US 12,261,236 B2
Conductive member and manufacturing method therefor, and photovoltaic module and manufacturing method therefor
Shifeng Deng, Suzhou (CN); Jingbing Dong, Suzhou (CN); Hui Chen, Suzhou (CN); Tao Xu, Suzhou (CN); and Guoqiang Xing, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to CSI CELLS CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN); CANADIAN SOLAR MANUFACTURING (CHANGSHU) INC., Suzhou (CN); and CSI SOLAR CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/625,732
Filed by CSI CELLS CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN); CANADIAN SOLAR MANUFACTURING (CHANGSHU) INC., Suzhou (CN); and CSI SOLAR CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN)
PCT Filed May 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/089307
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/004146, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910616823.X (CN), filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0293807 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H01L 31/056 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 31/0508 (2013.01) [H01L 31/0516 (2013.01); H01L 31/056 (2014.12); H01L 31/18 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conductive member for electrically connecting photovoltaic (PV) cells having a first photovoltaic cell and a second photovoltaic cell, wherein the conductive member comprises a first segment and a second segment in a length direction of the conductive member, both the first segment and the second segment have a planar contact surface respectively contacting with the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell, the second segment has a reflective surface facing away from the planar contact surface of the second segment, the first segment has a first cross section perpendicular to a length direction of the first segment, the second segment has a second cross section perpendicular to a length direction of the second segment, wherein the first cross section and the second cross section have the same area;
wherein the second cross section of the second segment defines a rectangular part and a reflective part, and the first cross section of the first segment is formed as a rectangle, a height of the rectangular part of the second segment is equal to a height of the rectangle of the first segment.