US Patent Issued to Trina Solar on Nov. 3 for "Solar cell" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,482, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Trina Solar Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Solar cell" was invented by Daming Chen (Changzhou, China), Wei Liu (Changzhou, China), Yifeng Chen (Changzhou, China) and Dongyun Lv (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell, a preparation method thereof, a photovoltaic module, and a photovoltaic system, wherein the solar cell includes a substrate and a first tunnel oxide layer and a passivation medium layer sequentially stacked on a first surface of the substrate. The first tunnel oxide layer is at least partially in contact with the first surface. The passivation medium layer inclu...