ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,209, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TRINA SOLAR Co. LTD. (Changzhou, China).

"Solar cell and manufacturing method thereof, photovoltaic module, and photovoltaic system" was invented by Chengfa Liu (Changzhou, China), Hong Chen (Changzhou, China), Daming Chen (Changzhou, China) and Yifeng Chen (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to each other and a plurality of lateral surfaces adjacent to and located between the first surface and the second surface; a plurality of pyramid base shaped textured structures being construct...