The patents on photovoltaic cells are concentrated in the area of semiconductors for the conversion of solar radiation into electric energy, in the area of generators for the direct conversion of light energy into electric energy and in the area of solar panels adapted for roof structures.
Photovoltaic cell patent registrations are a valuable data set in the analysis and diffusion of PV technology and R&D activities. The dynamics of PV R&D activity is considered high, documented in a large increase in PV patent documents .
In the ninth position, with 151 patents, is First Solar, a US company one of the largest manufacturers of photovoltaic solar modules with production units in the United States, Malaysia, Germany and Pakistan.
They include Schott Solar, SunPower and PowerLight patents for PV mountings and shingles, a Stanford patent describing a bi-level contact PV cell, a DOE patent for multi-junction PV cells, and Abacus Controls and MRIGlobal (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) patents for PV power management and storage.
There is a prominence of deposited patents for polymer-based photovoltaic cell technologies, carbon nanostructures, III-V compounds, CdTe and amorphous silicon cells. The objective of this article is to identify the technological development of photovoltaic cells by the analysis of patents.
The technical review of these patents has shown the global continuous efforts for improving PV technologies and addressing their technical challenges. Taken together, the results show that the PV technological system has been deeply connected with patenting activities since its emergence in the past century.
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making them a leading company in the photovoltaic industry. Jinko Solar''s patent applications and grants represent 56.9% of the total, with invention patent applications making up 57%. Notably, the company holds 330 grant-ed patents for N-type TOPCon technology, the highest in the industry. Number of Patent Applications Number of validly authorized patents Jinko Solar''s …
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The modern age of solar cells. Today, there are thousands of issued patents, both US and worldwide, on various solar cell technologies. Accompanying this explosion in green technological innovation, cumulative solar photovoltaic installed capacity worldwide has soared due to improved conversion efficiency and lowered volume ...
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The Influence of Solar Photovoltaics Patents ...
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Research activities on solar energy has been growing and use of patents becomes an important innovation source for many types of studies. This paper aims to analyze solar photovoltaic (PV) patents and describes its assignees cooperation profile. PV patents based on IPC Green Inventory code were selected from 1990 to 2014, filtered out co-ownership …
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An analysis of patent data can reveal some interesting facts and trends in research and development activity. In relation to solar energy technologies, a technology landscape map shows that the most active area of international research over the past few years has been in the field of organic solar cells. While this technology is ...
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to develop and patent photovoltaic cells based on selenium,5 it eventually fell out of favor. Even by the 1980''s, selenium cells had achieved no more than a 5.0% energy conversion rate.6 Fritts applied for but never received a patent on his work. Research continued, centered in France and spreading elsewhere, on thermal energy generation from solar radiation. In 1860, Augustin …
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Future Prospects of Photovoltaic Technology from a Patent …
The renewable and pollution-free nature of solar energy and the high availability of sunlight in several countries make photovoltaic technology an ideal alternative for depleting …
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The renewable and pollution-free nature of solar energy and the high availability of sunlight in several countries make photovoltaic technology an ideal alternative for depleting fossil fuels...
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Advances in solar photovoltaics: Technology review and patent …
The analysis shows that 95% of the PV patent applications were filed by inventors from seven countries: Japan, Korea, China, USA, Germany, Taiwan, and France. Most patents were filed by companies and related to thin-film and crystalline-silicon cells as well as panel encapsulation and supporting structures.
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