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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Hamakawa, Kawanishi, JP;
Yoshihisa Tawada, Kobe, JP;
Kazunori Tsuge, Kobe, JP;
Masanobu Izumina, Omiya, JP;
Assignee:
Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136256 ; 136244 ; 136258 ;
Abstract
A flexible photovoltaic device includes a flexible substrate and a photovoltaic device body. The flexible substrate is a metal foil or film provided with an electric insulating layer of a material having an electric conductivity of not more than 10.sup.-7 (.OMEGA..multidot.cm.).sup.-1 at the time of light impinging and selected from a heat resistant polymer, a metal oxide, a crystalline or amorphous silicon compound and an organometallic compound.