A method for electrically conductively contacting an optoelectronic component having at least one protective layer, including: providing the optoelectronic component having the at least one protective layer with at least one busbar arranged below the at least one protective layer, forming at least one opening by at least one laser beam in the at least one protective layer, wherein at least one busbar arranged below the at least one protective layer is partly exposed, such that the at least one busbar is not damaged, introducing a low-melting solder into the at least one opening of the at least one protective layer, aligning and fixing an electrically conductive element that is flexible on a side of the at least one opening opposite the at least one busbar, and forming an electrically conductive connection element in the at least one opening.

A method of fabrication of a laminated glazing unit, includes cutting out a first through-hole in a first glass sheet; positioning a conducting wire and a film of thermoplastic polymer between the first glass sheet and a second glass sheet so that a first extremity and a second extremity of the conducting wire extend outside the laminated glazing unit to be formed, and feeding out the first extremity of the conducting wire via the first through-hole so that the first extremity exits the laminated glazing unit to be formed via the first through-hole, the conducting wire extending continuously from the first extremity to the second extremity, and after the positioning and feeding out, assembling the conducting wire, the film of thermoplastic polymer, the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet all together to form the laminated glazing.

A photovoltaic module having an external electrical connector is described. For example, the photovoltaic module may include a plug receptacle mounted on a module laminate, and a contact may extend from a photovoltaic cell within the module laminate into a plug channel of the plug receptacle. The plug receptacle may receive a mating electrical connector, e.g., an electrical plug, of off-panel electronics. Accordingly, the contact may be removably connected to the mating electrical connector, and the photovoltaic cell may be placed in electrical connection with the off-panel electronics.

A photoelectric conversion module 100 comprises: a glass substrate 20; a photoelectric conversion cell 12 provided on a first surface side of the glass substrate 20; a pair of wirings 50 electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion cell, the wirings pulled out to a second surface side, the second surface side being an opposite side of the first surface of the glass substrate 20; and an insulator 60 provided between a positive-polarity wiring of the pair of wirings 50 and the second surface of the glass substrate 20.

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, each having a mat with an edge and a spacer with an edge, the edge of the mat being attached to the edge of the spacer. The spacer includes a plurality of support members and a solar module mounted to the support members. Each of the support members includes a ledge. The solar module and the ledge form a space therebetween. The space is sized and shaped to receive an edge of a solar module of another of the photovoltaic modules. The spacer of one of the photovoltaic modules overlays the mat of another of the photovoltaic modules.

The present invention provides an indoor structure in which a wire to a solar cell module is hardly visible and design is improved. In an indoor structure, a solar cell module is attached to a window disposed between a ceiling and a floor. The ceiling has a first ceiling part, and a second ceiling part continuous with the first ceiling part via a vertical wall part on a lower side than the first ceiling part, the window has a window glass including a window main surface, the solar cell module has a main body panel and an extraction wire, the main body panel is obtained by arranging solar cells between two translucent substrates, and is capable of transmitting light in a thickness direction, the main body panel includes a panel main surface, and the panel main surface faces the window main surface of the window, the extraction wire extends inside and outside the main body panel, and includes a first end part, the first end part of the extraction wire is electrically connected to the solar cells within the main body panel, the extraction wire has a wire part exposed from the main body panel, and the wire part is laid between the vertical wall and the window.

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, each having a mat with an edge and a spacer with an edge, the edge of the mat being attached to the edge of the spacer. The spacer includes a plurality of support members and a solar module mounted to the support members. Each of the support members includes a ledge. The solar module and the ledge form a space therebetween. The space is sized and shaped to receive an edge of a solar module of another of the photovoltaic modules. The spacer of one of the photovoltaic modules overlays the mat of another of the photovoltaic modules.

A solar cell module includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate opposite the upper substrate, a solar cell panel positioned between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, the solar cell panel including a plurality of solar cells which are arranged in a matrix form and are connected to one another through a wiring member, a passivation layer configured to package the solar cell panel, a frame configured to surround an outer perimeter of the solar cell panel, a connection terminal configured to connect two adjacent strings in the solar cell panel, and a cover member configured to cover the connection terminal.

A solar cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is positioned so that a second solar cell adjacent to a first solar cell in a first direction have an adjacent portion in contact with or overlapping with the first solar cell in the first direction on a front surface of the first solar cell. In this case, a plurality of wiring members connecting the first and second solar cells are formed to be extended to the front surface of the first solar cell, the adjacent portion, and the rear surface of the second solar cell.

A solar array including at least one solar panel comprised of a substrate having one or more solar cells bonded thereto, and a frame for supporting the substrate and the solar cells, wherein the substrate is attached to the frame at a perimeter of the frame along one or more edges of the substrate, the frame has a cutout or opening in a center of the frame under the solar cells, and the cutout or opening enables direct cooling of the solar cells through the substrate by exposing a back side of the substrate for transferring or radiating heat directly through the cutout or opening of the frame.