ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,820, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TRINA SOLAR Co. LTD. (Changzhou, China).

"Solar cell, method for manufacturing the same, photovoltaic device, and photovoltaic system" was invented by Hong Chen (Changzhou, China), Yifeng Chen (Changzhou, China), Di Liu (Changzhou, China) and Wenxing Du (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application provides a solar cell, a manufacturing method, a photovoltaic device and a photovoltaic system. The solar cell includes a substrate, a doped conducting layer, a first passivation layer, an anti-reflection layer, a passivation contact layer, and a second passivation layer. The subst...