Y02E 10/547
Monocrystalline silicon pv cells
Official title: Monocrystalline silicon PV cells
Y02E10/547 (Monocrystalline silicon pv cells) appears on 4,101 US grants and 5,373 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02E- Granted patents
- 4,101
- Published applications
- 5,373
- Assignees
- 1,400
- Inventors
- 7,794
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023 | 118 | 94 |
| 2024 | 72 | 73 |
| 2025 | 62 | 38 |
| 2026 | 35 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Backside contact solar cells with separated polysilicon doped regions29 Sep 2026US 12,751,094 B2
- Solar cell and preparation method therefor18 Aug 2026US 12,713,731 B2Tongwei Solar (Meishan) Co., Ltd.
- Back contact solar cell, preparation method therefor, and photovoltaic module18 Aug 2026US 12,713,733 B2Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Passivated contact structure and solar cell comprising the same, cell assembly, and photovoltaic system11 Aug 2026US 12,707,753 B2Solarlab Aiko Europe GmbH
- Method for producing a solar cell11 Aug 2026US 12,707,755 B2Hanwha Q Cells GmbH
- Solar cell and preparing method therefor, and photovoltaic module27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255725 A1Tongwei Solar (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
- Backside-contact solar cell and method for producing a backside-contact solar cell20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247742 A1Silfab Solar Cells SC Inc.
- Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0239769 A1Jingao Solar Co., Ltd.
- Photovoltaic cell, method for manufacturing same, and photovoltaic module13 Aug 2026US 2026/0239771 A1Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Co-doped silicon wafer30 Jul 2026US 2026/0223477 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements883US 7,622,367 B1The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2009
- Stretchable semiconductor elements and stretchable electrical circuits765US 7,557,367 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2009
- Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells756US 8,852,994 B2Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. · 2014
- Vertical-type non-volatile memory devices657US 7,679,133 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2010
- Dopant precursors and processes596US 6,743,738 B2ASM America, Inc. · 2004