Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Uda

Kiyoshi Kuribayashi

Hitoshi Matsumoto

Yasumasa Komatsu

Akihiko Nakano

Seiji Ikegami

A reliable and inexpensive solar module is disclosed. The solar module comprises a thin-film type photovoltaic cell array formed on a glass superstrate, leaving a margin of an appropriate width along the periphery of the glass superstrate, and a resin layer coated on the photovoltaic cell array and the peripheral margin of the glass superstrate. The solar module further comprises a backcover adhered by the resin layer to cover the photovoltaic cell array and the peripheral margin of the glass superstrate. The resin layer is preferably made of a fluoropolymer derived from a compound containing a perfluoroalkylene and active hydrogen atoms.

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Ikoma, Japan

Hiroshi Uda