US Patent Issued to Conti Innovation Center on Sept. 9 for "Optimizing cadmium (CD) alloy solar cells with sputtered copper-dopped zinc telluride (ZNTE:CU) back contacts in the presence of hydrogen" (Colorado, New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,402, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Conti Innovation Center LLC (Orlando, Fla.).

"Optimizing cadmium (CD) alloy solar cells with sputtered copper-dopped zinc telluride (ZNTE:CU) back contacts in the presence of hydrogen" was invented by Kurt G. Conti (New Providence, N.J.), Cullin J. Wible (Austin, Texas) and Tim Gessert (Conifer, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a cadmium (Cd) alloy transmissive solar cell is provided. The method includes pumping a vacuum chamber to a base pressure and pumping the vacuum chamber to a sputtering pressure. The method includes providing into the vacuum chamber a first...