US 12,446,330 B2
Photovoltaic packaging, and a method for manufacturing such a photovoltaic packaging
Roland Van Giesen, Geleen (NL); Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Geleen (NL); Rick Robert Emilie Bercx, Geleen (NL); Maud Corrina Willie Van Der Ven, Geleen (NL); and Rob Venderbosch, Geleen (NL)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 16/474,181
Filed by SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/084537
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 27, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/122203, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17150032 (EP), filed on Jan. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0305445 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 31/042 (2014.01); H10F 19/85 (2025.01); H10F 19/90 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 19/85 (2025.01) [H10F 19/902 (2025.01); H10F 71/137 (2025.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic packaging, comprising:
a polymer back layer,
a plurality of photovoltaic cells electrically connected to each other by electrical conductors,
a polymer front layer which is transparent to light, and which is configured to be connected to the polymer back layer by welding,
wherein the plurality of mutually connected photovoltaic cells are located between the front layer and the back layer,
the front layer and the back layer being locally connected to each other by a local welded connection, such that the plurality of photovoltaic cells is completely enclosed between the front layer and the back layer by the welded connection, surrounding the plurality of photovoltaic cells, and wherein each individual cell of the plurality of photovoltaic cells is separated from the remaining of the photovoltaic cells by the welded connection,
wherein the front layer is reversibly adhered to the photovoltaic cells by a reusable adhesive.