Patent ID: 7872193

Claim:
A solar panel, comprising: a covering-glass substrate; a solar cell layer that is laminated on the covering-glass substrate, and that includes a plurality of films; a covering sheet that is arranged via an adhering sheet so as to cover a surface of the solar cell layer; and a sealing material that seals the solar cell layer at a periphery section of the covering-glass substrate; wherein the periphery section of the covering-glass substrate is formed to be relatively thin in comparison to a part other than the periphery section, by removing the solar cell layer at the periphery section so as to ensure that a surface of the covering-glass substrate is exposed at the periphery section, wherein said sealing material adheres to an outer portion at the periphery section and covers peripheries of the adhering sheet and the covering sheet in order to seal the solar cell layer, and wherein a side of the sealing material opposite to an adhesive surface of the sealing material on the covering-glass substrate, adhering sheet, and the covering sheet is exposed.