PHOTOVOLTAIC ELEMENT WITH OPTICALLY FUNCTIONAL CONVERSION LAYER FOR IMPROVING THE CONVERSION OF THE INCIDENT LIGHT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID PHOTOVOLTAIC ELEMENT

摘要

The invention relates to a photovoltaic element including an optically functional surface layer for improving a conversion of the incident light. The functioning of the layer involves absorbing incident sunlight having a low wavelength and emitting it again as light radiation having a higher wavelength, so that this light spectrum becomes usable for solar cells. In order to solve the currently unsolved problem of embedding such a layer into a thin-film solar cell with a substrate arranged on the front side, while ensuring high weathering resistance, it is proposed to arrange the optical functional layer in an additional encapsulation element on the front side and thus to construct the photovoltaic element as a double- or multiple composite assembly.