ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,457, issued on Feb. 10.
"High efficiency tandem solar cells and a method for fabricating same" was invented by Faquir Chand Jain (Storrs, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solar cell structures comprising a plurality of solar cells, wherein each solar cell is separated from adjacent solar cell via a tunnel junction and/or a resonant tunneling structure (RTS), are described. Solar cells are implemented on Ge, Si, GaN, sapphire, and glass substrates. Each of the plurality of solar cells is at least partially constructed from a cell material which harnesses photons having energies in a predetermined energy range. In one embodiment ea...