US Patent Issued to TONGWEI SOLAR (CHENGDU) on July 22 for "Metal-semiconductor contact structure and preparation method therefor, solar cell, solar cell string and preparation method therefor, and photovoltaic module" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,427, issued on July 22, was assigned to TONGWEI SOLAR (CHENGDU) Co. LTD. (Chengdu, China).

"Metal-semiconductor contact structure and preparation method therefor, solar cell, solar cell string and preparation method therefor, and photovoltaic module" was invented by Yang Chen (Chengdu, China), Jianbin Fan (Chengdu, China) and Xiajie Meng (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-semiconductor contact structure is provided. The metal-semiconductor contact structure includes a doped silicon-based semiconductor layer and a metal electrode in contact with each other. A contact region between the doped silicon-based semicondu...