Title :
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
fDate :
29 Sep-3 Oct 1997
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3767-0
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1997.654337
