US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY on April 29 for "Light-induced aluminum plating on silicon for solar cell metallization" (Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,722, issued on April 29, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Light-induced aluminum plating on silicon for solar cell metallization" was invented by Meng Tao (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) and Laidong Wang (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for light-induced electroplating of aluminum are disclosed herein. Exemplary methods may comprise preparing an ionic liquid comprising aluminum chloride (AlCl3) and an organic halide, placing the silicon substrate into the ionic liquid, illuminating the silicon substrate, the illumination passing through the ionic liqu...