US 12,433,038 B2
Solar battery module
Junichi Nakamura, Settsu (JP)
Assigned to KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/784,393.
Application 18/784,393 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/048220, filed on Dec. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-011786 (JP), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0405138 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. H10F 19/40 (2025.01); H10F 19/85 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 19/40 (2025.01) [H10F 19/85 (2025.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A curved solar cell module, comprising:
a plurality of flat solar cells arranged by a shingling method, wherein
each of the plurality of solar cells is a half-cut cell obtained by cutting a substrate of a predetermined size into two pieces, each of the solar cells has a cut end and a non-cut end as two opposing ends in an arrangement direction of the plurality of solar cells, each of the solar cells has, as two main surfaces, a convex-side main surface on a convex side of a curved surface of the solar cell module and a concave-side main surface on a concave side of the curved surface of the solar cell module, and
adjacent solar cells among the plurality of solar cells are overlapped such that an edge of the non-cut end of one of the solar cells on the convex-side main surface side is in contact with the concave-side main surface of the other solar cell on the cut end side.