US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY on April 14 for "Solar cells formed via aluminum electroplating" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,560, issued on April 14, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Solar cells formed via aluminum electroplating" was invented by Meng Tao (Fountain Hills, Ariz.), Wen-Cheng Sun (Tempe, Ariz.) and Xiaofei Han (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electroplating of aluminum may be utilized to form electrodes for solar cells. In contrast to expensive silver electrodes, aluminum allows for reduced cell cost and addresses the problem of material scarcity. In contrast to copper electrodes which typically require barrier layers, aluminum allows for simplified cell structur...