Patent ID: 8013239
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H01L,H05K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electrode for contacting an electrically conductive surface of a photovoltaic element, the electrode comprising: an electrically insulating optically transparent film having a planar surface; an adhesive layer on said planar surface; a plurality of substantially parallel, electrically conductive wires lying over said planar surface of said film and embedded into said adhesive layer, said adhesive layer having a thickness less than a thickness of said wires embedded therein, such that a part of the surfaces of said wires protrudes from said adhesive layer; and ohmic contact means for causing said part of the surfaces of said wires protruding from said adhesive layer to make ohmic contact with the electrically conductive surface of the photovoltaic element; said adhesive layer being operable to adhesively secure said film to said electrically conductive surface while said ohmic contact means causes said part of the surfaces of said wires protruding from said adhesive layer to make ohmic contact with the electrically conductive surface of the photovoltaic element.