Patent ID: 8742248

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion module comprising: a light-receiving substrate; a counter substrate that faces the light-receiving substrate and is electrically connected to the light-receiving substrate; a first functional layer formed on the light-receiving substrate and positioned between the light-receiving and the counter substrate, the first functional layer having a photoelectrode; a second functional layer formed on the counter substrate and positioned between the counter substrate and the light-receiving substrate, the second functional layer having a counter electrode; a sealant formed between the light-receiving substrate and the counter substrate, the sealant positioned to divide a plurality of unit photoelectric cells formed between the light-receiving substrate and the counter substrate; and a plurality of interconnection units electrically connecting adjacent unit photoelectric cells, wherein when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the light-receiving substrate and the counter substrate, the light-receiving substrate and the counter substrate are divided into a photoelectric conversion area in which the unit photoelectric cells are formed, a sealing area in which the sealant is formed around a perimeter of the photoelectric conversion area, and a non-photoelectric conversion area around a perimeter of the sealing area, wherein at least two of the plurality of interconnection units are electrically connected to each other by a bypass unit, which is positioned to electrically bypass a defective unit photoelectric cell, and wherein a bypass hole is formed in the light-receiving substrate or the counter substrate so as to correspond to the bypass unit.