SOLAR CELL MODULE AND PANEL, AND METHOD

摘要

A laminated module or panel of solar cells and a laminating method for making same comprise an optically transparent top layer and a thermally conductive rear sheet of melt flowable insulating thermoplastic. Solar cells are encapsulated between the top layer and the rear sheet, and electrical connections are provided between a front surface of one solar cell and the back surface of another solar cell. Light passing through the transparent top layer impinges upon the solar cells. Electrical connections may be provided by melt flowable electrically conductive molecularly flexible thermoplastic adhesive or by metal strips or by both. The laminated module in one embodiment may be molecularly flexible and/or may exhibit a particular flexural modulus.