US 12,149,204 B2
Heat sink and associated solar panel
Nils Harder, Paris (FR); and Camille Bainier, Chevreuse (FR)
Assigned to TOTALENERGIES ONETECH, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/787,453
Filed by TOTALENERGIES ONETECH, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/087001
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/123148, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19306736 (EP), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031133 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 40/42 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 40/42 (2014.12) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar panel comprising at least one bi-facial photovoltaic module and a heat sink secured to a back side of the at least one bi-facial photovoltaic module, wherein the heat sink comprises a plurality of rods having a thermal conductivity higher than 10 W·m-1·K-1 (W/mK), arranged as a mesh configured to be in contact with the back side of the bi-facial photovoltaic module, and comprising a reflective surface configured for reflecting solar rays in a specular manner, wherein the rods are arranged to form a first grid configured for being in contact with the back side of the bi-facial photovoltaic module, a second grid arranged parallel to the first grid, and a plurality of transverse rods arranged between the first grid and the second grid.