Patent ID: 6175075
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B32B,H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
A solar cell module which comprises a photovoltaic element string comprising a plurality of photovoltaic elements each formed on an independent substrate, said plurality of photovoltaic elements being electrically connected with each other by means of an electric connection material, said photovoltaic element string being sealed by a sealing material disposed so as to cover said photovoltaic element string and said electric connection material, wherein when an area of one (a) of said plurality of photovoltaic elements is represented by A and a sum of clearance areas between said photovoltaic element (a) and adjacent photovoltaic elements (b) situated next to said photovoltaic element (a) is represented by B, the area ratio of B/A is in a range of 0.003 to 0.045.