Roofing material integrated flexible a-Si PV modules

Author

Yoshida, T. ; Tanda, M. ; Kato, S. ; Horiguchi, M. ; Watanuki, Y. ; Hama, T. ; Ichikawa, Y. ; Sakai, H. ; Sakai, N. ; Kurihara, J. ; Ishikawa, O.

Author_Institution

Fuji Electr. Corp. Res. & Dev. Ltd., Yokosuka, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

13-17 May 1996

Firstpage

1433

Lastpage

1436

Abstract

We have developed roofing material integrated flexible with a-Si:H modules named Solar Roofing. It is a flexible PV module composed of 40 cm×80 cm a-Si flexible cells fabricated on plastic film; these cells are sandwiched by EVA and a cover film. To finish a roof with Solar Roofing, it is spread on roof boards of a house and set with tempered glass to cover it with an appropriate gap. We have investigated operating conditions of Solar Roofing and also its performance under the conditions. We have also investigated durability of the Solar Roofing under normal (on the roof) and accelerated (dump-heating test) conditions

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; life testing; semiconductor device testing; silicon; solar cell arrays; solar cells; 40 cm; 80 cm; EVA; PV modules; Si:H; Solar Roofing; a-Si:H modules; accelerated test conditions; cover film; dump-heating test conditions; durability; flexible PV module; normal test conditions; on the roof test conditions; operating conditions; plastic film; tempered glass; Building materials; Costs; Glass; Inorganic materials; Life estimation; Modular construction; Plastic films; Surface fitting; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3166-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1996.564404

Filename

564404