Each of at least three solar cell strings has a first end and a second end in a first direction each including a connector. At the first end and the second end, a wire member is provided to which the connector of the first end of each of at least two solar cell strings out of the at least three solar cell strings and the connector of the second end thereof are connected. A first sheet member is provided to allow the wire member at the first end to be located in a specific positional relationship with the wire member at the second end, and a second sheet member is provided to allow the wire member at the second end to be located in a specific positional relationship with the wire member at the first end.

The finger electrode is formed by hard-soldered silver paste. The melting point of the first type solder layer provided on the surface of the terminal wiring member is higher than the melting point of the second type solder layer provided on the surface of the wire. The first width, in the first direction, of the second type solder layer in the first portion where the wire is connected to the terminal wiring member is larger than the second width, in the first direction, of the second type solder layer in the second portion where the wire is connected to the finger electrode.

A welding ribbon and a solar cell assembly are provided. The welding ribbon comprises a composite core and a coating wrapped around said composite core; the composite core comprises a plurality of welding cores, at least one first bending part is provided on each of said welding cores, and the plurality of welding cores are wound with each other by means of the respective first bending parts to form the composite core; in addition, at least one third bending part is also provided on the welding ribbon, at least one of the third bending parts is closely attached to the middle part of the corresponding battery sheet, and the direction of bending of the third bending part is perpendicular to the length direction of the welding core.

The disclosed invention provides a photovoltaic module with an improved electrode structure of a solar cell and having any of various shapes. The photovoltaic module includes electrode members each including a finger electrode and a busbar electrode on a front surface of a solar cell to correspond to the number of divided cells, wherein the finger electrode is disposed as a plurality of finger electrodes in a first direction parallel to a short side of a divided unit cell, and the busbar electrode includes a collection electrode line which extends in a second direction parallel to a long side of the divided unit cell and connects ends of the plurality of finger electrodes and a connecting electrode line which is branched off from an end of the collection electrode line and extends in the first direction to be electrically connected to another unit cell.

An electrically conductive composition as an electrically conductive adhesive for mechanically and electrically connecting at least one contact of a solar cell with an electrical conductor is provided. The contact is selected from emitter contacts and collector contacts and the electrically conductive composition contains (A) 2 to 35 vol.-% silver particles having an average particle size of 1 to 25 μm and exhibiting an aspect ratio in the range of 5 to 30:1, (B) 10 to 63 vol.-% non-metallic particles having an average particle size of 1 to 25 um and exhibiting an aspect ratio in the range of 1 to 3:1, (C) 30 to 80 vol.-% of a curable resin system, and (D) 0 to 10 vol.-% of at least one additive, in which the sum of the vol.-% of particles (A) and (B) totals 25 to 65 vol.-%.

A solar panel includes a first photovoltaic cell, a second photovoltaic cell, and a flexible electrical connection structure which comprises an electrically conductive connector that electrically connects the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell in series along a connection direction. The electrically conductive connector does not extend from a first major surface of a flexible transparent insulating sheet through a thickness of the flexible transparent insulating sheet to a second major surface of the flexible transparent insulating sheet.

A solar cell module manufacturing method includes: applying, when applying the adhesive in a narrow and long manner in a predetermined direction on a surface of the solar cell, the adhesive such that the thickness of the adhesive from the surface has a predetermined thickness at a central portion of the solar cell and such that the thickness from the surface becomes thinner gradually in a direction from the central portion of the solar cell toward an outer edge portion of the solar cell at an end portion of the solar cell.

The present application relates to the field of solar cells, and in particular to a main-gate-free and high-efficiency back-contact solar cell module, assembly, and a preparation process thereof. The main-gate-free and high-efficiency back-contact solar cell module comprises solar cells and an electrical connection layer, a backlight side of the solar cells having P-electrodes connected to a P-type doping layer and N-electrodes connected to an N-type doping layer, wherein the electrical connection layer comprises a number of small conductive gate lines, part of which are connected to the P-electrodes on the backlight side of the solar cells while the other part of which are connected to the N-electrodes on the backlight side of the solar cells; and, the small conductive gate lines are of a multi-section structure. The present application has the following beneficial effects: the usage of silver paste is decreased, and the cost is reduced; moreover. The arrangement of small conductive gate lines in a multi-section structure reduces the series resistance and the transmission distance of a filling factor, so that the efficiency is improved and the stress on the cells from the small conductive gate lines can be effectively reduced.

A method for curing a portion of conductive paste disposed on a photovoltaic cell, the photovoltaic cell including a first face and a second face, the portion of conductive paste being disposed on one of the faces of the photovoltaic cell, the curing method including exposing the first face of the photovoltaic cell to a first electromagnetic radiation including at least one component between 300 nm and 700 nm.

A solar cell module includes a plurality of compound semiconductor solar cells each including a compound semiconductor substrate, a first electrode part on a front surface of the compound semiconductor substrate, an insulating substrate positioned at a back surface of the compound semiconductor substrate, a second electrode part positioned between the back surface of the compound semiconductor substrate and a front surface of the insulating substrate, and an insulating adhesive attaching the insulating substrate to the second electrode part; a conductive connection member electrically connecting two adjacent compound semiconductor solar cells to each other; a conductive adhesive attaching the conductive connection member to a corresponding electrode part of the compound semiconductor solar cell; a front substrate positioned on the compound semiconductor solar cells; and a back substrate positioned below the compound semiconductor solar cells.