Abstract: A solar cell has a non-light-receiving side and a light-receiving side that faces a backside of an optically-transparent cover plate. A heatsink has a backside that faces the non-light-receiving side of the solar cell. The heatsink is formed of a graphite-containing material having a concave and convex texture as a radiating fin.

Abstract: A method for electrically connecting a surface electrode of a solar battery cell and a wiring member via a conductive adhesive film, wherein the conductive adhesive film contains an insulating adhesive and conductive particles, and wherein when the ten point height of roughness profile and maximum height of the surface of the surface electrode in contact with the conductive adhesive film are Rz (?m) and Ry (?m) respectively, the average particle diameter r (?m) of the conductive particles is equal to or greater than the ten point height of roughness profile Rz, and the thickness t (?m) of the conductive adhesive film is equal to or greater than the maximum height Ry.

Abstract: The method of connecting solar battery cells of the present invention is a method of connecting solar battery cells which are each provided with a front-face electrode on a front face thereof and a back-face electrode on a back face thereof, and comprises: a first process of preparing a wiring member including a strip-like conductive substrate and an adhesive layer provided on one face of the conductive substrate, and bonding the adhesive layer on one end portion of the wiring member with a front-face electrode or a back-face electrode of one solar battery cell; a second process of turning an other end portion of the wiring member having gone through the first process, around a central axis along a longitudinal direction thereof so that an adhesive layer surface of the other end portion is opposite in orientation to an adhesive layer surface of the one end portion; and a third process of bonding the adhesive layer of the other end portion of the wiring member having gone through the second process with an ele

Abstract: Provided is a photovoltaic (PV) module by which electric power generation efficiency can be improved by improving light use rate. An encapsulant (202) is permitted to be a first layer (A cover glass (201) and the encapsulant (202) are considered optically equivalent, since their refractive indexes are substantially the same), a light trapping film (300) to be a second layer, an anti-reflective layer (104) to be a third layer, and an n-type layer (103) to be a fourth layer. When the reflective indexes of the layers are expressed as first reflective index (n1), second reflective index (n2), third reflective index (n3) and fourth reflective index (n4), relationship n1?n2?n3?n4 is satisfied. The light trapping film (300) of the second layer, i.e., one layer among the light transmitting layers, has a structured shape on an incident side (300a) where incident light (205) enters.

Abstract: The conductive adhesive film of the invention is a conductive adhesive film for electrical connection between photovoltaic cell surface electrodes and wiring members, which comprises an insulating adhesive 2 and conductive particles 1 and has a (t/r) value in the range of 0.75-17.5, where r (?m) is the mean particle size of the conductive particles 1 and t (?m) is the thickness of the conductive adhesive film, wherein the content of the conductive particles 1 is 1.7-15.6 vol % based on the total volume of the conductive adhesive film.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for forming antireflection films comprising a step that simultaneously accomplishes sintering of a coating film containing an antireflection film precursor formed on the surface of a glass body, and tempering of the glass body. It is thereby possible to form antireflection films at satisfactorily low cost.

Abstract: A waveguide device comprising at least a waveguiding layer, a cladding layer and, optionally, an adhesion-enhancing layer is disclosed. By using specific fluorinated polyimides as materials for each of the layers of the waveguide device, the process for producing the waveguide device is simplified, the production cost is reduced, and the flexibility is imparted to the waveguide device, which are not achieved in a quartz-type waveguide. Also, a single mode, a low loss at 1.3 micron band and a high moisture-resistance which are not achieved by conventional plastic-type waveguide are possible.

Abstract: A waveguide device comprising a cladding layer having a refractive index n.sub.cl, a first waveguide having a refractive index n.sub.g (n.sub.g >n.sub.cl) formed on said cladding layer, and a second waveguide having a refractive index n.sub.cp (n.sub.cp >n.sub.g) formed on said first waveguide, wherein the sectional shape of said second waveguide has a tapered structure in which a layer thickness of said second waveguide reduces as the distance from the end face of the waveguide increases, and a tapering angle .THETA. in said tapered structure satisfies the following conditions:.THETA..sub.a ={90.degree.-arcsin (n.sub.eff /n.sub.cp)}/2 (1).THETA.<2.0 .THETA..sub.a (2)wherein n.sub.eff represents an effective refractive index of said first waveguide. This waveguide device has a high resistance against the deviation in the positions of the light exit face of an LD or an optical fiber and the light entrance face of a waveguide and thus enables an optical coupling at a high efficiency.

Abstract: An organic molecular crystal comprising the compound N-isopropyl-N'-(4-acetylphenyl)-urea is used for preparing an optical wavelength conversion device. Especially, the device may comprise a core and a clad wherein the organic crystal is used as the core.