ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,355, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Shanghai Jinko Green Energy Enterprise Management Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) and Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co. Ltd. (Haining, China).

"Photovoltaic solar cell, solar cell module and manufacturing process" was invented by Xunlei Yan (Zhejiang, China), 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: "Provided is a photovoltaic solar cell, a solar cell module and a manufacturing process. The photovoltaic solar cell includes a silicon substrate, and a passivation layer located on at least one surface of the silicon substrate. An electrode...