Building integrated photovoltaic roofing element for covered parking structures

Author

Nath, P. ; Vogeli, C. ; Singh, A. ; Guha, S.

Author_Institution

United Solar Syst. Corp., Troy, MI, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

29 Sep-3 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1341

Lastpage

1343

Abstract

A roll-to-roll process is used to deposit multijunction amorphous silicon alloy solar cell onto thin stainless steel substrate. By series interconnecting and vacuum laminating 22 strips of large area amorphous Si on stainless steel solar cell material, we have designed and fabricated 18 feet long and 16 inches wide large area photovoltaic laminate modules. Building integrated roofing elements are realized by bonding these large area laminates to commercially available structural standing seam metal panels. We have integrated these PV roofing elements into a covered parking structure

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; laminations; silicon; solar cell arrays; stainless steel; substrates; PV roofing elements; Si; amorphous Si; bonding; building integrated photovoltaic roofing element; covered parking structures; multijunction amorphous silicon alloy solar cell; photovoltaic laminate modules; roll-to-roll process; series interconnection; structural standing seam metal panels; vacuum lamination; Amorphous materials; Amorphous silicon; Building integrated photovoltaics; Building materials; Iron alloys; Laminates; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon alloys; Steel; Strips;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3767-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1997.654337

Filename

654337