Patent ID: 8957307
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H01G,H01L,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A photoelectric conversion element module, comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements each having a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, a sealing member, and an electrolyte; the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate oppose each other, the electrolyte is arranged between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and the sealing member is connected to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, the sealing member encompassing the electrolyte between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; and a conductive member electrically connecting the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to each other, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements being arranged in planar form such that directions from the first electrodes plates toward the second electrodes plates are the same, wherein each one of the first electrode plates and each one of the second electrode plates has a portion which, when viewing the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate along a direction connecting the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, extends to outside a region encompassed by an outer periphery of the sealing member, in adjacent photoelectric conversion elements, the conductive member connects the extended portion of the first electrode plate of one of the photoelectric conversion elements and the extended portion of the second electrode plate of the other photoelectric conversion element, the conductive member being provided between the sealing member of one of the photoelectric conversion elements and the sealing member of the other photoelectric conversion element and the conductive member being separated from the sealing members such that the conductive member does not contact the sealing members, and one of the extended portion of the first electrode plate or the extended portion of the second electrode plate has flexibility, and the other one of the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate has an insulating base material on the side opposite the side of the one of the first electrode plate or the second electrode plate, and the base material in each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are formed integrally with each other, and wherein the one of the extended portion of the first electrode plate or the extended portion of the second electrode plate is flexed toward the other one of the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate.