Detachable generator device
Provided is a detachable generator device which can change the installation location with ease and which can effectively use a solar cell to generate electric power. The detachable generator device includes: a film-like solar cell; and attaching/detaching means for allowing the film-like solar cell to be attached to and detached from an attachment object at an installation location. The attaching/detaching means includes an adhesive film having an attaching/detaching surface which develops Van der Waals force to enable repeated affixation, or an electrostatic chuck for forming an attaching/detaching surface by turning on/off a voltage source connected to an attraction electrode sandwiched between two insulating layers to freely develop electrostatic attraction on a surface of at least one of the insulating layers.
1. A detachable generator device, comprising:
a thin film solar cell; and
an electrostatic chuck for allowing repeatably the thin film solar cell to be attached to and detached from a surface of a transparent attachment object by electrostatic attraction, wherein
the electrostatic chuck comprises an attraction electrode and insulating layers, the attraction electrode sandwiched between the insulating layers, so that the electrostatic attraction is generated on at least one surface of the insulating layers of the electrostatic chuck by turning on a voltage source connected to the attraction electrode,
the insulating layers and the attraction electrode are each formed of a transparent material,
the insulating layers comprise at least one flexible resin sheet selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyethylene naphthalate, and
the thin film solar cell is disposed on another surface of the insulating layers of the electrostatic chuck, so that said at least one surface of the insulating layers, on which electrostatic attraction is generated, is attached to the transparent attachment object, and the solar cell receives light through the transparent attachment object and the electrostatic chuck and generates electric power using the light.
2. A detachable generator device according to claim 1 , wherein the generator device further comprises a booster circuit and part of electric power generated by the solar cell is boosted and supplied to the attraction electrode of the electrostatic chuck to develop the electrostatic attraction.
3. A detachable generator device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent attachment object is a window.