H10F 10/16
Photovoltaic cells having only pn heterojunction potential barriers
Official title: Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers
H10F10/16 (Photovoltaic cells having only pn heterojunction potential barriers) appears on 2,924 US grants and 4,471 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 2,924
- Published applications
- 4,471
- Assignees
- 1,029
- Inventors
- 5,828
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 6 |
| 2002 | 10 | 22 |
| 2003 | 11 | 15 |
| 2004 | 14 | 18 |
| 2005 | 10 | 28 |
| 2006 | 12 | 35 |
| 2007 | 14 | 62 |
| 2008 | 7 | 107 |
| 2009 | 22 | 169 |
| 2010 | 53 | 255 |
| 2011 | 105 | 314 |
| 2012 | 132 | 370 |
| 2013 | 138 | 303 |
| 2014 | 194 | 393 |
| 2015 | 209 | 337 |
| 2016 | 225 | 298 |
| 2017 | 205 | 255 |
| 2018 | 194 | 226 |
| 2019 | 194 | 204 |
| 2020 | 159 | 168 |
| 2021 | 128 | 132 |
| 2022 | 133 | 127 |
| 2023 | 114 | 133 |
| 2024 | 115 | 187 |
| 2025 | 130 | 175 |
| 2026 | 109 | 132 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H10F 10/164Comprising heterojunctions with group iv materials1,060
- H10F 10/167Comprising group i-iii-vi materials638
- H10F 10/161Comprising multiple pn heterojunctions539
- H10F 10/163Comprising only group iii-v materials373
- H10F 10/162Comprising only group ii-vi materials325
- H10F 10/169Comprising cu2x/cdx heterojunctions, wherein x is a group vi element60
Recent patents
- Article with transparent conductive layer and method of making the same6 Oct 2026US 12,757,521 B2Vitro Flat Glass LLC
- 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
- Multijunction metamorphic solar cells29 Sep 2026US 12,751,095 B2SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Method for treating a photovoltaic module by light soaking15 Sep 2026US 12,740,178 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Solar Cell, Cell Component, and Photovoltaic System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314110 A1Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Tandem perovskite solar cell and manufacturing method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314248 A1Hanwha Solutions Corporation
- Solar cell design for improved performance at low temperature1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304965 A1The Boeing Company
- Heterojunction cell and manufacturing method thereof, photovotaic module, and photovotaic system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305011 A1Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell and manufacturing method therefor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293324 A1Ja Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly564US 7,972,875 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Method of preparing a semiconductor layer for an optical transforming device540US 5,920,798 AMatsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Structures and devices including germanium-tin films and methods of forming same470US 9,793,115 B2ASM IP Holding B. V. · 2017
- Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp371US 7,943,491 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly346US 8,722,458 B2Semprius, Inc. · 2014