Electrochemical device such as electrochromic or photovoltaic device and electrical connection means thereof
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1. An electrochemical device, comprising:
- at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead,at least one incision delimiting a deactivated region of the electrochemical device,wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers.
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An electrochemical device, especially an electrically controllable system with variable energy and/or optical properties or a photovoltaic device, including at least one substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode. Each electrode includes at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead. The current leads are arranged outside the region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the stack of electroactive layers.
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1. An electrochemical device, comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, at least one incision delimiting a deactivated region of the electrochemical device, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An electrochemical device, comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electro active stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers, and wherein the electroconductive layer of the lower electrode is deactivated over at least part of its periphery, at least in one of a part over a region not covered by the electroactive stack of layers and a part overlapping a region covered by and a region not covered by the electroactive stack of layers. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. An electrochemical device comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers, wherein the electroactive stack of layers has a deactivated region over at least part of its periphery, and wherein the electroactive stack of layers comprises the deactivated region over its entire periphery.
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43. An electrochemical device comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers, wherein the electroactive stack of layers has a deactivated region over at least part of its periphery, and wherein the deactivated region of the electroactive stack of layers is obtained by incision of at least one of the whole electroactive stack of layers and the upper electrode, along two lines crossing the electroactive stack of layers from one side to the other on two of its opposed edges, or along a line closed around its entire periphery, or without simultaneously incising the underlying lower electrode.
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44. An electrochemical device, comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers, wherein at least one of the two electrodes comprises an electroconductive layer combined with a network of conductive wires/conductive strips, wherein the wires/conductive strips are placed essentially parallel to each other, in an orientation essentially parallel to a length or width of the electroconductive layer of the upper electrode, ends of the wires/conductive strips exceeding the region of the substrate covered by the electroconductive layer on two of its opposed edges, and wherein ends of the wires/conductive strips that are outside the region covered by the electroconductive layer of the upper electrode are in contact with the electroconductive layer of the lower electrode only in a deactivated region or regions.
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45. An electrochemical device, comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers, wherein at least one of the two electrodes comprises an electroconductive layer combined with a network of conductive wires/conductive strips, and wherein ends of the wires/conductive strips associated with the electroconductive layer of the upper electrode are electrically connected to two current leads in a form of flexible strips made of an insulating polymer covered on one or their faces with a conductive coating. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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46. An electrochemical device, comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers, wherein at least one of the two electrodes comprises an electroconductive layer combined with a network of conductive wires/conductive strips, and wherein ends of the wires/conductive strips associated with the electroconductive layer of the upper electrode are in electrical contact with two deactivated regions of the electroconductive layer of the lower electrode, and wherein the deactivated regions are in electrical contact with current leads, in a form of conductive clips clipping onto the carrier substrate. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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47. Ann electrochemical device, comprising:
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at least one carrier substrate carrying an electroactive stack of layers arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electroconductive layer in electrical contact with at least one current lead, wherein said current leads of at least one of the lower and upper electrodes is arranged outside a region of the carrier substrate that is covered by the electroactive stack of layers, and wherein the electroconductive layer of the lower electrode is electrically connected to current leads, along two of its opposed edges, in active regions that are not covered with the electroactive stack of layers.
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