Patent ID: 8563347
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a thin-film solar cell with a cell level integrated bypass diode, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming an array of solar cells on a support layer, the solar cells being connected in electrical series, the array including at least a first, a second, and a third solar cell, the first and the second solar cells being adjacent to each other, and b) separating from the first solar cell at least a portion of both the back electrode and the photovoltaic junction layer, leaving intact the front electrode of the first solar cell, c) using the separated portion of the back electrode of the first solar cell, connecting the semiconducting material of the second type of the separated portion of the photovoltaic junction layer of the first solar cell to the semiconducting material of the first type of the second solar cell,