US 11,784,268 B2
Flexible and light photovoltaic module
Julien Gaume, Grenoble (FR); Rodolphe Chaix, Cannes la Bocca (FR); Jean-Baptiste Billard, Cannes la Bocca (FR); Thomas Guerin, Grenoble (FR); and Pierre Ruols, Porte de Savoie (FR)
Assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Paris (FR); Thales, Courbevoie (FR); and Concept Composites Auvergne 2CA, Arlanc (FR)
Filed by COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, Paris (FR); THALES, Courbevoie (FR); and CONCEPT COMPOSITES AUVERGNE—2CA, Arlanc (FR)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,548.
Claims priority of application No. 2012016 (FR), filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0165898 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 31/0481 (2013.01) [H01L 31/1864 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic module comprising:
a transparent first layer forming the front side of the photovoltaic module, which side is intended to receive a light flux,
a plurality of photovoltaic cells placed side-by-side and electrically connected to one another,
an encapsulating assembly able to encapsulate the plurality of photovoltaic cells, and comprising a lower portion and an upper portion, the encapsulating assembly preferably being made of polymer,
a second layer comprising at least one composite material based on polymer resin and on fibres,
the encapsulating assembly and the plurality of photovoltaic cells being located between the first and second layers,
at least the first layer and the second layer defining the edges of the photovoltaic module;
wherein the plurality of photovoltaic cells is spaced apart by a non-zero distance DA from at least one edge of the photovoltaic module, and in that the photovoltaic module further comprises a third layer, or strengthening layer, located below the plurality of photovoltaic cells and above the lower portion of the encapsulating assembly, said third layer forming at least one peripheral strip extending from the at least one edge toward the centre of said module and the width (L15A) of which is larger than or equal to the distance DA, said third layer comprising at least one composite material based on polymer resin and on fibres.