| 摘要 |
A continuous, lightweight, laminated strip (13, 106) of encapsulated, spaced, electrically interconnected, large area solar cells (40) includes an electrically-insulating, continuous, protective covering (90, 94) which encapsulates a plurality of said solar cells (40) so as to form either a modularized roll (13) or a modularized stack (106) of large area solar cells (40). Also disclosed herein is a method of fabricating the laminated strip (13, 106) of solar cells (40) from an elongated roll (9) of solar cell material which includes a substrate (11), a plurality of semiconductor layers (16a-c, 18a-c, 20a-c) deposited thereon and topped by an anti-reflective Coating (22). The method of fabrication includes at least the steps of electrically interconnecting adjacent large area solar cells (40) of the solar cell material (9) and encapsulating the electrically-interconnected large area solar cells (40) between lightweight, elongated, continous, flexible, electrically-insulating upper (94) and lower (90) protective coverings. Specific uses of the laminated strip of encapsulated, spaced, electrically-interconnected, large area solar cells (13, 106), such as roof top installation and repair are also described. |
