Provided is an installation structure for a photovoltaic power generation sheet that suppresses vibration of the photovoltaic power generation sheet due to wind in a state where the photovoltaic power generation sheet is installed above an installation surface. An installation structure for a photovoltaic power generation sheet of the present disclosure includes an installation surface, the photovoltaic power generation sheet installed above the installation surface, and a sealing member (bonder) that closes a gap between an outer peripheral edge of the photovoltaic power generation sheet and the installation surface.

A photovoltaic tile intended to be installed on walkable exterior pavements, includes a photovoltaic laminate arranged on a matrix base. The photovoltaic laminate includes a plurality of photovoltaic cells. The photovoltaic tile further includes an upper stratum having, at least, a first layer of a laminated polymer material on the photovoltaic laminate. The first layer includes a coating of resin with additives of mixed hollow glass microspheres and with an additive of powder particles, thus enabling the necessary mechanical and slipping resistance of the photovoltaic tile for walkable pavements and further enabling it to be installed on the existing pavement in such a way that installation times and costs are reduced.

A string of shingled solar cells is disclosed. The string of shingled solar cells has flexible joints connecting the solar cells made from cured liquid polymeric adhesive. An electrically conductive interconnect passes through the flexible joint. The string of shingled solar cells also has interconnect reinforcements made from cured liquid polymeric adhesive to improve interconnect adhesion to the front surface of the solar cells.

The present invention is directed to a layer of an electrical device a photovoltaic module comprising at least one photovoltaic element and at least one layer comprising a polypropylene composition and to the use of a polypropylene composition for producing at least one layer of an element of a photovoltaic module.

The present disclosure relates to unsaturated polyolefins and processes for preparing the same. The present disclosure further relates to curable formulations comprising the unsaturated polyolefins that show improved crosslinking.

The invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising (a) a front layer (1) arranged on the sunlight facing side of the photovoltaic module, wherein the front layer (1) comprises a first polypropylene composition, comprising a polypropylene, wherein the transmission of the front layer for light in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 1200 nm is on average at least 65% as compared to a situation without the front layer as determined according to ASTM D1003-13, (b) a sealing layer (2,4) which at least partly encapsulates a plurality of photovoltaic cells (3), wherein the sealing layer (2, 4) comprises a polyolefin elastomer composition comprising an ethylene--olefin copolymer and (c) a back layer (5), wherein the back layer (5) comprises a first reinforced polypropylene layer comprising a second polypropylene composition comprising a polypropylene and optionally a reinforcing filler, wherein the sealing layer is arranged between the front layer and the back layer.

The invention relates to a photoelectric building block comprising a rigid support (1), made of a single extruded piece of non-metal material, provided with a front with a first coupling configuration (10) formed by a sunken channel (11) between two opposing parallel grooved guides (12) that define a narrowing of the opening of the sunken channel (11), at least one photoelectric panel (2) with a second coupling configuration (20) inserted into the sunken channel (11) and having opposite coupling ends (21) inserted into the two grooved guides (12); wherein the photoelectric building block further comprises a retainer device (30) which exerts a thrust on the opposite coupling ends (21) of the second coupling configuration (20), moving them away from the bottom of said sunken channel (11) and thrusting them against the lower surface (13) of the two grooved guides (12), retaining the photoelectric panel (2).

A functional device includes in succession: a first protective film on the front face of the device, with Young's modulus (YM) E1 and thermal dilatation coefficient (TDC) CTE1, a first exterior encapsulation film, with YM E2 and TDC CTE2, an interior encapsulation film, with YM E3 and TDC CTE3, a second exterior encapsulation film, with YM E4 and TDC CTE4, a second plate on the rear face of the device, with YM E5 and TDC CTE5, E1 and E5 being similar or identical, E2 and E4 being similar or identical, E1>E2 and E4<E5, CTE1 and CTE5 being similar or identical, CTE2 and CTE4 being similar or identical, CTE1<CTE2 and CTE4>CTE5, and one film of the first exterior encapsulation film, the interior encapsulation film and the second exterior encapsulation film encapsulating the active elements; and method for producing a functional traversable surface.

The present invention is directed to a method of repairing a solar panel backside, to a repaired solar panel backside thusly obtainable, and to the use of a curable composition for the repairing of a solar panel backside comprising at least one site in need of repair.

A backside protective sheet for solar cell modules includes a first layer configured to reflect near-infrared light, a first colored layer arranged closer to a light-receiving surface than the first layer and configured to transmit near-infrared light, and a second colored layer arranged closer to the light-receiving surface than the first colored layer and configured to transmit near-infrared light.