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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manabu Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Katsunobu Sayama, Katano, JP;
Kunimoto Ninomiya, Hirakata, JP;
Shigeo Yata, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroshi Ishimaru, Tondabayashi, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1042 ; H01L 3/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1042 ; H01L 3/118 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a photovoltaic device comprising on a substrate ( ) a plurality of photovoltaic elements ( ) each composed of a lamination body of a first electrode ( ), a photovoltaic conversion layer ( ), and a second electrode ( ), the thickness of a side end (B) in the first electrode ( ) in the vicinity of a separating trench (S) existing between the first electrode ( ) and the adjacent first electrode ( ) being larger than the thickness of an element region (A) in the first electrode ( ).