A method of removing a plurality of portions of a black layer of an electrical conduit for a photovoltaic cell is disclosed. The method includes providing a mandrel having the electrical conduit electroformed in the mandrel. The electrical conduit is formed in a preformed pattern on an outer surface of the mandrel. The electrical conduit has the black layer with a black layer thickness on a side opposite of the outer surface of the mandrel. A beam of a laser is controlled toward the black layer of the electrical conduit. The beam is characterized by laser parameters. The beam of the laser removes the plurality of portions of the black layer on the electrical conduit. Each removed portion of the plurality of portions of the black layer has a thickness equal to the black layer thickness, and a portion area of 5 mm.sup.2 to 20 mm.sup.2.

Methods of fabricating solar cells having a plurality of sub-cells coupled by cell level interconnection, and the resulting solar cells, are described herein. In an example, a solar cell includes a plurality of sub-cells. Each of the plurality of sub-cells includes a singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portion. Each of the plurality of sub-cells includes an on-sub-cell metallization structure interconnecting emitter regions of the sub-cell. An inter-sub-cell metallization structure couples adjacent ones of the plurality of sub-cells. The inter-sub-cell metallization structure is different in composition from the on-sub-cell metallization structure.

A system for wafer processing, includes: a frame comprising a frame opening; and a membrane configured to couple to the frame and to cover at least a part of the frame opening, the membrane comprising a membrane opening, wherein the membrane opening has a membrane opening area that is equal to or less than a frame opening area of the frame opening; wherein the membrane is configured for coupling with the wafer, wherein when the wafer is coupled with the membrane, the wafer covers the membrane opening, and wherein the membrane is configured to maintain the wafer at a certain position with respect to the frame; and wherein the membrane opening area is less than a total area of the wafer.

Solar cell interconnect with bypass diodes are described. In an embodiment, a semiconductor-based bypass layer is formed over a top electrode layer of a solar cell and spans over a vertical interconnect providing vertical interconnection between the bottom electrode layer and top electrode layer of serial solar cells. A bypass electrode layer is formed over the semiconductor-based bypass layer and in contact with the top electrode layer for one of the solar cells.

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

Systems and methods are provided for wirelessly transferring power to a multi junction photovoltaic cell of a space apparatus via a light emission system. The light emission system uses multiple lasers emitting different wavelengths and/or photon energies to produce electron-hole pairs in each layer of the multi junction photovoltaic cell to prompt power generation by the multi junction photovoltaic cell. The light emission system may be located on Earth or on another space apparatus. The multi junction photovoltaic cell can convert sunlight and the light emitted by the light emission system into electrical energy.

A solar cell panel can include a plurality of solar cells; and a diode member connected to the plurality of solar cells, the diode member being formed of a solar cell unit disposed within the solar cell panel under at least a portion of one of the plurality of solar cells at a non-light-incident region.

Photoelectric window blinds, which consist of a plurality of elongated lamellas, which are arranged in parallel and connected between each other by at least two stripes, equipped with a drive for their assembling, disassembling and changing an inclination angle, on which solar panels are mounted, the panels being connected between each other and equipped with a means for transmission of an obtained electric energy to external networks or to a means for storage. According to the invention, each solar panel is formed by at least two sections of solar elements, which are arranged on a base made of an electrically insulating material and covered by a temperature and moisture stable layer, coupled to each other and by a means for electrical connection embedded therein, and it is configured to receive at least one additional section. An edge section of each solar panel is equipped with a means for transformation of an output power, the means being a DC/DC transformer or a Schotky diode embedded into the base made of the electrically insulating material from a side of the panel faced towards the lamella, and coupled to a shared bus that is connected to a DC-to-AC current transformer. Therewith, a cross-section profile of the lamellas has a C-shape with curved edges, which form guides for mounting the solar panels in a longitudinal direction, wherein a distance between edges of the sections of the solar elements of the solar panel and edges of the electrically insulating base equals to a width of the edges of the lamella guides.

A process for the preparation of colored solar cells or colored solar cell modules containing a colored polymer film with oriented effect pigments, and colored solar cells or colored solar cell modules prepared by this process.

This method for manufacturing a solar cell module comprises a step for applying an adhesive to a first adhesion region so that the first adhesion region and a second adhesion region are disposed alternately on a light receiving surface of a solar cell along a first direction, and a step for arranging a light receiving surface-side wiring material along the first direction on the light receiving surface side of the solar cell to which the adhesive has been applied. The step for arranging the light receiving surface-side wiring material comprises arranging the light receiving surface-side wiring material, in the first adhesion region and the second adhesion region of the solar cell so that, in a state in which a first holder is in contact with the holding region of the light receiving surface-side wiring material, the second adhesion region and the holding region overlap each other.