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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1984
Yoshiyuki Umemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahide Miyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Electric Company Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A solar cell device in which short-circuiting between a connecting portion of a metal electrode and a transparent electrode of each cell unit is prevented. A plurality of cell units are formed by laminating a transparent electrode, an amorphous silicon layer and a metal electrode disposed on a common transparent substrate, with each two adjacent cell units being connected by an extension of the metal electrode which traverses an edge of the amorphous silicon layer of the cell unit and contacts the exposed extension of the transparent electrode of the adjacent unit. The edge of the amorphous silicon layer traversed by the extension of the metal electrode projects beyond the transparent electrode by a distance significantly greater than the distance between the edges of the amorphous silicon layer and the transparent electrode in the main portion of the cell unit.