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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2001
Katsuhiko Hayashi, Shiga, JP;
Yuko Tawada, Osaka, JP;
Tomomi Meguro, Shiga, JP;
Akihiko Nakajima, Hyougo, JP;
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a photovoltaic module including a transparent substrate and hybrid photovoltaic cells arrayed on the substrate and series connected to each other, the cells including a back electrode facing the substrate, a transparent front electrode intervening between the substrate and the back electrode, a first photovoltaic layer intervening between the front and back electrodes and including an amorphous semiconductor layer, a second photovoltaic layer intervening between the first photovoltaic layer and the back electrode and including a crystalline semiconductor layer, and a conductive interlayer with a light-transmitting-and-reflecting property intervening between the first and second photovoltaic layers and having a thickness in a range of 10 nm to 100 nm and a specific resistance in a range of 1×10 &OHgr;·cm to less than 1×10 &OHgr;·cm.