A photovoltaic device is provided that comprises a photovoltaic active zone being formed of a stack of thin films comprising a first electrode, an absorber film and a metallic electrode. A collection gate is arranged in contact with the first electrode to reduce its electrical resistance and avoid direct physical or electrical contact with the metallic electrode. The photovoltaic active zone includes a plurality of channels, made in the metallic electrode and the absorber film. The collection gate is separated from the metallic electrode and from the absorber film by a dielectric material.

A photovoltaic device is provided that comprises a photovoltaic active zone being formed of a stack of thin films comprising a first electrode, an absorber film and a metallic electrode. A collection gate is arranged in contact with the first electrode to reduce its electrical resistance and avoid direct physical or electrical contact with the metallic electrode. The photovoltaic active zone includes a plurality of channels, made in the metallic electrode and the absorber film. The collection gate is separated from the metallic electrode and from the absorber film by a dielectric material.

Disclosed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate, a conductive region on or at the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode electrically connected to the conductive region. The electrode includes a plurality of finger lines formed in a first direction and parallel to each other and a bus bar electrically connected to the plurality of finger lines and formed in a second direction crossing the first direction. The bus bar includes a plurality of pad portions positioned in the second direction, and the bus bar has a plurality of regions, which are different from each other in at least one of an arrangement and an area of the plurality of pad portions, in the second direction.

Disclosed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate, a conductive region on or at the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode electrically connected to the conductive region. The electrode includes a plurality of finger lines formed in a first direction and parallel to each other and a bus bar electrically connected to the plurality of finger lines and formed in a second direction crossing the first direction. The bus bar includes a plurality of pad portions positioned in the second direction, and the bus bar has a plurality of regions, which are different from each other in at least one of an arrangement and an area of the plurality of pad portions, in the second direction.

A method for producing a thin-film solar module with serially connected solar cells and related device. A back electrode layer is deposited on one side of a flat substrate and subdivided by first patterning trenches. An absorber layer is deposited over the back electrode layer and subdivided by second patterning trenches. A front electrode layer is deposited over the absorber layer. At least the front electrode layer is subdivided by third patterning trenches. A direct succession of a first patterning trench, a second patterning trench, and two adjacent third patterning trenches forms a patterning zone. The third patterning trenches are produced by laser ablation through a pulsed laser beam, where one third patterning trench is produced with laser pulses of higher energy and the other third patterning trench of the patterning zone is produced with laser pulses of lower energy.

Thin-film solar cell modules and serial cell-to-cell interconnect structures and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, solar cell module and interconnect includes a conformal transport layer over a subcell layer. The conformal transport layer may also laterally surround an outside perimeter the subcell layer.

Thin-film solar cell modules and serial cell-to-cell interconnect structures and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, solar cell module and interconnect includes a conformal transport layer over a subcell layer. The conformal transport layer may also laterally surround an outside perimeter the subcell layer.

Provided is a transparent solar cell including a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a light absorbing layer, a first color implementation layer, and a second implementation layer, wherein each of the first color implementation layer and the second implementation layer includes an insulation layer and a conductive layer. By using a double layer, it is possible to provide a colored transparent solar cell securing stability and durability and implementing colors on both sides.

A semi-transparent photovoltaic module comprises a basic 2D pattern representing an arrangement of an electrically conductive zone and electrically non-conductive zones such that any point in the electrically conductive zone is electrically connected to any other point of the zone and the electrically conductive zone is a regular or pseudo-regular structure formed by an elementary geometrical figure. The module additionally comprises one or more active isolation lines and a plurality of non-functional isolation lines that are mutually parallel.

A thin-film photovoltaic cell series structure is disposed on a display surface side of a display module and includes a transparent substrate, as well as a first single-junction cell and a second single-junction cell which are disposed on the transparent substrate and connected in series. The first single-junction cell includes a first front electrode, a first photovoltaic layer, and a first back electrode which are sequentially laminated and disposed on the transparent substrate, the second single-junction cell includes a second front electrode, a second photovoltaic layer, and a second back electrode which are sequentially laminated and disposed on the transparent substrate, and the first front electrode and the second back electrode are electrically connected through a metal auxiliary electrode to realize series connection of the first single-junction cell and the second single-junction cell.