Patent ID: 8013237

Claim:
A photovoltaic glass curtain wall system, comprising: a curtain wall glass; and a thin-film photovoltaic panel integrated into the curtain wall glass, wherein the thin-film photovoltaic panel includes a plurality of modular photovoltaic units, each photovoltaic unit formed by a thin-film solar cell strip and corresponding first and second connectors; a positive electrode and a negative electrode of each thin-film solar cell strip are inserted into the corresponding first and second connectors; the first connectors of the plurality of photovoltaic units are configured to be plugged together to form a first internal electrode connection leading to a first exterior electrode of the curtain wall glass; and the second connectors of the plurality of photovoltaic units are configured to be plugged together to form a second internal electrode connection leading to a second exterior electrode of the curtain wall glass.