ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,498, issued on July 1, was assigned to TRINA SOLAR Co. LTD. (Changzhou, China).

"Solar cell and manufacturing method thereof, photovoltaic module, and photovoltaic system" was invented by Binglun Han (Changzhou, China), Daming Chen (Changzhou, China) and Guangtao Yang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof, a photovoltaic module, and a photovoltaic system. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate; and dividing a second surface of the substrate into a first region, a second region, and an isolation region; sequentially stacking a first tunnel oxide layer, a first...