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US 2014/0174506 A1Published application
Unitary solar roof and glass structure
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsWon Jung Kim, Sung Geun Park, Hae Yoon Jung, Sang Hak Kim, Ji Yong Lee, Mi Yeon Song, Ki Chun Lee, Eun Young Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed is a solar roof structure unified with glass, more particularly a solar roof structure unified with glass having transparency at a part where viewing therethrough is required and having a dye-sensitized solar cell panel equipped inside a transparent support, thus being applicable as a power source while ensuring viewability therethrough, and hence being applicable to, for example, an automotive sunroof.
Claims25
A solar roof structure unified with glass in which a solar cell is built in a solar roof, comprising:
- a first support and a second support, each comprising a transparent reinforced glass or a transparent polymer material;
- a solar cell selected from a dye-sensitized solar cell, a organic photovoltaic cell, a crystalline silicon solar cell, an amorphous silicon solar cell, and a thin film solar cell disposed between the first and second supports;
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- a bonding material layer disposed to bond and unify the first and second supports with the solar cell panel disposed between the first support and the second support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.