Patent ID: 6225552
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G04C,H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
A planer solar cell array comprising:a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices formed by dividing the plane, each of said photoelectric conversion devices including a substrate, a first electrode layer deposited on said substrate, a photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer deposited on said first electrode layer, a resin layer partially deposited on said photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer, a light transmitting second electrode layer deposited on said photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer and said resin layer, and a third electrode layer deposited on a part of said second electrode layer, said third electrode layer being connected to said second electrode layer only within a region where said resin layer exists so that current produced by said photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer flows from said region of said second electrode layer to said third electrode layer;a plurality of conductive paths for connecting each of said photoelectric conversion devices to each other in series, said conductive paths being provided adjacent to said plurality of photoelectric conversion devices; andtwo externally drawing electrodes exposed on an opposite surface to a light irradiated surface, said electrodes being connected to two photoelectric conversion devices on both ends of said photoelectric conversion device connected in series, one of said two externally drawing electrodes being connected to said region of said second electrode layer of said photoelectric conversion device on one end thereof via said third electrode layer to extract said current.