An encapsulant film is made from a composition comprising (A) a non-polar ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc; (B) an organic peroxide; (C) a silane coupling agent; and (D) a co-agent comprising triallyl phosphate.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to photovoltaic module for use on a roof. In some embodiments, the photovoltaic module may include a solar cell and a polymeric continuous fiber tape. In some embodiments, the polymeric continuous fiber tape comprises a polymer and glass fiber. In some embodiments, the glass fiber is present in an amount greater than about 50% by weight based on a total weight of the polymeric continuous fiber tape. In some embodiments, the polymeric continuous fiber tape comprises an elastic modulus greater than 1 GPa and an optical transmission greater than 80%.

The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module, comprising: a glass panel, a back panel, a cell string including a plurality of cells encapsulated between the glass panel and the back panel, and a film containing metal oxides and/or silicon oxides disposed between the glass panel and the cell string. The photovoltaic module can block the migration of alkali metal ions and achieve the PID resistance.

A solar cell module and a method for operating a solar cell module. The solar cell module includes a plurality of strings which are each formed from a plurality of solar cells connected to one another in a series circuit, wherein each string is connected to a bypass circuit assigned thereto. The solar cell module is also characterized in that the bypass circuit has a switching element and is configured to reduce an electrical current inside the string by switching the switching element when a return current occurs within the associated string.

A movable solar module disassembling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a movable container unit that is hollow, can be moved by itself or by external power, and has at least one door being able to expose the inside by opening and closing, a frame separation unit that is disposed in the movable container unit, includes a frame separation blade pressing and separating the frame from the module body, is supplied with the solar module, and discharges the module body after separating the frame, and a disassembling unit that is disposed continuously with the frame separation unit in the movable container unit, includes a scrapper scraping and separating the stacked film from the glass plate, is supplied with the module body, and disassembles and discharges the module body into the stacked film and the glass plate.

A solar module lifting apparatus includes a base supported on the ground, a cylinder module including cylinder units disposed on the base and changing in height by contracting and stretching, and a rotary supply plate having one side supporting a solar module and the other side coupled to the cylinder module and moving up and down the solar module by operation of the cylinder module, in which the rotary supply plate includes a first hinge and a second hinge spaced apart from each other on the other side, the cylinder module includes a first cylinder unit and a second cylinder unit of which the upper ends are coupled to the first hinge and the second hinge by shafts, respectively, and at least one of the height and the inclination of the rotary supply plate is adjusted by contracting or stretching of the first cylinder unit and the second cylinder unit.

A roof tile mounting system is disclosed, having a plurality of T-shaped metal footings each configured for detachable fixing of one tile through a snap fit locking mechanism. The mounting blocks are attached to a deck arranged in rows parallel to deck ridge. Each metal footing includes male and female features for side-to-side and row-to-row alignment of the metal footings when being fixed on the roof deck. This makes the process of tile mounting easy and less time consuming. The metal footings further include extended arm for tile support, rail guides for mounting guidance and misalignment prevention, and pad mounting provision for water ingress to a successive tile. The tiles include guide springs that engage with the snap fit locking mechanism for detachable mounting and push back springs to provide push back force during mounting.

A junction box mountable on a roof surface, comprising a housing unit and an enclosing unit, the housing unit and enclosing unit combining to form a waterproof assembly. The housing unit is mountable to a roof surface via a flashing having a continuous, raised waterproofing track that mates with a waterproofing recess in a bottom surface of the housing unit to create a waterproofing zone inside the housing unit. At least one bottom pass through is located within the waterproofing zone and provides a channel from the internal housing area through the roof surface.

A solar cell structure is disclosed. The solar cell structure comprises a carrier having a front side and a P-N junction, a solar cell electrically coupled to the front side of the carrier, and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer bonds the front side of the carrier to the solar cell. The adhesive layer includes conductive particles that electrically couple the carrier to the solar cell.

Methods of fabricating solar cell emitter regions with differentiated P-type and N-type architectures and incorporating dotted diffusion, and resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate having a light-receiving surface and a back surface. A first polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a first conductivity type is disposed on a first thin dielectric layer disposed on the back surface of the substrate. A second polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a second, different, conductivity type is disposed on a second thin dielectric layer disposed in a plurality of non-continuous trenches in the back surface of the substrate.