NOVELTY - First terminal electrode apparatus comprises: (a) first electrically insulating optically transparent film having first inner and outer planar surfaces; (b) first inner adhesive layer on first inner planar surface; (c) many first parallel, electrically conductive wires; (d) first busbar on first inner planar surface; (e) conductor connected to and extending from first busbar for connecting first busbar to circuit; (f) first, transparent outer adhesive layer on first outer planar surface of first film; and (g) first release sheet on first outer adhesive layer.    USE - The first terminal electrode apparatus is useful in: terminal photovoltaic cell assembly; photovoltaic string; and a photovoltaic cell (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - First terminal electrode apparatus comprises: (a) a first electrically insulating optically transparent film having first inner and outer planar surfaces; (b) a first inner adhesive layer on the first inner planar surface; (c) many first parallel, electrically conductive wires on the first inner planar surface and embedded into the first inner adhesive layer, where the first inner adhesive layer has a thickness of less than a thickness of the wires embedded in it so that parts of surfaces of the wires protrude from the first inner adhesive layer and at least the parts of the surfaces of the wires are coated with a low-melting point alloy; (d) a first busbar on the first inner planar surface, where the first wire is in electrical contact with the first busbar; (e) a conductor connected to and extending from the first busbar for connecting the first busbar to a circuit; (f) a first, transparent outer adhesive layer on the first outer planar surface of the first film for directly adhesively securing the first film to an inner surface of a first protector; and (g) a first release sheet on the first outer adhesive layer, for preventing the first outer adhesive layer from adhesion when the first inner adhesive layer is being activated. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a terminal photovoltaic (PV) cell assembly comprising the first terminal electrode apparatus and further comprising a photovoltaic cell (140) having an electrically conductive front side surface (148) and an electrically conductive back side surface (146), where the electrically conductive front side surface has current collection contacts on it, the first inner adhesive layer adhesively secures the first film to the front side electrically conductive surface, the low melting point alloy solders the parts of the surfaces of the wires protruding from the first inner adhesive layer into direct ohmic contact with the current collection contacts on the front side electrically conductive surface to facilitate conducting electric current to or from the front side electrically conductive surface, or the first inner adhesive layer adhesively secures the first film to the back side electrically conductive surface of the PV cell, and in which the low melting point alloy on the parts of the surfaces of the wires protruding from the first inner adhesive layer are in direct ohmic contact with the back side electrically conductive surface to facilitate conducting electric current to or from the back side electrically conductive surface;    (2) a photovoltaic cell assembly (304) comprising the first terminal PV cell assembly and further comprising a second terminal electrode apparatus comprising (a1) a second electrically insulating optically transparent film having second inner and outer planar surfaces, (b1) a second inner adhesive layer on the second inner planar surface, (c1) many second parallel, electrically conductive wires on the second inner planar surface and embedded into the second inner adhesive layer, where the second inner adhesive layer has a thickness less than a thickness of the wires embedded in it so that parts of surfaces of the wires protrude from the second inner adhesive layer and at least the parts of the surfaces of the wires are coated with a low-melting point alloy, (d1) a second busbar on the second inner planar surface, where the second wires are in electrical contact with the second busbar, (e1) a second conductor connected to and extending from the second busbar for connecting the second busbar to the circuit, (f1) a second, transparent outer adhesive layer on the second outer planar surface of the second film for directly adhesively securing the second film to an inner surface of a second protector, (g1) a second release sheet on the second outer adhesive layer, for preventing the second outer adhesive layer from adhesion when the first inner adhesive layer is being activated, where the second inner adhesive layer adhesively secures the second film to the front side electrically conductive surface of the PV cell and the low melting point alloy solders the parts of the surfaces of the wires protruding from the second inner adhesive layer into direct ohmic contact with the front side electrically conductive surface to facilitate conducting electric current to or from the front side electrically conductive surface;    (3) an intermediate electrode apparatus for connecting adjacent PV cells together;    (4) an intermediate PV cell assembly comprising the intermediate electrode apparatus and further comprising a PV cell having the electrically conductive front side surface and the electrically conductive back side surface, where the electrically conductive front side surface has current collection contacts on it for collecting current from the PV cell, where the second inner adhesive layer adhesively secures the second film to the front side electrically conductive surface of the PV cell, and the low melting point alloy solders the parts of the surfaces of the wires protruding from the second inner adhesive layer into direct ohmic contact with the current collection contacts on the front side electrically conductive surface to facilitate conducting electric current to or from the front side electrically conductive surface;    (5) a PV string;    (6) a PV panel comprising the PV string and front and rear protective sheets, where at least the front protective sheet is transparent to admit light through it, each of the front and rear protective sheets have an inside surface (136) and an outside surface, and the PV string is sandwiched between the front and rear protective sheets and the outer adhesive layers of the electrodes are adhesively bonded to at least one of the inside surface; and    (7) making the PV panel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows an exploded oblique view of the photovoltaic panel assembly.    Inside surface (136)    Photovoltaic cell (140)    Back side surface (146)    Front side surface (148)    Photovoltaic cell assembly (304)