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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention improves the reliability of back contact solar cell modules that are electrically connected by means of wiring material. A solar cell module () is provided with a plurality of solar cells (), and wiring material (). Each solar cell () has a p-side electrode () and an n-side electrode () arranged on a single main surface (). Among adjacent solar cells (), the wiring material () electrically connects the p-side electrode () of one solar cell () to the n-side electrode () of another solar cell (). The surface layers of the p-side electrode () and the n-side electrode () include plating layers () which have at least one power supply point (). The wiring material () is bonded to the plating layers such that the wiring material overlaps a portion of the power supply points () of each solar cell (), and does not overlap another portion of the power supply points ().