Technology for converting electricity generated by photovoltaic cells to AC or DC output power is disclosed. In some examples of the disclosed technology, a zonal power inverter has a plurality of voltage converters, the outputs of the voltage converters being connected in series and being electrically isolated from one another except for their output terminals being connected in series. The power inverter can further comprise a DC/AC converter coupled to a positive output terminal of one of the voltage converters. In some examples, an isolated multi-junction photovoltaic cell includes a plurality of photosensitive semiconductor active layers, each of the active layers being electrically isolated from the other active layers, and formed from a respective material having a different band gap than the other active layers. In some examples, the multi-junction photovoltaic cell is coupled to the input of the zonal power inverter.

Systems, methods, and articles for a portable power case are disclosed. The portable power case is comprised of at least one battery and at least one PCB. The portable power case has at least two access ports and at least one USB port. The portable power case is operable to supply power to an amplifier, a radio, a wearable battery, a mobile phone, and a tablet. The portable power case is operable to be charged using solar panels, vehicle batteries, AC adapters, non-rechargeable batteries, and generators. The portable power case provides for modularity that allows the user to disassemble and selectively remove the batteries installed within the portable power case housing.

Proposed is a solar photovoltaic module that is easily recyclable. In the solar photovoltaic module disclosed herein, each component is coupled to each other in a physical manner. Therefore, since the solar photovoltaic module may be physically separated, recycling of the solar photovoltaic module may be very easily performed.

Wire-based metallization and stringing techniques for solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, modules, and equipment, are described. In an example, a substrate has a surface. A plurality of N-type and P-type semiconductor regions is disposed in or above the surface of the substrate. A conductive contact structure is disposed on the plurality of N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The conductive contact structure includes a plurality of conductive wires, each conductive wire of the plurality of conductive wires essentially continuously bonded directly to a corresponding one of the N-type and P-type semiconductor regions.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for supplying power to at least one power consuming device using a solar panel. The solar panel includes at least two solar modules, an output connector, and a cable. The at least two solar modules are connected via a first electrical harness in a first combination of parallel and/or series to provide a first output voltage and via a second electrical harness in a second combination of parallel and/or series to provide a second output voltage. The at least one power consuming device is preferably a rechargeable battery.

A photovoltaic element including a number n of cells arranged on a substrate, from a first cell to an n-th cell and at least one busbar connected to the first cell and/or the n-th cell by an electrically conductive contacting. The cells each have a bottom electrode, a top electrode and a layer system including at least one photoactive layer. The layer system is arranged between the bottom electrode and the top electrode, and the cells are interconnected in series among one another. The electrically conductive contacting is formed by via points arranged in each case at specific distances A from one another in a longitudinal direction of the at least one busbar. No electrically conductive contacting is formed between the top electrode and the at least one busbar in regions between individual via points.

A solar cell includes a solar cell body, a plurality of fingers, and a plurality of first interconnection structures. At least a part of regions of different first interconnection structures distributed at intervals along a second direction are collinear with a same connection line of a plurality of connection lines. A quantity of connection lines located on the same target surface is N1, a quantity of first interconnection structures intersecting with a target line segment located on the target surface is N2, and N2<N1. The target line segment is a connection line segment between a midpoint of an edge that has a larger length in two edges of the target surface extending along a first direction and being arranged opposite to each other and a vertex-angle endpoint corresponding to an edge that has a smaller length in the two edges.

A terminal box of an embodiment includes a terminal box main body, a first connection terminal, and a second connection terminal. The terminal box main body is attached to a monolithic-structure solar cell element. The terminal box main body has a connection portion electrically connected to a terminal of the solar cell element. The first connection terminal is electrically connected to the connection portion. The first connection terminal is disposed at a distal end of a cable extending to the outside from the terminal box main body. The second connection terminal is electrically connected to the connection portion. The second connection terminal is formed on an outer surface of the terminal box main body. The second connection terminal is connectable to the first connection terminal.

The present invention relates to a shingled solar cell panel for producing a string in which a plurality of strips are partially overlapped with each other, and for electrically connecting the string and the string, and a method for producing the same, the method comprises providing a wafer made of a HIT in which a plurality of conductive layers are formed on upper and lower portions thereof, respectively, forming an adhesive layer by applying a conductive adhesive on the upper conductive layer, dividing the wafer on which the adhesive layer is formed into a plurality of strips, forming a string by overlapping a lower conductive layer of another strip on an area where an adhesive layer is provided among the divided strips. Accordingly, the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer of each of the plurality of strips can be configured to be electrically bonded via only the adhesive layer to provide a shingled solar cell panel at low cost.

A solar energy device includes a solar panel array including a plurality of solar panels, each of the solar panels being divided into solar sub-panels. The solar sub-panels have unequal shapes but equal areas. Wires electrically connect the solar sub-panels and connect the solar panels. The solar panels are secured on a base which is formed with cutouts to receive the wires. The wires are fixed to the solar sub-panels but are free to move with respect to the base.