H10F 10/14
Photovoltaic cells having only pn homojunction potential barriers
Official title: Photovoltaic cells having only PN homojunction potential barriers
H10F10/14 (Photovoltaic cells having only pn homojunction potential barriers) appears on 2,746 US grants and 3,993 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 2,746
- Published applications
- 3,993
- Assignees
- 969
- Inventors
- 5,279
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 12 |
| 2002 | 21 | 14 |
| 2003 | 16 | 28 |
| 2004 | 21 | 30 |
| 2005 | 9 | 41 |
| 2006 | 19 | 22 |
| 2007 | 13 | 34 |
| 2008 | 13 | 67 |
| 2009 | 13 | 123 |
| 2010 | 52 | 241 |
| 2011 | 69 | 304 |
| 2012 | 116 | 359 |
| 2013 | 131 | 335 |
| 2014 | 207 | 353 |
| 2015 | 232 | 347 |
| 2016 | 212 | 273 |
| 2017 | 183 | 211 |
| 2018 | 171 | 193 |
| 2019 | 142 | 157 |
| 2020 | 147 | 144 |
| 2021 | 116 | 106 |
| 2022 | 112 | 112 |
| 2023 | 95 | 105 |
| 2024 | 99 | 140 |
| 2025 | 106 | 125 |
| 2026 | 82 | 117 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing the same6 Oct 2026US 12,757,499 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Method for producing a via in a III-V multijunction solar cell6 Oct 2026US 12,757,500 B2AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
- Solar cell and preparation method therefor and application thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,757,517 B2Tongwei Solar (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
- Use of a low bandgap absorber region in a laser power converter29 Sep 2026US 12,751,093 B2The Boeing Company
- Backside contact solar cells with separated polysilicon doped regions29 Sep 2026US 12,751,094 B2
- Solar cell and photovoltaic module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314083 A1Tongwei Solar (Meishan) Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314114 A1Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd.
- Back contact solar cell and manufacturing method therefor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304964 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optoelectronic semiconductor module1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304996 A1ams-OSRAM International GmbH
- Back contact solar cell and method for manufacturing same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305001 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
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- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly564US 7,972,875 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Reduction of dislocations in a heteroepitaxial semiconductor structure513US 6,010,937 ASpire Corporation · 2000
- Bifacial tandem solar cells511US 9,368,671 B2Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. · 2016