US 12,464,831 B2
Photovoltaic module
Keita Kurosu, Yokohama (JP); Yusuke Miyamichi, Hikone (JP); Shoei Sato, Yokohama (JP); and Satoshi Kitayama, Omihachiman (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/803,636.
Application 18/803,636 is a continuation of application No. 17/767,435, granted, now 12,062,730, previously published as PCT/JP2020/037546, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-187786 (JP), filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0015216 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. H10F 19/85 (2025.01); H10F 19/80 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 19/85 (2025.01) [H10F 19/804 (2025.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic module, comprising:
a front protective layer being transmissive to light, the front protective layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
a back protective layer facing the second surface;
a plurality of solar cells between the second surface and the back protective layer; and
a filler between the front protective layer and the plurality of solar cells, the filler covering the plurality of solar cells,
wherein
the filler comprises a material with a chemical structure to generate a free acid,
the front protective layer comprises a weather-resistance resin,
at least a part of the first surface is exposed to a space external to the photovoltaic module,
the front protective layer has a plurality of microthrough-holes each extending from the first surface to the second surface, and
the back protective layer comprises a resin.