Thin-film photovoltaic module with hydrophobic rear-side coating
OwnerStephane Auvray, Dana Pakosch +1inventors
InventorsStephane Auvray, Dana Pakosch, Dang Cuong Phan
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Abstract
A thin-film photovoltaic module with hydrophobic rear-side coating is described. The module has a substrate, wherein at least one hydrophobic coating is arranged on a rear side of the substrate, a photovoltaic layer structure on a front side of the substrate, and a covering sheet, which is areally connected to the front side of the substrate via a rear side of the substrate with at least one intermediate layer.
Claims19
A thin-film photovoltaic module with hydrophobic rear-side coating, comprising at least:
- a substrate, wherein at least one hydrophobic coating is arranged on a rear side of the substrate;
- a photovoltaic layer structure on a front side of the substrate;
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- a cover sheet areally bonded via a rear side of said cover sheet with at least one intermediate layer to the front side of the substrate.
A method for producing a thin-film photovoltaic module with hydrophobic rear-side coating, comprising:
- (a) applying a photovoltaic layer structure on a front side of a substrate;
- (b) bonding the front side of the substrate to a rear side of a cover sheet via an intermediate layer under action of heat, vacuum, and/or pressure, and
- (c) applying a hydrophobic coating on a rear side of the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.