ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,578, issued on July 28, was assigned to LONGi Solar Technology (Taizhou) Co. Ltd. (Taizhou, China).
"Back-contact solar cell, solar cell structure, and photovoltaic module" was invented by Debao Zhao (Taizhou, China), Peng Chen (Taizhou, China), Jun Chen (Taizhou, China) and Hua Li (Taizhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses a back-contact solar cell, a solar cell structure, and a photovoltaic module. In one aspect, a back-contact solar cell includes a solar cell body, a positive electrode and a negative electrode formed on a back surface of the solar cell body. The positive electrode and the negative el...