NOVELTY - Device (I) comprises: a first photovoltaic cell and a current collector structure, where the photovoltaic cell comprises a cell body which includes semiconductor material and a light incident top surface portion (352) and the current collector structure comprises an optically transparent or translucent sheetlike substrate and a pattern, where (I) comprises a combination of the photovoltaic cell and the current collector structure such that at least a portion of the pattern is distributed over a preponderance of the aid light incident top surface portion.    USE - (I) is useful for electroplated articles include solar cell electrical current collection grids, electrical circuits, electrical traces, circuit boards, antennas, capacitors, induction heaters, connectors, switches, resistors, inductors, batteries, fuel cells, coils, signal lines, power lines, radiation reflectors, coolers, diodes, transistors, piezoelectric elements, photovoltaic cells, emi shields, biosensors and sensors.    ADVANTAGE - (I) is high efficient, inexpensive, expansive area, series interconnected photovoltaic arrays. (I) is produced without deterioration of the metal support structure. The preparation of (I) does not need wasteful and costly material removal steps. (I) provides simplified series interconnections among multiple photovoltaic cells in large measure by the ability to selectively electrodeposit highly conductive metal-based materials to manufacture both supporting interconnect substrates and current collector grid structures, where the selectivity is readily and inexpensively achieved by employing directly electroplateable resins.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Device (I) comprises: a first photovoltaic cell and a current collector structure, where the photovoltaic cell comprises a cell body which includes semiconductor material and a light incident top surface portion formed by a transparent or translucent conductive material and the current collector structure comprises an optically transparent or translucent sheetlike substrate having first and second substrate surfaces, the first substrate surface facing in a direction opposite and away from the second substrate surface, a pattern comprising multiple traces separated by regions of the substrate, the traces extending over the first substrate surface, the traces comprising multiple layers where, a first of the layers comprises polymeric material and has structure in the form of at least a portion of the pattern, a second of the layers comprises electrically conductive material, and where (I) comprises a combination of the photovoltaic cell and the current collector structure such that at least a portion of the pattern is distributed over a preponderance of the aid light incident top surface portion, the combination further characterized by having the pattern portion and the light incident top surface portion facing toward each other such that the second layer associated with the pattern portion is positioned between the first layer and the light incident surface. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for: a device comprising a first photovoltaic cell and a current collector structure where the photovoltaic cell comprises the cell body which includes semiconductor material and the light incident top cell surface formed by a transparent or translucent conductive material and the current collector structure comprises a sheetlike substrate, a pattern of multiple electrically conductive traces extending over a transparent or translucent portion of the sheetlike substrate and a strip (60) forming a buss in electrical communication with a multiple of the traces, the buss comprising multiple layers where, a first of the layers comprises polymeric material and has first and second surface portions facing oppositely and away from each other, the first surface portion serving to define a dimension of a second of the layers, the second layer comprises metal coating the first surface portion, the second surface being devoid of metal coating, the device characterized as having at least a portion of the pattern of multiple traces distributed over a preponderance of the light incident top cell surface; and a device comprising two photovoltaic cells, the cells having a light incident top surface and a conductive bottom surface, the cells being electrically connected in series through an interconnecting structure conveying current from the top surface of a first cell to the bottom surface of an adjacent cell, the interconnecting structure comprising an electrically conductive mesh or fabric, the mesh or fabric having structure including, a core structure of polymer based fibrils and a metal or metal alloy coating the fibrils.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows the series interconnected photovoltaic cells.    Insulating strips (60)    Bottom conductive surface (66)    Cells (308)    Light incident top surface (352)