IP Library Granted Patent US 9,484,478
Granted Patent B2
US 9,484,478 · App. 14/592,973 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Solar cell module

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Patent No.
US 9,484,478
App. No.
14/592,973
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A second protective member faces a first protective member. A bonding layer is disposed between the first and the second protective member. A solar cell includes a first main surface facing a side of the first protective member and a second main surface facing a side of the second protective member. A wiring member disposed on the second main surface. The bonding layer includes a first bonding layer disposed between the first protective member and the solar cell and made of a transparent resin a second bonding layer disposed between the second protective member and the solar cell and made of a colored resin, and a third bonding layer disposed between the second bonding layer and the solar cell and made of a transparent resin, and the second bonding layer is in contact with a main surface of the wiring member on a side of the second protective member.

Claims (26)

1. A solar cell module comprising:

a first protective member;

a second protective member facing the first protective member at a distance;

a bonding layer disposed between the first protective member and the second protective member;

a solar cell disposed within the bonding layer, the solar cell having a first main surface facing a side of the first protective member and a second main surface facing a side of the second protective member; and

a wiring member disposed on the second main surface of the solar cell and containing Cu, wherein

the bonding layer includes:

a first bonding layer portion disposed between the first protective member and the solar cell and made of a transparent resin;

a second bonding layer portion disposed between the second protective member and the solar cell and made of a resin that is colored; and

a third bonding layer portion disposed between the second bonding layer portion and the solar cell and made of a transparent resin,

in a cross section of the solar cell and the wiring member, the second bonding layer portion is in contact with a main surface of the wiring member on a side of the second protective member, and

in the cross section of the solar cell and the wiring member, the third bonding layer portion is in contact with a side surface of the wiring member.

2. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein

the wiring member includes:

a wiring member body made of copper or a copper alloy; and

a coating layer covering the wiring member body and made of silver or a silver alloy.

3. The solar cell module according to claim 2 , wherein a portion of the coating layer located on a corner of the wiring member body is thinner than other regions of the wiring member body.

4. The solar cell module according to claim 2 , wherein the wiring member comprises a pressed base material with both main surfaces flat.

5. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein an irregularity is provided on the other main surface of the wiring member on a side of the first protective member, and the main surface on the side of the second protective member is flat.

6. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the wiring member is within the second bonding layer portion.

7. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , further comprising a resin adhesive layer bonding the solar cell and the wiring member to each other.

8. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the first protective member is formed of a glass sheet, and the second protective member is formed of a resin sheet.

9. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the second bonding layer portion comprises white pigment.

10. The solar cell module according to claim 9 , wherein the white pigment is titanium dioxide.

11. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the third bonding layer portion is in contact with the second main surface of the solar cell.

12. The solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the main surface of the wiring member and the second protective member is equal to the thickness of the second bonding layer portion.

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 Jan 9, 2015
From: ISHIGURO, TASUKU; MAEDA, MASANORI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034670/0130 →