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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Ibara, Gifu, JP;
Toyozou Nishida, Hyogo, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solar cell module includes an encapsulating member and a sealing layer for sealing a solar cell, and further includes a solar cell having a transparent conductive layer on its front surface. The solar cell includes a coating layer formed over the transparent conductive layer and having a plurality of openings, and a collecting electrode positioned in the openings of the coating layer and including a primary conductive layer containing copper. An undercoat layer is provided between the primary conductive layer of the collecting electrode and the transparent conductive layer. The coating layer and the undercoat layer are both composed of a resin.