ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,607, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Trina Solar Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Solar cell and preparation method thereof" was invented by Hongwei Li (Jiangsu, China), Zibo Meng (Jiangsu, China), Tingting Huo (Jiangsu, China), Guangtao Yang (Jiangsu, China), Xueling Zhang (Jiangsu, China) and Daming Chen (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell and preparation method. The solar cell includes silicon substrate having first or second polarity, where the substrate includes first and second sides opposite to each other; first passivation structure on first side of the substrate, a portion of first structure farthest fr...