NOVELTY - The photovoltaic module comprises a textile substrate having conductors, an array of functional tiles (12) on the substrate, an encapsulant, and a conductive adhesive and/or a solder material. The functional tiles: include solar tiles, a battery, a display tile, a power regulator, and/or a sensor; and are arranged to be spaced apart from each other and to contact one conductor. The solar tiles electrically connect in one of electrical series or parallel configuration to produce and electrical power output, and are arranged on one side of the substrate or both sides of the textile substrate.    USE - Used as a photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The photovoltaic module can be economically manufactured with high physical flexibility, improved photovoltaic conversion efficiency and enhanced performance and without cracks or charge-carrier recombination.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The photovoltaic module comprises a textile substrate having conductors, an array of functional tiles (12) on the substrate, an encapsulant, and a conductive adhesive and/or a solder material. The functional tiles: include solar tiles, a battery, a display tile, a power regulator, and/or a sensor; and are arranged to be spaced apart from each other and to contact one conductor. The solar tiles electrically connect in one of electrical series or parallel configuration to produce and electrical power output, and are arranged on one side of the substrate or both sides of the textile substrate. The array of solar tiles includes solar tiles that are portions of different types of solar cells. The different types of solar cells include solar cells made of III-V materials, silicon, chalcogenide, fluorescent concentrator, and organic semiconductors. The display tile comprises electrophoretic display, electrochromic display, LCD, microelectromechanical system interference display, electrowetting display, powder display, electrochemical display, organic or inorganic light emitting display, and plasma display. The sensor comprises a photodiode, an accelerometer, a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, a moisture sensor, a gas sensor, a radiation sensor, a biological sensor, and/or a chemical sensor. The encapsulant is located around the solar tile and/or the textile substrate. The encapsulant comprises a liquid encapsulant, a laminated encapsulant, an evaporated encapsulant, a silicone encapsulant, ethylene vinyl acetate and Parylene (RTM: Chemical vapor deposited poly(p- xylylene)). The conductors comprise conductive fibers woven into the textile, conductive fibers sewn into the textile, conductive fibers glued onto the textile, printed traces on a surface of the textile, and carbon nanowires attached to a surface of the textile. The conductive adhesive and/or a solder material are located between the solar tile and the conductor. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of manufacturing flexible, photovoltaic modules.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a schematic view of a method of manufacturing flexible photovoltaic modules using photovoltaic tiles.    Solar wafer (10)    Tiles or flakes. (12)