Patent ID: 9349890
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H01L,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A solar cell system, comprising: a plurality of solar cells arranged in two-dimensional array comprising a plurality of solar cells columns and a plurality of solar cells rows, wherein solar cells in the same one of the plurality of solar cells columns are stacked, in direct contact with and electrically connected to each other in series so that each of the plurality of solar cells columns has a curved surface, and solar cells in the same one of the plurality of solar cells rows are in in direct contact with and electrically connected to each other in parallel; and the solar cell system has a common curved surface configured to receive incident light beams; each of the plurality of solar cells comprising: a reflector on another side of the integrated structure; wherein adjacent P-type silicon layers in the same one of the plurality of solar cells rows are in direct and parallel contact with each other; and adjacent N-type silicon layers in the same one of the plurality of solar cells rows are in direct and parallel contact with each other.