NOVELTY - Forming article involves providing separately prepared current collector structure, which is flexible and combines polymer based sheet like substrate comprising insulating first transparent layer with pattern of electrically conductive material (306) supported by first transparent layer; combining a portion of current collector structure with photovoltaic cell structure, where the combining is such that the pattern and first surface face each other and pattern extends over preponderance of first surface and ohmic electrical communication is established between pattern and first surface.    USE - For manufacturing article combining photovoltaic cell structure and a current collector structure suitable for collecting current from a light incident surface of a photovoltaic cell (claimed), used in facile production of modular arrays of photovoltaic cells; for electroplated articles e.g. 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 - The method eliminates the deficiencies of prior art methods of producing expansive area, series interconnected photovoltaic arrays; provides improved substrates to achieve series interconnections among expansive thin film cells; permits inexpensive production of high efficiency, heat treated thin film photovoltaic cells while simultaneously permitting the use of polymer based substrate materials and associated processing to effectively interconnect those cells; provide improved processes so that expansive area, series interconnected photovoltaic arrays can be economically mass produced. The combination thereby produced is flexible.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Manufacturing article combining photovoltaic cell structure and a current collector structure suitable for collecting current from a light incident surface of a photovoltaic cell, involves providing a separately prepared current collector structure, where the current collector structure is flexible and combines a polymer based sheet like substrate comprising an insulating first transparent layer with a pattern of electrically conductive material (306) supported by the first transparent layer, where the combined current collector structure is initially produced separate and distinct from the photovoltaic cell structure, providing photovoltaic cell structure comprising semiconductor material supported on a metal based foil, where the cell structure further comprises a first cell surface facing away from the foil; combining at least a portion of the current collector structure with photovoltaic cell structure, where the combining is such that the pattern and the first surface face each other and the pattern extends over a preponderance of the first surface and ohmic electrical communication is established between the pattern and the first surface, where the combination thereby produced is flexible.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a sectional view of structure.    Electrically conductive sheet (23)    Contact surface (48)    Insulating beads (56, 60)    Conductive strips (304)    Adhesive layer (320)    First cell (360)    Adjacent cell (362)    Interconnect region (364)