ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,514,021, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SHANGHAI JINKO GREEN ENERGY ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Shanghai) and ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Solar cell, manufacturing method thereof, and photovoltaic module" was invented by Kun Yu (Zhejiang, China), Changming Liu (Zhejiang, China) and Xinyu Zhang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, in which a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate having non-pyramid-shaped microstructures, the non-pyramid-shaped microstructures include two or more first substructures at least partially stacked on one another, and...