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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Junji Aranami, Otsu, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A solar cell includes elements, a connecting portion, and a transparent portion. The elements include first and second elements arrayed in a first direction. The transparent portion is located between the connecting portion and the second element. Each of the elements includes first and second electrode layers and a semiconductor layer interposed between the first and second electrode layers. Between the first element and the second element, their first electrode layers sandwich a first gap and their second electrode layers sandwich a second gap shifted in the first direction from the first gap. The connecting portion electrically connects the second electrode layer of the first element to the first electrode layer of the second element. The transparent portion is located between the second electrode layer of the first element and the first electrode layer of the second element at a position shifted in the first direction from the connecting portion.