IP Library Granted Patent US 9,196,757
Granted Patent B2
US 9,196,757 · App. 14/571,407 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Method of manufacturing solar cell module and solar cell module

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Patent No.
US 9,196,757
App. No.
14/571,407
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stack is obtained by stacking a glass plate, a first transparent resin sheet, a solar cell, a second transparent resin sheet, a colored resin sheet, and a first resin sheet. The stack is pressed under heat to fabricate a module including the glass plate, a first transparent bonding layer placed between the glass plate and the solar cell and formed of the first transparent resin sheet, a second transparent bonding layer placed between the first resin sheet and the solar cell and formed of the second transparent resin sheet, a colored bonding layer placed between the second transparent bonding layer and the first resin sheet and formed of the colored resin sheet, and the first resin sheet. A loss modulus of the colored resin sheet at a temperature of the pressing is higher than a loss modulus of the first transparent resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing.

Claims (23)

1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell module, the method comprising:

obtaining a stack by stacking a glass plate, a first transparent resin sheet, a solar cell, a second transparent resin sheet, a colored resin sheet, and a first resin sheet in the order mentioned; and

pressing the stack under heat to fabricate the solar cell module including

the glass plate,

a first transparent bonding layer placed between the glass plate and the solar cell and formed of the first transparent resin sheet,

a second transparent bonding layer placed between the first resin sheet and the solar cell and formed of the second transparent resin sheet,

a colored bonding layer placed between the second transparent bonding layer and the first resin sheet and formed of the colored resin sheet, and

the first resin sheet, wherein

a loss modulus of the colored resin sheet at a temperature of the pressing is higher than a loss modulus of the first transparent resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing, and wherein

the loss modulus of the colored bonding layer at 125 degrees C. is three times or more the loss modulus of the first transparent bonding layer at 125 degrees C.

2. The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

the loss modulus of the colored resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing is four times or more the loss modulus of the first transparent resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing.

3. The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

the loss modulus of the colored resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing is 300,000 Pa or higher.

4. The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

the loss modulus of the first transparent resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing is 200,000 Pa or less.

5. The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

a loss modulus of the second transparent resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing is higher than the loss modulus of the first transparent resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing.

6. The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 5 , wherein

the loss modulus of the second transparent resin sheet at the temperature of the pressing is 300,000 Pa or higher.

7. The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

the first resin sheet is made of resin.

8. The method of manufacturing a solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the pressing is 100 degrees to 160 degrees C.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2015
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035071/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035071/0508 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2014
From: MAEDA, MASANORI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034513/0267 →