Polycarbonate-Photovoltaic Module for Flexibility, Toughness, and High Temperature

This study aims to discuss the development of Polycarbonate-Photovoltaic (PC-PV) modules with flexibility, toughness, and high temperature properties. It proposes a method for laminating a single crystal silicon PV cell on a PC substrate to afford PC-PV modules with flexibility, toughness, and high-temperature properties. Furthermore, a novel method is proposed to laminate ETFE and EVA films over single crystal silicon PV cell to protect the PV-PC Module. To confirm the feasibility of the proposed PC-PV module, a 3-mm-thick, 600 × 400 mm 2 , and 35-W-class PC-PV module was manufactured. The effectiveness of the PC-PV module was verified with flexibility, toughness, and high temperature.