NOVELTY - An interconnect assembly (420) comprises trace containing electrically conductive portions, where the conductive portions made both to collect current from first solar cell (410) and to interconnect electrically to second solar cell (430); and is made such that solar-cell efficiency is undiminished in event that any one of the conductive portions is conductively impaired; top carrier film contains first transparent, electrically insulating layer; and bottom carrier film contains carrier film selected from second electrically insulating layer, structural plastic layer, and metallic layer.    USE - As an interconnect assembly; in combined solar-cell, interconnect assembly; and in solar-cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The interconnect assembly reduces the series resistance between solar cells in the solar-cell module; and improves solar-cell-module efficiency.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An interconnect assembly (420) comprises a trace containing electrically conductive portions, the electrically conductive portions configured both to collect current from a first solar cell (410) and to interconnect electrically to a second solar cell (430); a top carrier film, where the top carrier film comprises a first transparent, electrically insulating layer coupled to the trace and disposed above a top portion of the trace; and a bottom carrier film, where the bottom carrier film comprises a carrier film selected from a second electrically insulating layer, a structural plastic layer, and a metallic layer, the bottom carrier film coupled to the trace and disposed below a bottom portion of the trace; and where the electrically conductive portions is configured such that solar-cell efficiency is undiminished in an event that any one of the electrically conductive portions is conductively impaired. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) combined solar-cell, interconnect assembly comprising a first solar cell, the interconnect assembly, and second solar cell;    (2) solar-cell module comprising a first solar cell, at least a second solar cell, and the interconnect assembly disposed above a light-facing side of an absorber layer of the first solar cell.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a plan view of the interconnect assembly.    Solar-cell module (404)    First solar cell (410)    Interconnect assembly (420)    Second solar cell (430)    Open-circuit defect (440)