NOVELTY - Manufacturing an article combining photovoltaic cell structure (1) and a separately prepared interconnection component comprising (a) a sheetlike substrate and (b) additional electrically conductive material, comprises: providing photovoltaic cell structure comprising semiconductor material supported on a metal based foil (12), where the cell structure further comprises a top cell surface (59); and combining at least a portion of the interconnection structure with at least a portion of photovoltaic cell structure, so that a pattern and the top cell surface face each other.    USE - The method is useful for manufacturing article combining photovoltaic cell structure and a separately prepared interconnection component.    ADVANTAGE - The method provides the article, which: exhibits desired interconnected array, without needing expensive and intricate material removal operations, hence it is cost effective; and exhibits desired properties including flexibility, tensile modulus, adhesive affinity, UV resistance and abrasion resistance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Manufacturing an article combining photovoltaic cell structure (1) and a separately prepared interconnection component comprising (a) a sheetlike substrate having a top upward facing side and a bottom downward facing side (where (a1) a first portion of the sheetlike substrate is transparent or translucent and has the downward facing side formed by a polymeric adhesive, (a2) a first pattern of electrically conductive material is positioned on the downward facing side of the first portion, and (a3) at least a portion of the upward facing side of the sheetlike substrate is formed by additional polymeric adhesive) and (b) additional electrically conductive material, where the additional electrically conductive material extends from the downward facing side to the upward facing side of the sheetlike substrate, and further extends over the additional polymeric adhesive, and the additional electrically conductive material being in ohmic electrical communication with the first pattern, comprises: providing photovoltaic cell structure comprising semiconductor material supported on a metal based foil (12), where the cell structure further comprises a top cell surface (59); and combining at least a portion of the interconnection structure with at least a portion of the photovoltaic cell structure, so that the pattern and the top cell surface face each other, where the pattern extends over a preponderance of the first surface, and the ohmic electrical communication is established between the pattern and the top cell surface.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a sectional view of a thin film photovoltaic structure including its support structure.    Photovoltaic structure (11) Semiconductor structure (1)    Metal-based foil (12)    Top cell surface (59)    Bottom cell surface (66)