Title :
Field installed peal and stick PV laminates for metal roofs
Author :
Nath, P. ; Vogeli, C. ; Jones, K. ; Singh, A. ; Garcia, I. ; Guha, S.
Author_Institution :
United Solar Syst. Corp., Troy, MI, USA
Abstract :
United Solar´s multijunction, thin film amorphous silicon alloy based PV cell and roll-to-roll production technology has the unique feature of being lightweight and flexible. By combining the inherent lower cost of manufacturing with its unique flexible durable characteristics, the authors have developed a low cost peel-and-stick PV laminate that can be field installed onto metal roofs. In this paper, they report on the design, fabrication details and field mounting/bonding details of this unique PV product
Keywords :
laminates; p-n heterojunctions; photovoltaic power systems; silicon alloys; solar cell arrays; PV power systems; Si; United Solar; bonding; design; fabrication; field installation; flexible durable characteristics; metal roofs; multijunction thin-film amorphous silicon alloy; peel-and-stick PV laminates; roll-to-roll production technology; Amorphous silicon; Bonding; Conducting materials; Costs; Laminates; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon alloys; Strips; Surface treatment; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5772-8
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2000.916189
