Patent ID: 7196262
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A solar cell assembly comprising: (A) a plurality of elongated solar cells, each elongated solar cell in said plurality of elongated solar cells comprising: (B) a plurality of metal counter-electrodes, wherein each respective elongated solar cell in said plurality of elongated solar cells is bound to a first corresponding metal counter-electrode in said plurality of metal counter-electrodes such that the first metal counter-electrode lies in a first groove that is formed in the surface of and runs lengthwise on the respective elongated solar cell; and (C) a transparent electrically insulating substrate that covers all or a portion of said first face of said planar array; wherein a first and second elongated solar cell in said plurality of elongated solar cells are electrically connected in series by an electrical contact that connects the first electrode of the first elongated solar cell to the first corresponding counter-electrode of the second elongated solar cell; and said solar cell assembly is configured to receive direct light from a side of said solar cell assembly that includes said first face of said planar array and a side of said solar cell assembly that includes said second face of said planar array.