EP0341756A3
Flexible photovoltaic device
Abstract
A flexible photovoltaic device includes a flexible substrate and a photovoltaic device body. The flexible substrate is a metal foil or film provided with an electric insulating layer of an inorganic material having: an electric conductivity of not more than 10-7 - (Ω..cm.)-1 at the time of light impinging and selected from a metal oxide, a crystalline or amorphous silicon compound.
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| EP0025872A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report |
| DE2522217A1 | Cites | Germany | A | Search report |
| US4281208A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 4, no. 59 (E-9)[541], 2nd May 1980; & JP-A-55 029 154 (SHIYUNPEI YAMAZAKI) 01-03-1980 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 4, no. 8 (E-166), 22nd January 1980; & JP-A-54 149 489 (MATSUSHITA DENKI SANGYO K.K.) 22-11-1979 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 5, no. 99 (E-63)[771], 26th June 1981; & JP-A-56 043 774 (FUJI DENKI SEIZO K.K.) 22-04-1981 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
| APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 39, no. 3, August 1981, pages 237-239, New York, US; Y. TAWADA et al.: "a-SiC:H/a-Si:H heterojunction solar cell having more than 7.1% conversion efficiency" | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
| JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 122, no. 12, December 1975, pages 1681-1685, Princeton, US; T.L. CHU et al.: "Polycrystalline silicon on coated steel substrates" | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
19 priority claims, no other members on record
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0341756
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0341756
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0341756
- Application
- 89111929
- Application, DOCDB
- 89111929
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19890111929
Titles3
- German
- Biegsame photovoltaische Vorrichtung
- English
- Flexible photovoltaic device
- French
- Dispositif photovoltaique flexible
Classification
- CPC, 9
- H01L31/075
- H01L31/03921
- H01L31/03926
- H01L31/0445
- H01L31/046
- H01L31/202
- Y02E10/548
- Y02P70/521
- Y02P70/50
- IPC, 4
- H01L27 142
- H01L31 0392
- H01L31 042
- H01L31 075
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)