ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,708, issued on March 3, was assigned to SHANGHAI JINKO GREEN ENERGY ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Shanghai) and ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR Co. LTD. (Haining, China).

"Solar cell, method for manufacturing the same, and photovoltaic module" was invented by Jialei Chai (Haining, China), Ding Yu (Haining, China), Shijie Zhao (Haining, China), Xiaowen Zhang (Haining, China), Wenqi Li (Haining, China), Jie Yang (Haining, China), Xinyu Zhang (Haining, China) and Hao Jin (Haining, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell and a photovoltaic module are provided. The solar cell includes an N-type substrate having a front surface and a rear...