Patent ID: 8207008

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a solar decal device affixable to a substrate structure, the method comprising: providing a transparent substrate member having a surface region; forming a flexible and conformal material overlying the surface region with a polymer material capable of detachment from the transparent substrate member; forming an interface region within a vicinity between the surface region of the transparent substrate member and the polymer material; forming one or more films of materials mechanically overlying the flexible and conformal material, the one or more films of materials including an absorber material having a grain size ranging from about 0.5 to about 4 microns; forming one or more solar cells spatially provided by the one or more films of materials having a thickness dimension of 25 microns and less with a flexible characteristic, wherein the flexible characteristic maintains each of the solar cells substantially free from any damage or breakage thereto when the one or more films of materials is subjected to bending; supporting at least the transparent substrate member, the flexible and conformal material, the interface region, and the one or more solar cells to expose a backside region of the transparent substrate member; and irradiating the backside region with electromagnetic radiation to selectively release the flexible and conformal material from the surface region of the transparent substrate member to substantially free the one or more solar cells spatially provided by the one or more films of materials mechanically coupled to the flexible and conformal material.