NOVELTY - Manufacturing an article (112) involves combining a portion of current collector structure (110b) and photovoltaic cell structure (10) such that first substrate surface of the collector structure portion and top light incident surface (59) of the cell structure face each other and the pattern of conductive material associated with the collector structure portion extends over and is in electrical contact with a preponderance of the top light incident cell surface. The current collector structure is manufactured separately and distinctly from the cell structure.    USE - For manufacturing of an article (claimed) which is useful in collecting current from a surface of limited current carrying capacity such as those of many optoelectric devices including photovoltaic cells, and also for producing modular arrays of photovoltaic cells.    ADVANTAGE - The method achieves efficient collection and conveyance of power from photovoltaic power generating devices; eliminates the deficiencies in the prior art methods of producing expansive area, series or parallel interconnected photovoltaic modules and arrays; provides improved substrates to achieve series or parallel interconnections among photovoltaic cells; provides structures useful for collecting current from an electrically conductive surface; and economically achieves mass production of interconnected photovoltaic modules.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Manufacturing an article (112) involves providing a photovoltaic cell structure (10) having semiconductor material positioned between a top light incident cell surface (59) and bottom cell surface (66); providing current collector structure (110b) comprising a flexible, polymer based sheetlike substrate having a first surface and a second surface and comprising a pattern of electrically conductive material supported by the substrate and positioned over the first surface; and combining a portion of the current collector structure and the cell structure such that the first substrate surface of the collector structure portion and the top light incident surface of the cell structure face each other and the pattern of conductive material associated with the collector structure portion extends over and is in electrical contact with a preponderance of the top light incident cell surface. The current collector structure is manufactured separately and distinctly from the cell structure. The combining step involves lamination of the current collector structure portion to the light incident cell surface. The combining step is roll-to-roll processing. The pattern of electrically conductive material has surface portions formed by a low melting point metal-based material. The current collector structure comprises a transparent or translucent substrate having a length dimension and having a first surface; and further comprises distinctly separated patterns of electrically conductive material supported on the first surface, where each of the patterns are elongate in the length dimension and having a width dimension perpendicular to the length dimension, and the patterns are distinctly separated from each other by a region of substrate absent conductive material extending in the length dimension.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a sectional view of an article.    Photovoltaic cell (10)    Cell top surface (59)    Cell bottom surfaces (66)    Top current collector electrode (100a)    Current collector (110b)    Article (112)