Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080271781 | Cis Type Thin-Film Solar Cell and Process for Producing the Same - This invention provides a CIS-based thin film solar battery and a process for producing the same in which the formation of an alkali barrier layer and a metal backside electrode layer is carried out at a low cost in a short time to prevent such an unfavorable phenomenon that a light absorbing layer is separated from the interface of the light absorbing layer and the metal backside electrode layer. The CIS-based thin film solar battery ( | 11-06-2008 |
20090032109 | CIS BASED THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The tin-free air side of each of float-processed soda-lime float glass substrates is quickly and accurately distinguished, and the substrates are arranged, with the air sides facing upward. CIS based thin-film photo voltaic devices are formed on the air sides to improve conversion efficiency and yield and reduce production cost. | 02-05-2009 |
20090072837 | METHOD OF TESTING DURABILITY OF CIS BASED THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE - The property of CIS based thin-film solar cell modules that the modules recover their conversion efficiency, etc. upon irradiation with a weak light is correctly evaluated. A CIS based thin-film solar cell module is subjected to a conventional damp heat test with a constant-light solar simulator (solar simulator) | 03-19-2009 |
20090087940 | Method of Successive High-Resistance Buffer Layer/Window Layer (Transparent Conductive Film) Formation for CIS Based Thin-Film Solar Cell and Apparatus for Successive Film Formation for Practicing the Method of Successive Film Formation - A high-resistance buffer layer and a window layer (transparent conductive film) are successively formed by the MOCVD method to obtain the same output characteristics as in conventional film deposition by the solution deposition method and to simplify a film deposition method and apparatus. Thus, the cost of raw materials and the cost of waste treatments are reduced to attain a considerable reduction in production cost. | 04-02-2009 |
20090159112 | CIS BASED THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A photovoltaic module having long-term durability is obtained at low cost. | 06-25-2009 |
20100047958 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIS BASED THIN FILM SOLAR CELL DEVICE - Before a buffer layer deposition step P | 02-25-2010 |
20100126581 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - There are provided a frameless solar cell module and a manufacturing method thereof, in which the frameless solar cell module includes a sub-module including a substrate glass, a thin-film solar cell device formed on the substrate glass, a cover glass attached to a light receiving surface side of the thin-film solar cell device, and a filler for adhering and holding the substrate glass and the cover glass, and is characterized in that lamination surfaces at side ends of the sub-module are sealed with a metal sealing material. | 05-27-2010 |
20100267190 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR CIS BASED SOLAR CELL, AND INTEGRATED STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CIS BASED THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL - This invention aims to provide a laminated structure and an integrated structure of a high production efficiency for a CIS based thin-film solar cell, which can produce a high-resistance buffer layer of the CIS based thin-film solar cell efficiently on a series of production lines and which needs no treatment of wastes or the like, and a manufacturing method for the structures. The CIS based thin-film solar cell includes a back electrode, a p-type CIS based light absorbing layer, a high-resistance buffer layer and an n-type transparent conductive film laminated in this order. The high-resistance buffer layer and the n-type transparent conductive film are formed of thin films of a zinc oxide group. The buffer layer contacts the p-type CIS based light absorbing layer directly, and has a resistivity of 500 Ω·cm or higher. | 10-21-2010 |
20100311202 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIGHT ABSORBING LAYER IN CIS BASED THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL - A treatment object containing any one of Cu/Ga, Cu/In and Cu—Ga/In is held in a heated state at a temperature T | 12-09-2010 |
20110011451 | INTEGRATED STRUCTURE OF CIS BASED SOLAR CELL - In an integrated structure of a CIS based thin film solar cell obtained by stacking an light absorbing layer, a high-resistance buffer layer, and a window layer in that order, a first buffer layer adjoining the light absorbing layer is made of a compound containing cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), or indium (In), a second buffer layer adjoining the first buffer layer is made of a zinc oxide-based thin film, a third buffer layer is formed to cover the end face exposed by forming an interconnect pattern in the light absorbing layer, the first buffer layer, and the second buffer layer and the top end surface of the second buffer layer, and the third buffer layer is made of a zinc oxide-based thin film. | 01-20-2011 |
20110018089 | STACK STRUCTURE AND INTEGRATED STRUCTURE OF CIS BASED SOLAR CELL - In a stack structure of a CIS based thin film solar cell obtained by stacking a p-type CIS light absorbing layer, a buffer layer, and an n-type transparent conductive film in that order, the buffer layer has a stack structure of two or more layers including first and second buffer layers, the first buffer layer adjoining the p-type light absorbing layer is made of a compound containing cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), or indium (In), the second buffer layer adjoining the first buffer layer is made of a zinc oxide-based thin film, the first buffer layer has a thickness equal to or smaller than 20 nm, and the second buffer layer has a thickness equal to or larger than 100 nm | 01-27-2011 |
20110186113 | TERMINAL BOX FOR SOLAR CELL AND ATTACHING STRUCTURE - Provided are a terminal box, which protects a lead line of a frameless solar cell module from external moisture and the like and easily connects the solar cell modules to each other, and an attaching structure of a solar cell module having such a terminal box attached thereto. The terminal box is provided for a frameless solar cell having no frame for protecting a substrate glass and a cover glass from external forces. The terminal box is connected to an electrode for taking out power generated by receiving light, and a lead line for outputting the power to the outside is led out from an end portion of the solar cell module. The terminal box includes: a bonding section to be bonded to a side end portion of the solar cell module; an output terminal, which is electrically connected to the lead line to output the power obtained from the electrode of the solar cell module to the outside through the lead line; and a connecting section for connecting the terminal box to a prescribed external connector. | 08-04-2011 |