Assemblies of solar cells with curved edges
AssigneeSolAero Technologies Corp.
InventorsDaniel Derkacs, Daniel Aiken, Clay McPheeters, Lei Yang
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Abstract
Solar cells can be obtained by dividing a substantially circular solar cell wafer into portions featuring straight and arcuate edges, which are then combined to form solar cell arrays. The solar cells can be arranged in different ways, for example, with straight edges abutting against straight edges of adjacent solar cells, or with the solar cells in a row having at least one straight edge extending at an angle of between 50 and 70 degrees the direction of the row.
Claims20
A solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of solar cells, each solar cell of the plurality of solar cells being shaped as a portion of a circle, the portion having a surface area corresponding to not more than 50% of a surface area of the circle and not less than 25% of the surface area of the circle, the portion having at least two straight edges, characterised in that the portion has at least two curved edges each having a shape of an arc of the circle.
A solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of solar cells, each solar cell of the plurality of solar cells being shaped as a portion of a circle, the portion having at least one curved edge having a shape of an arc of the circle, the portion further having at least one straight edge, the portion having a surface area corresponding to not more than 50% of a surface area of the circle and not less than 25% of the surface area of the circle, the solar cells being arranged in rows and columns forming an array of solar cells, wherein the rows extend in a first direction and the columns extend in a second direction, the second direction being at an angle to the first direction, the angle being less than 90 degrees.
A solar cell assembly comprising a plurality of solar cells, each solar cell of the plurality of solar cells being shaped as a portion of a circle, the portion having at least one curved edge and at least two straight edges, the curved edge each having a shape of an arc of a circumference of the circle, the portion having a surface area corresponding to not more than 50% of a surface area of the circle and not less than 25% of the surface area of the circle, the straight edges being at an angle of approximately 120 degrees to each other.
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