ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,712, issued on March 3, was assigned to TRINA SOLAR Co. LTD. (Changzhou, China).
"Solar cell and manufacturing method thereof, photovoltaic module and photovoltaic system" was invented by Yang Zou (Changzhou, China), Chengfa Liu (Changzhou, China) and Hong Chen (Changzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof, a photovoltaic module, and a photovoltaic system. A doped layer of the solar cell includes a lightly doped region and a heavily doped region, the heavily doped region includes a body region, connecting regions, and edge regions, and an electrode includes an electrode body, connect...