First Photo voltaic says it owns U.S. patents associated to the manufacturing of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) crystalline-silicon PV photo voltaic cells.
First Photo voltaic secured the patent and associated worldwide counterparts by means of its acquisition of TetraSun, and has initiated an investigation of a number of photo voltaic producers for potential infringement of its patents.
The patents embrace issued patents within the U.S., Canada, Mexico, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan and Australia. It additionally consists of pending patent functions within the European Union and Japan.
“These patents are First Photo voltaic’s mental property, which we proceed to leverage as a part of ongoing efforts to develop the subsequent era of PV applied sciences,” says First Photo voltaic’s Jason Dymbort.
“Whereas First Photo voltaic is a world chief within the growth and commercialization of superior skinny movie photovoltaics, our R&D and mental property portfolio spans a number of semiconductor platforms, together with crystalline silicon, as we pursue a number of pathways in direction of our purpose of growing the subsequent transformative, disruptive photo voltaic expertise.”
