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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Naoto Imada, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0481 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar cell module includes an encapsulant and a solar cell in the encapsulant. The encapsulant includes a light-receiving side encapsulant at a light-receiving surface side of the solar cell, and a colored rear side encapsulant at a rear surface side of the solar cell. The rear side encapsulant contains an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. An interface between the rear side encapsulant and the light-receiving side encapsulant is in contact with a side surface of the solar cell. In a part of an area where no solar cell is provided, the rear side encapsulant bulges to the light-receiving surface side.