Body part of a vehicle provided with a thin-film solar cell and the production thereof
OwnerHorst Kibbel, Johannes Konle +2inventors
InventorsHorst Kibbel, Johannes Konle, Ulf Koeing, Harmut Presting
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Abstract
The invention relates to a body part of a vehicle provided with a support and with a transparent covering layer. A thin-film solar cell is applied to said support. The support, together with the thin-film solar cell, is covered by the transparent covering layer. The transparent covering layer consists of a paint layer, particularly a clear varnish layer. The thin-film solar cell is a CIS-, CIGS-, CIGSS-, CdTe- or an Si-based (particularly Si/SiGe) thin-film solar cell.
Claims16
1-12. (canceled)
A bodywork part of a vehicle, comprising:
- a carrier made of metal;
- at least one thin-film solar cell disposed on the carrier;
- a transparent cover layer covering the at least one thin-film solar cell and the carrier, wherein the carrier forms an electrode of the thin-film solar cell.
A method for producing a bodywork part of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a metallic carrier;
- applying at least one thin-film solar cell on the carrier;
- applying a transparent cover layer so as to cover the at least one thin-film solar cell and the carrier;
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- using the metallic carrier as an electrode of the thin-film solar cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.