Abstract: It is an object to provide a solar cell module having a uniform configuration, presenting stable output characteristics, and having a size enabling easy wiring in arrangement and a solar cell array presenting stable output characteristics by employment of said solar cell modules. A solar cell module 10 has a solar cell panel 12 having a length of its longer edges of 900 to 1100 mm. The solar cell panel 12 is constituted by a number of unit solar cells 100 connected in series and has an open-circuit voltage of 100 to 180 volts. The unit solar cell 100 is of a strip-like shape with a length of its shorter edges of 7 to 12 mm and arranged in a longer-edge direction of the panel 12 so that its longer edges extend in a shorter-edge direction of the panel 12 and its shorter edges extend in the longer-edge direction of the panel 12.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a solar cell module achieving reduced improper wiring and improved working efficiency.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a solar cell module achieving reduced improper wiring and improved working efficiency.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a solar cell module having a uniform configuration, presenting stable output characteristics, and having a size enabling easy wiring in arrangement and a solar cell array presenting stable output characteristics by employment of said solar cell modules. A solar cell module 10 has a solar cell panel 12 having a length of its longer edges of 900 to 1100 mm. The solar cell panel 12 is constituted by a number of unit solar cells 100 connected in series and has an open-circuit voltage of 100 to 180 volts. The unit solar cell 100 is of a strip-like shape with a length of its shorter edges of 7 to 12 mm and arranged in a longer-edge direction of the panel 12 so that its longer edges extend in a shorter-edge direction of the panel 12 and its shorter edges extend in the longer-edge direction of the panel 12.

Abstract: The invention includes a tile main body, a recess formed in the tile main body for receiving a photovoltaic module having its reverse surface provided with a terminal box, and a terminal-box-receiving recess provided at the bottom of the recess for receiving the terminal box. A cable lead-out section is provided at a portion toward a ridge of a roof. Output lead-out cables connected to the terminal box are led from the lead-out section toward the ridge.

Abstract: A photovoltaic cell module tile that includes a tile body, a recess, a fitting section, and a pressure member. The recess is provided in a top surface of the tile body, which stores a photovoltaic cell module. The fitting section is provided in the recess on an eaves side of the tile body. An eaves-side end portion of the photovoltaic cell module is inserted and fitted in the fitting section. The pressure member is provided on a ridge side of the tile body and presses a ridge-side end portion of the photovoltaic cell module against the tile body.

Abstract: The invention comprises a tile main body, a recess formed in the tile main body for receiving a photovoltaic module having its reverse surface provided with a terminal box, and a terminal-box-receiving recess provided at the bottom of the recess for receiving the terminal box. A cable lead-out section is provided in a side wall located at the ridge-side of a roof where the tile main body is mounted on the roof. Output lead-out cables connected to the terminal box are led from the lead-out section to the ridge side. This structure prevents rainwater entering the receiving recess from reaching a connection of the terminal box and the cables.

Abstract: A recess which stores a photovoltaic cell module is provided on the top surface of a tile body arranged on a roof or the like of a house. A fitting section having a groove is formed by undercutting at least one side of the recess. An end portion of the photovoltaic cell module is inserted and fitted into the fitting section. The photovoltaic cell module is therefore detachably fixed in the recess of the tile body.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module comprises a substrate, a semiconductor layer arranged on one of the principal surfaces of the substrate, divided into a plurality of sections and sealed by a encapsulation material, in that the encapsulation material is arranged on the principal surface of the substrate without its end face projecting outwardly beyond the end face of the substrate.

Abstract: A wiring apparatus comprises a trunk cable, branch junctions, and branch cables diverging individually from the branch junctions. A plurality of photovoltaic modules, which are arranged side by side on a roof of a building or the like, or module units, composed of the modules, serve as generating sections. The respective outputs of the generating sections are lead into the building by means of a trunk conductor of the trunk cable. Each branch cable includes a branch conductor that is connected to the trunk conductor of the trunk cable. Each branch cable of the wiring apparatus is connected to a connector for use as an output terminal of the module units by means of a connector attached to the distal end portion thereof. The module units are connected in parallel with one another by means of the wiring apparatuses, and their respective outputs are supplied to loads in the building by means of a pair of lead-in wires.

Abstract: The invention seeks to reduce residual image in the vertical direction, which is the most significant drawback in the charge storage system, and further to permit increased speed of operation to be obtained.To this end, an image sensor of matrix drive type according to the invention comprises m by n diode pairs each including a photo- and a blocking diode PD and BD with the cathode electrodes thereof connected in series, the diode pairs constituting n blocks B.sub.1,B.sub.2 . . . , Bn each of m diode pairs. A clamp diode CD is connected to the juncture between the photo- and blocking diodes PD and BD in each diode pair to clamp the potential on the juncture and thus permit complete and quick charging of the capacitance of the photo-diode PD.

Abstract: This invention relates to a battery charger which supplementally charges a secondary battery such as a battery and so forth in an automobile with use of a solar cell in which a diffusion-blocking layer is formed between a semiconductor and a reverse electrode for the purpose of preventing deterioration of a semiconductor layer, and in which electric potential of the secondary battery can be measured and displayed, and in which the solar cell can be securely provided in a compartment of an automobile in such a manner that the solar cell always faces sunbeams, and which can be freely attached and detached.