ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,842, issued on April 22, was assigned to 3SUN S.R.L. (Catania, Italy).
"Solar cell and solar cells module" was invented by Marcello Sciuto (Rome), Andrea Canino (Rome), Giuseppe Condorelli (Rome), Cosimo Gerardi (Rome), Antonio Terrasi (Rome), Giacomo Torrisi (Rome) and Anna Battaglia (Rome).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell including at least a first layer made of a semiconductor material for absorbing photons from light radiation and releasing charge carriers, and at least one conductive layer, overlapping the first layer, adapted to allow the light radiation to enter into the solar cell towards the first layer and to colle...