After receiving its first U.S. patent final yr for its photo voltaic manufacturing course of, Photo voltaic Innovations has been granted new patents in China and Israel and is engaged on further international entry.
The US has additionally issued efficient Dec. 13 a “continuation patent” which drastically broadens the claims from the corporate’s first issued patent, US 11145774, and now consists of essentially the most trendy cell buildings.
Dr. Ben Damiani, a veteran inventor within the photo voltaic and semiconductor sectors who beforehand labored at Suniva and Intel and is now Photo voltaic Innovations’ CTO, found he may create a number of “lanes” or subcells on a single silicon wafer by electrically dividing every cell throughout the metalization course of. The method requires no capital expenditure or course of change from PV cell producers to implement. This method successfully creates a brand new structure that improves cell, module and system efficiency, whereas saving as much as 18% of the silver required — which contributes to a $2-5 million financial savings per gigawatt at prevailing silver costs.
“Because the photo voltaic trade shifts to new cell buildings resembling TOPCon and HJT and manufacturing continues to speed up across the globe, the financial advantages of our Configurable Current Cell (C3) technology achieve significance,” Damiani stated. “C3 dramatically will increase silver value financial savings for photo voltaic cell producers, whereas including energy and resiliency.”
China lately issued patent CN 111868935 for Photo voltaic Innovations’ C3 expertise, on October 21, 2022. Israel printed patent IL 279079 in November, and missing opposition, will subject it on February 1, 2023. Functions are pending within the European Union and 13 further nations, together with Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, which collectively account for almost 90% of the worldwide photo voltaic market.
The improved cells and panels can simply be made on present PV manufacturing facility traces, with none new tools or supplies. CEO Gregg Freishtat stated producers that license the expertise pays solely a fraction of the silver financial savings created thereby guaranteeing elevated revenue from the very first cell produced utilizing C3.
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