US Patent Issued to LONGi Green Energy Technology on July 7 for "Silicon solar cell and module" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,502, issued on July 7, was assigned to LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (Xi'An, China).

"Silicon solar cell and module" was invented by Yupeng Jin (Xi'an, China), Long Yu (Xi'an, China) and Hongbo Tong (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a silicon solar cell. In one example, a silicon solar cell includes a silicon substrate including an antimony element; and a carrier separation layer, formed on the silicon substrate. At least some regions of the carrier separation layer on a side close to the silicon substrate have an antimony-containing layer. The antimony-containing layer includes t...