Photovoltaic module and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12419131-B2
Application number	US-202318529581-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2023
Priority date	Oct 26, 2022
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A photovoltaic module, including a laminate including a solder strip; and a junction box arranged on a surface of the laminate and including a plate connected to the solder strip by laser soldering. The plate has a first region and a second region, in which a region covered by the solder strip on the plate is the first region, and a region not covered by the solder strip on the plate is the second region. A soldering seam formed by laser soldering includes a first soldering seam and a second soldering seam. The first soldering seam is located in the first region, and the first soldering seam extends through the solder strip into the plate along a thickness direction of the laminate. The second soldering seam is located in the second region, and the second soldering seam extends directly into the plate along the thickness direction of the laminate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A photovoltaic module, comprising:
a laminate including a solder strip; and
a junction box arranged on a surface of the laminate and including a plate connected to the solder strip by soldering;
wherein the plate includes a first region covered by the solder strip and a second region not covered by the solder strip; and
wherein a first soldering seam formed by soldering is located in the first region and extends, along a thickness direction of the laminate, through the solder strip into the plate, and a second soldering seam formed by soldering is located in the second region and extends, along the thickness direction of the laminate, directly into the plate.

2. The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein a third soldering seam formed by soldering includes one part located in the first region and the other part located in the second region; and
along the thickness direction of the laminate, the one part of the third soldering seam located in the first region extends through the solder strip into the plate, and the other part located in the second region extends directly into the plate.

3. The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein the plate is provided with at least 6 soldering seams.

4. The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein a sum of a number of the first soldering seam and a number of the third soldering seam is greater than or equal to three.

5. The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein, along the thickness direction of the laminate, a ratio n1 of an extension depth of the one part of the third soldering seam located in the first region within the plate to a thickness of the plate satisfies: 5%≤n1≤60%.

6. The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein, along the thickness direction of the laminate, a ratio n2 of an extension depth of the other part of the third soldering seam located in the second region within the plate to a thickness of the plate satisfies: 40%≤n2≤80%.

7. The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein the first soldering seam, the second soldering seam and/or the third soldering seam has a straight line shape, a curved shape or a wave shape.

8. The photovoltaic module according to claim 2 , wherein the first soldering seam, the second soldering seam and/or the third soldering seam is inclined relative to the solder strip or the plate.

9. The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein, along the thickness direction of the laminate, a ratio of an extension depth of the first soldering seam within the plate to the thickness of the plate is in a range of 5% to 60%.

10. The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein, along the thickness direction of the laminate, a ratio of an extension depth of the second soldering seam within the plate to the thickness of the plate is in a range of 40% to 80%.

11. The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the solder strip is L1, a width of the plate is L2, and L1, L2 satisfy: 0.2≤L1/L2≤0.8.

12. The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein the junction box is arranged on a central line of a long side of the laminate.

13. The photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , wherein the solder strip and the plate are made of the same material.

14. A method for manufacturing the photovoltaic module according to claim 1 , comprising:
providing the laminate;
arranging the junction box on the laminate so that the solder strip of the laminate extends into the junction box;
pressing the solder strip against the plate in the junction box; and
laser-soldering the solder strip and the plate by using a laser head, so that the first soldering seam formed after the laser-soldering extends through the solder strip into the plate, and the second soldering seam extends directly into the plate.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein prior to the pressing the solder strip against the plate in the junction box, the method further comprises:
acquiring a position of the plate.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the acquiring a position of the plate comprises:
photographing the junction box; and
acquiring the position of the plate according to a photographing result.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein subsequent to the laser-soldering the solder strip and the plate by using a laser head, the method further comprises:
visually inspecting the first soldering seam.

18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein during the laser-soldering the solder strip and the plate by using a laser head, the laser head emits lasers to the first region and the second region.

19. The method according to claim 14 , wherein,
during the laser-soldering the solder strip and the plate by using a laser head, a power P of lasers emitted by the laser head satisfies: 550 W≤P≤750 W; and
a soldering speed v of the laser head satisfies: 60 mm/s≤v≤100 mm/s.

20. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the visually inspecting the first soldering seam comprises:
photographing the solder strip; and
detecting whether a width d of a soldering seam on the solder strip satisfies:
0.3 mm≤ d ≤0.4 mm.

Assignees

• Shanghai Jinko Green Energy Enterprise Man Co Ltd
• Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co Ltd

Inventors

• Guo Zhiqiu
• Hu Yidong
• Yao Yichao

Classifications

• H10F77/955

  for photovoltaic devices · CPC title

• H10F19/00

  Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules · CPC title

• B23K1/0056

  soldering by means of beams, e.g. lasers, electron beams [EB] · CPC title

• Y02E10/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] energy · CPC title

• H10F71/1375

  Apparatus for automatic interconnection of photovoltaic cells in a module · CPC title