US Patent Issued to Alliance for Energy Innovation on July 14 for "Three-terminal interdigitated back contact photoelectric device" (Colorado, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,891, issued on July 14, was assigned to Alliance for Energy Innovation LLC (Golden, Colo.).

"Three-terminal interdigitated back contact photoelectric device" was invented by Emily Lowell Warren (Golden, Colo.) and Nathan Taylor Nesbitt (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three-terminal (3T) photoelectrodes with cathodic protection capability are described. The 3T photoelectrodes utilize the third (i.e., the "extra") electrode to bypass the diode in a semiconductor circuit and pass current with significant reductions in corrosions or reverse bias. The 3T photoelectrodes may be operated in diode mode when exposed to illumi...