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5928439 |
Thin-film solar cell and method for the manufacture thereof
A transparent second electrode layer laminated over a laminated composite of a solar cell structure is connected to a third electrode layer disposed opposite the substrate via through holes spaced...
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5928437 |
Microarray for efficient energy generation for satellites
A microarray uses small, irregularly shaped, or nonplanar surfaces on a satellite to maximize power generation without introducing a significant weight penalty. The microarray includes a plurality...
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5919316 |
Spacecraft solar array design to control differential charging
Numerous undesirable prior art epoxy beads or pads of metallization, employed to prevent unacceptable electrostatic charge buildup upon the solar cell coverglasses of solar cell array panels...
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5902416 |
Element of a photovoltaic solar cell and a process for the production thereof as well as the arrangement thereof in a solar cell
The invention relates to an element, and a method for making the element, of a photovoltaic solar cell with an elongated, rod-like, wire-like, thread-like, or band-like electrode, which is provided...
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5897715 |
Interdigitated photovoltaic power conversion device
A photovoltaic power conversion device has a top surface adapted to receive impinging radiation. The device includes at least two adjacent, serially connected cells. Each cell includes a...
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5868869 |
Thin film photovoltaic device and process of manufacture
Provided is a thin film photovoltaic device and a method of manufacturing the device. The thin film photovoltaic device comprises a film layer having particles which are smaller than about 30...
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5865904 |
Flexible photoelectric conversion module and method for its manufacture
For reduced electrical resistance of series connections between columns of photoelectric conversion elements in a flexible photoelectric conversion module, the columns are connected by a flexible...
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5863354 |
Flexible photoelectric conversion module
Thin-film photoelectric conversion elements are spaced from each other on an insulating belt-like film. Respective common conductive tapes are soldered to the terminal electrodes of the elements at...
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5821597 |
Photoelectric conversion device
A photoelectric conversion device taking the form of a thin film and having a substrate exhibiting poor thermal resistance. The device prevents thermal deformation which would normally be caused by...
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5798284 |
Process for fabricating array of photovoltaic elements connected in series
Disclosed is a process for fabricating an array of photovoltaic elements connected in series, which can be used as a high-efficiency solar battery, at low cost and with high reliability. The...
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5787653 |
Sheet-shaped solar module mounting structure
In a sheet-shaped solar module mounting structure, rail members include locking members to which the end portions of sheet-shaped solar batteries are locked, so that, in mounting the sheet-shaped...
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5779817 |
Circuit arrangement of solar cells
A circuit arrangement with a first string of solar cells which are connected together in series and a second string of solar cells which are connected together in series, the electric power...
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5768831 |
Rooftile support for photocell panel
The invention relates to a roof tile/roof slate/wall plate 1 made of a plate of clay, ceramic, concrete, fiber cement or synthetic, serving as a carrier for a solar panel 6 with photovoltaic solar...
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5752676 |
Spacecraft with integrated array of solar cells and electronically scannable antenna
A spacecraft having an array of antenna elements mounted on its outer surface. Signals are transmitted and received by scanning the array electronically. Solar cells are mounted on the array...
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5740996 |
Device for mounting plate-like construction components
A device for mounting plate-like construction components, in particular solar modules and solar energy collectors on inclined surfaces. The plate-like construction components are arranged in the...
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5733381 |
Thin-film solar cell array and method of manufacturing same
A transparent second electrode layer laminated over a laminated composite of a solar cell structure is connected to a third electrode layer disposed opposite the substrate via through holes spaced...
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5714391 |
Method of manufacturing a compound semiconductor thin film for a photoelectric or solar cell device
This invention relates to a manufacturing method of a compound semiconductor thin film derived from a metal sulfide produced by thermal decomposition of a sulfur-containing metal organic compound,...
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5688366 |
Etching method, method of producing a semiconductor device, and etchant therefor
A method of etching material as a transparent conductive film, a method of producing a semiconductor device, and an etchant therefor are disclosed. These method and etchant are simple, excellent in...
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5688337 |
Temperature compensated photovoltaic array
A temperature compensated photovoltaic module (20) comprised of a series of solar cells (22) having a thermally activated switch (24) connected in parallel with several of the cells (22). The...
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5679176 |
Group of solar cell elements, and solar cell module and production method thereof
A group of solar cell elements is obtained by connecting a plurality of solar cell elements in series or in parallel by metal foil members, which is characterized in that an insulating tape is...
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5680033 |
Solar powered warning device
A solar energy powered flashing device includes a light-transmitting, dome-like cover inside which a high efficiency solar energy plate and a circuit board connected to the solar energy plate are...
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5667596 |
Photovoltaic device and manufacturing method of the same
In a photovoltaic device comprising a conductive base plate having four side edges, at least one conductive foil having a higher conductivity than the conductive base plate is provided in contact...
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5660643 |
Solar cell system
A solar cell system including at least one large-area, amorphous, thin-layer solar cell, at least one electrical voltage converter for increasing the level of the electrical voltage of the...
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5660646 |
Solar battery module
A solar battery module in which at least the front, light incident side of the photovoltaic elements is covered with a transparent organic polymer resin, and a resin film of a material different...
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5651837 |
Solar cell module and manufacturing method thereof
A solar cell module is provided which is excellent in foldability and durability. The filler thickness in the downwardly facing parts, engagement parts, and upwardly facing folded parts of the...
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5639314 |
Photovoltaic device including plural interconnected photoelectric cells, and method of making the same
A method of fabricating a three-dimensionally shaped photovoltaic device involves first forming a photovoltaic element on a flexible substrate, preferably while it is flat, and then deforming the...
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5637155 |
Solar cell array and electronic equipment having the same
Even when a portion of the incident light plane of a solar cell array is shaded, drastic decrease of photoelectric output is prevented by connecting a plurality of unit cells in parallel and a...
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5626686 |
Thin-film solar cell and method of manufacturing the same
A thin-film solar cell includes an insulating flexible substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions each having a rear electrode layer, an amorphous semiconductor layer and a...
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5620528 |
Solar cell with a connecting structure
A solar cell has electrical conductors applied on a pattern of electric contacts on a front surface and extending transversely relative thereto with a portion projecting beyond the edge of the...
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5616185 |
Solar cell with integrated bypass diode and method
An integrated solar cell-bypass diode assembly is provided by forming at least one recess in the back (non-illuminated) side of the solar cell and placing at least one discrete low-profile bypass...
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5609694 |
Solar cell and a method of manufacturing thereof
A solar cell includes a first n + type layer formed on the upper surface of a p type silicon substrate, a p type layer formed on the back surface of the substrate and having a dopant impurity...
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5595607 |
Buried contact interconnected thin film and bulk photovoltaic cells
A semiconductor substrate material having a photovoltaic cell, a semiconductor substrate material having an integrated array of at least two photovoltaic cells in electrical series with one...
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5593901 |
Monolithic series and parallel connected photovoltaic module
A thin-film semiconductor device comprising a substrate and a front contact layer disposed on said substrate including a plurality of segments separated by first scribe lines, a plurality of the...
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5590495 |
Solar roofing system
A photovoltaic module that serves as a shingle, tile or other building material that may be placed onto the exterior of a structure. The photovoltaic module generates a voltage when exposed to...
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5580473 |
Methods of removing semiconductor film with energy beams
A method of removing a prescribed portion of a semiconductor film or a metal film involves irradiating the prescribed portion to be removed with a first energy beam, and then with a second energy...
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5567248 |
Modular solar cell contact arrangement
A contact arrangement for permitting a plurality of solar cells to be electrically interconnected. The inventive device includes a solar cell having orthogonally oriented outer peripheral edges and...
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5558723 |
Thin-film solar module with electrically conductive substrate and method for the manufacture thereof
A solar module has a thin-film structure applied on an aluminum substrate, with the back electrode insulated from the electrically conductive aluminum substrate by an electrically insulating oxide...
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5542989 |
Solar battery roofing for a solar house
The roof of a solar house includes a plurality of crosspieces arranged parallel to each other, and a solar battery roofing for the solar house is fixed to the crosspieces. The solar battery is...
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5542988 |
Photocell, its method of manufacture, and a solar panel comprising such cells
The present invention relates to a photocell including means for providing protection against the accumulation of electrostatic charge, to a method of manufacturing it, and to a solar panel...
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5538902 |
Method of fabricating a photovoltaic device having a three-dimensional shape
A method of fabricating a three-dimensionally shaped photovoltaic device involves first forming a photovoltaic element on a flexible substrate, preferably while it is flat, and then deforming the...
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5527716 |
Method of making integrated-circuit stacked-cell solar module
Individual solar cells are disposed in a stacked-cell solar module alternately as p-i-n, n-i-p, p-i-n and so on, the solar-cell stack is patterned in strip-like fashion and the interconnection is...
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5514223 |
Dual discharge photovoltaic module
A dual discharge photovoltaic module responsive to high and low loads. The module includes a first plurality of series connected, high short circuit current cells, and a second plurality of series...
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5512107 |
Environmentally stable thin-film solar module
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...
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5505788 |
Thermally regulated photovoltaic roofing assembly
A photovoltaic roofing assembly comprises a roofing membrane (102), a plurality of photovoltaic modules (104, 106, 108, 110) disposed as a layer on top of the roofing membrane (102), and a...
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5504015 |
Process for preparing photovoltaic modules based on crystalline silicon
A process for preparing low-cost photovoltaic modules based on crystalline silicon. The silicon wafers are treated while supported on a substrate having properties compatible with the process.
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5501744 |
Photovoltaic cell having a p-type polycrystalline layer with large crystals
A photovoltaic cell has an n-type polycrystalline layer and a p-type polycrystalline layer adjoining the n-type polycrystalline layer to form a photovoltaic junction. The p-type polycrystalline...
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5500052 |
Solar photovoltaic power generation device capable of adjusting voltage and electric power
In a solar photovoltaic power generation device comprising a plurality of power generation units (31-34) each of which comprises first through n-th generation elements, the first through the n-th...
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5482569 |
Roof for generating electricity by solar light
A base member for a roof is composed of a flexible high molecular material film and thin film solar cell modules formed thereon, and a finish member placed on the base member is a tile made of...
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5478407 |
Apparatus for shading surfaces having a spread roof sheathing and photovoltaic elements provided on same
In an apparatus for shading surfaces, in particular for shading spaces which can be negotiated on foot, or the like, comprising at least a roof sheathing which is stretched on supports or the like...
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5468988 |
Large area, through-hole, parallel-connected photovoltaic device
A large area photovoltaic device includes a plurality of photovoltaic regions electrically interconnected in parallel. The regions are defined by through hole connections which establish electrical...
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