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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2007
Wataru Shinohara, Kobe, JP;
Wataru Shinohara, Kobe, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
A photovoltaic apparatus includes a first photoelectric conversion portion so formed on an insulating surface of a substrate as to cover a first substrate electrode and a second substrate electrode isolated from each other by a first groove, a second photoelectric conversion portion formed on the surface of the first photoelectric conversion portion through a conductive intermediate layer, a first back electrode and a second back electrode formed on the surface of said second photoelectric conversion portion and a connecting passage portion for electrically connecting the first substrate electrode and the second back electrode, provided at a prescribed interval from the side surface of said intermediate layer.