US Patent Issued to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS on Aug. 26 for "Flexibility-assisted heat removal in thin crystalline silicon solar cells" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,437, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Flexibility-assisted heat removal in thin crystalline silicon solar cells" was invented by Sang Eon Han (Albuquerque, N.M.), Sang M. Han (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Seok Jun Han (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible, non-flat solar cell comprises a flexible substrate. A pn junction is on or in the flexible substrate. The solar cell has been flexed so as to have a non-flat geometry that results in an increased surface area of the flexed solar cell with respect to the surface area of a flat solar cell that is the same as the flex...