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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Youhei Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Ikeda, Shiga, JP;
Abstract
A solar cell includes: a first bus bar electrode disposed on a first end portion of the solar cell, and to which the wiring member is connected; a second bus bar electrode disposed on a second end portion of the solar cell, and to which the wiring member is connected; first finger electrodes disposed on the solar cell, electrically connected to the first bus bar electrode, and extending in a first direction toward the second bus bar electrode; second finger electrodes disposed on the solar cell, electrically connected to the second bus bar electrode, and extending in a second direction toward the first bus bar electrode. Each first finger electrode has a thickness which decreases as a distance to the second bus bar electrode decreases, and each second finger electrode has a thickness which decreases as a distance to the first bus bar electrode decreases.