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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Youhei Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Ide, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuaki Morigami, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Goto, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solar cell includes a solar cell substrate including a principal surface on which a p-type surface and an n-type surface are exposed, a p-side electrode formed on the p-type surface and including a first linear portion linearly extending in a first direction, and an n-side electrode formed on the n-type surface and including a second linear portion linearly extending in the first direction and arranged next to the first linear portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Corners of a tip end of at least one of the first and second linear portions are formed in a chamfered shape.