US Patent Issued to HELIOSYNERGY on May 27 for "Photoelectrochemical process intensification for sustainable photovoltaics manufacturing" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,634, issued on May 27, was assigned to HELIOSYNERGY LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Photoelectrochemical process intensification for sustainable photovoltaics manufacturing" was invented by Billy Jack Stanbery (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic structure includes: a hole-selective contact comprising an anodized aluminum layer overlaying a different electrode metal and a plurality of contact vias that extend through the anodized aluminum layer to the different electrode metal, wherein locations of the plurality of contact vias define an ordered array; an absorber comprising a chalcopyrite (Ag,Cu)(Ga, In)S,Se:Alk, where...