Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.

Yasunari Suzuki

Ryo Fukasawa

Sumihiro Ichikawa

Koji Takei

Daisuke Matono

Yuichiro Shimizu

Noriyasu Shimizu

A solar cell module is provided with a plurality of dye sensitized solar cells arranged on a plane and connected in series with an intercell region interposed therebetween. A first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive film, a dye carrying oxide semiconductor layer, an electrolyte layer, a catalyst layer, a second transparent conductive film and a second transparent substrate are laminated. An insulating barrier seals cells on both sides thereof in fluid tightness and insulates them in the intercell region. An electrode connecting portion provided in a vertical central part of the insulating barrier connects an extended portion of the first transparent conductive film of one of the cells to that of a second transparent conductive film of the other cell, and the electrode connecting portion penetrates through at least one of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate in the vertical direction and is thus exposed.

Dye sensitized solar cell module and manufacturing method thereof

A method and apparatus for processing a thin film able to easily form grooves in a conductive thin film on an insulating substrate, comprising bringing a first electrode into contact with the conductive thin film, maintaining a conductive state between a tip of a second electrode with a voltage applied with respect to the first electrode and the surface of the conductive thin film, and using the tip of the second electrode to scan the conductive thin film so as to thereby form grooves passing through the thickness of the conductive thin film and exposing the surface of the insulating substrate at their bottoms in the conductive thin film.

Method and apparatus for processing a conductive thin film

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Nagano, Japan

Yasunari Suzuki