Solar module comprising solar cells mounted on two sheets of back contact foil

The invention relates to a solar module comprising solar cells mounted on two sheets or strips of back contact foil. The back contact foil is bonded to the solar cells with an encapsulant. Typically, the encapsulant has a colour close to that of the photosensitive side of the solar cells to hide (for aesthetic reasons) the spacings between the cells. However, the spacing between the sheets cannot be coloured in this way. Prior art used painting stripes on the glass covering the module (so-called fritting). The invention uses overlapping of the sheets, thereby offering an even colour of the module.