Patent ID: 8378706

Claim:
A method comprising: determining that a back-contact solar cell is defective, the back-contact solar cell having a first plurality of interconnect pads at a first edge and a second plurality of interconnect pads at a second edge, the first and second pluralities of interconnect pads having opposite operational charges; and dicing the back-contact solar cell to define first and second back-contact solar cell sections, the first back-contact solar cell section having at least two interconnect pads, of the plurality of interconnect pads, at each of first and second opposed edges thereof, wherein the dicing comprises forming at least two dice lines that extend transversely across the back-contact solar cell, between the opposed edges, to define the first back-contact solar cell section there between, such that the at least two interconnect pads are present at each of a pair of opposed edges of the first back-contact solar cell section.