US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung, Ultra High Vacuum Solutions on Aug. 4 for "Method for producing a solar cell" (Irish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,816, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich) and Ultra High Vacuum Solutions Ltd (Dublin).

"Method for producing a solar cell" was invented by Marc Hofmann (Freiburg, Germany), Sebastian Mack (Freiburg, Germany), Bishal Kafle (Freiburg, Germany), Jochen Rentsch (Freiburg, Germany), Nabeel Wahab Khan (Freiburg, Germany), Laurent Clochard (Dublin) and Edward Duffy (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments relate to a method for producing a solar cell having a rear-side contact with a tunnel barrier. A monocrystalline wafer having a front side and a rear...