Process for fabricating glass-encapsulated solar cell arrays and

Details Process for fabricating glass-encapsulated solar cell arrays and Process for fabricating glass-encapsulated solar cell arrays and

1978-07-14

1980-11-18

Weisstuch, Aaron

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Thermoelectric

Radiation pyrometer

29572, 65 41, 65 44, 65 45, H01L 3104, H01L 3118

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042343518

ABSTRACT:
The process includes the steps of (1) forming a pattern of indentations and adjacent boundary ridges in a base layer of glass which is heated to a temperature where it is formable but not flowing, (2) depositing electrically conducting first connecting elements on the upper surface of the base glass layer, with each first connecting element extending from an indentation to a point on an adjacent ridge, (3) positioning a solar cell into each indentation in the base glass layer in such a manner that the lower surface of the solar cell comes in electrical contact with one end of a first connecting element, (4) depositing electrically conducting second connecting elements which extend between the end of the first connecting elements on a ridge to the top surface of a solar cell in an adjacent indentation, and (5) forming a top glass layer which is in intimate contact with the product of steps 1-4. The product produced thereby is an array of glass-encapsulated solar cells which are electrically connected together by means of the first and second connecting elements but are otherwise physically isolated from each other by the glass-encapsulation.

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J. A. Minucci et al., "Integral Glass Sheet Encapsulation for Terrestrial Panel Applications", Conf. Record, 12th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf., (1976), pp. 309-312.

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