US Patent Issued to NantG Power, Nant Holdings IP on Aug. 25 for "Self-similar high efficiency solar cells and concentrators" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,908, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NantG Power LLC (El Segundo, Calif.) and Nant Holdings IP LLC (Culver City, Calif.).

"Self-similar high efficiency solar cells and concentrators" was invented by Fabio Albano (Culver City, Calif.), John Chmiola (Culver City, Calif.), Patrick Soon-Shiong (Los Angeles) and Nicholas J. Witchey (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are optical devices, such as photovoltaic modules that include features such as solar tracking, solar concentration, tandem cell arrangements, and thermal management to achieve high photovoltaic efficiency. The photovoltaic modules can be constru...