Patent ID: 6288323
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H01L,Y02E,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A thin film photoelectric conversion module, comprising:a substrate; anda series-connected array including a plurality of thin film photoelectric conversion cells formed on the substrate and connected to each other in series, the number of cells being represented by N, an open-circuit voltage of each of the cells being represented by E, and N being an integer of at least 10,wherein a current equal to a short-circuit current of each of the cells under conditions that a xenon lamp is used as a light source, an irradiance is 100 mW/cm.sup.2, air mass is 1.5, and temperature is 25.degree. C., is allowed to flow through each of the cells by application of a reversed bias voltage not higher than (N-1).times.E.