ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,134, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China) and JINKO SOLAR Co. LTD. (Jiangxi, China).

"Solar cell, method for preparing solar cell, and photovoltaic module" was invented by Xiaowen Zhang (Zhejiang, China), Ding Yu (Zhejiang, China), Xiangyun Zhao (Zhejiang, China), Jialei Chai (Zhejiang, China), Wenqi Li (Zhejiang, China), Jie Yang (Zhejiang, China) and Peiting Zheng (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell is provided, including: a substrate having a first surface including first regions and second regions, a first passivation contact structure formed on the first an...