Photovoltaic device and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorTatsuya KIRIYAMA
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Abstract
To manufacture a photovoltaic device through a first step of sequentially stacking a transparent electrode, a photovoltaic layer, and a rear surface electrode to thereby form a structure in which photovoltaic cells are serially connected, a second step of measuring characteristics of the photovoltaic cell; and a third step of removing, according to a result of measurement, the transparent electrode, the photovoltaic layer, and the rear surface electrode along the serial connection direction, to thereby divide the serially connected photovoltaic cells into a plurality of regions.
Claims15
A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device, comprising:
- a first step of serially connecting a plurality of photovoltaic elements ,where sequentially stacked a first electrode, a photovoltaic layer, and second electrode;
- a second step of measuring characteristics of the photovoltaic element;
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- a third step of removing, according to a result of measurement, the first electrode, the photovoltaic layer, and the second electrode along a direction in which the photovoltaic elements are serially connected to thereby divide the plurality of photovoltaic elements serially connected into a plurality of regions.
The method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device according to claim. 1, wherein the third step is a step of dividing the plurality of photovoltaic elements serially connected into a plurality of regions having different areas.
A photovoltaic device in which a plurality of photovoltaic elements, where a first electrode, a photovoltaic layer, and a second electrode are sequentially stacked, are serially connected, wherein the first electrode, the photovoltaic layer, and the second electrode are removed along a direction in which the photovoltaic elements are serially connected, to thereby divide the plurality of photovoltaic elements serially connected into a plurality of regions having different areas.
A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device, comprising:
- a first step of sequentially stacking a first electrode, a photovoltaic layer, and a second electrode to thereby form a photovoltaic element;
- a second step of removing the second electrode and the photovoltaic layer to thereby form a first slit;
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- a third step of removing the first electrode in a region overlapping the first slit to thereby form a second slit to thereby divide the photovoltaic element into a plurality of regions.
A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device, comprising:
- a first step of sequentially stacking a first electrode, a photovoltaic layer, and a second electrode to thereby form a photovoltaic element;
- a second step of removing the first electrode, the photovoltaic layer, and the second electrode to thereby form a third slit to thereby divide the photovoltaic element into a plurality of regions;
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- a third step of removing the second electrode and the photovoltaic layer in a region including the third slit to thereby form a fourth slit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.