ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,313, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Solar cell" was invented by Akinobu Hayakawa (Osaka, Japan), Takurou Okumura (Ibaraki, Japan) and Takeshi Fukuda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to provide a solar cell having high photoelectric conversion efficiency that is less likely to decrease even under prolonged application of a voltage. Provided is a solar cell including a cathode, a photoelectric conversion layer, a diffusion prevention layer, and an anode in the stated order, the cathode being a transparent electrode, the anode containing at least one selected...