A solar cell panel can include a solar cell; a sealing member for sealing the solar cell; a first cover member disposed on the sealing member at one side of the solar cell; and a second cover member disposed on the sealing member at another side of the solar cell, in which the first cover member includes a base member and a colored portion having a light transmittance lower than a light transmittance of the base member, the first cover member constituting a colored area, and the colored portion includes at least two layers each formed of an oxide ceramic composition and having different colors or different light transmittances.

According to one embodiment, a solar cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. When a transmittance of the solar cell is measured in a wavelength range of 700 to 1000 nm, an average of the transmittance of the solar cell is 60% or more.

Disclosed is a photovoltaic array structure having low line loss. The photovoltaic array structure includes several photovoltaic modules as photovoltaic array units, where each photovoltaic module includes one photovoltaic cell string or a plurality of photovoltaic cell strings distributed row by row or column by column and connected in series and/or in parallel, and the photovoltaic module includes a long side and a short side, a first end edge junction box and a second end edge junction box being arranged on light-facing surfaces or surfaces facing away from light at two ends along a center line of the long side of the photovoltaic module respectively, and being located on the same side of the long side of the photovoltaic module. The present invention can obviously shorten a thread of a direct current cable in the photovoltaic array structure and reduce line loss inside the photovoltaic array structure.

A photovoltaic module includes at least one cell unit, and the at least one cell unit is rectangular; the at least one cell unit includes a plurality of cell-string groups that are electrically connected, each of the plurality of cell-string groups includes a plurality of cell strings connected in parallel, and each of the plurality of cell strings includes a plurality of cell connected in series; each of the plurality of cell-string groups has two electrically conductive ends and two side edges located between the two electrically conductive ends; and at least two neighboring instances of the plurality of cell-string groups are arranged in a predetermined mode, wherein the predetermined mode is as follows: one of the two electrically conductive ends of one of the plurality of cell-string groups and one of side edges of the neighboring cell-string group are located on a same straight line.

A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other in their overlapping regions to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module.

A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other in their overlapping regions to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module.

A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and a p-type semiconductor absorber layer. A photovoltaic device may include a CdSeTe layer. A process for manufacturing a photovoltaic device includes forming a CdSeTe layer over a substrate. The process includes forming a p-type cadmium selenide telluride absorber layer.

A solar system comprises at least one solar panel with a plurality of solar cells. The solar panels include first and second split-circuits to extract electrical energy from the solar panel. The first split-circuit includes solar panel wires that electrically connect, in series, the solar cells of the first split-circuit to extract electrical energy from the solar panel. Similarly, the second split-circuit includes solar panel wires that electrically connect, in series, the solar cells of the second split-circuit to extract electrical energy from the solar panel. The first and second split-circuits are configured to generate a voltage not to exceed a voltage specification, such as a voltage specification of 35 volts.

One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof module. The photovoltaic roof module can include a plurality of photovoltaic roof tiles positioned side by side. A respective solar roof tile comprises a plurality of photovoltaic structures positioned between a front cover and a back cover, and the photovoltaic structures are electrically coupled to each other in series. The photovoltaic roof tiles are electrically coupled to each other in parallel.

A carbon based material, an optical rectenna and a semiconductor device including the same are provided. The carbon based material includes a carbon nanomaterial and a metal material bonded to the carbon nanomaterial, where the carbon nanomaterial includes a fluorine material.