US Patent Issued to REC SOLAR on July 28 for "Solar cell" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,577, issued on July 28, was assigned to REC SOLAR PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Solar cell" was invented by Muzhi Tang (Singapore) and Shu Yunn Chong (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell comprising a substrate having a front surface configured to face a light source in use, and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The front surface has a front surface morphology and the rear surface has a rear surface morphology. The front and rear surface morphologies are configured such that the front surface has a greater surface area than the rear surface. The solar cell also includes an emitter arranged on the rear surface of t...