solar cell chip of the array of solar cell chips and the contact frame contacting each anode of each solar cell chip of the array of solar cell chips.