Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

Solexel, Inc.

64Patents
64Active
64Granted
54Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 2007 → Feb 23, 2015 · 19 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8294026B2 High-efficiency thin-film solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US8992746B2 Anodizing apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US7999174B2 Solar module structures and assembly methods for three-dimensional thin-film solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US8129822B2 Template for three-dimensional thin-film solar cell manufacturing and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Active
US8637340B2 Patterning of silicon oxide layers using pulsed laser ablation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US9214353B2 Systems and methods for laser splitting and device layer transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US8035027B2 Solar module structures and assembly methods for pyramidal three-dimensional thin-film solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US8399331B2 Laser processing for high-efficiency thin crystalline silicon solar cell fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7786376B2 High efficiency solar cells and manufacturing methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8035028B2 Pyramidal three-dimensional thin-film solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8053665B2 Truncated pyramid structures for see-through solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7745313B2 Substrate release methods and apparatuses Electricity 13 Active
US8168465B2 Three-dimensional semiconductor template for making high efficiency thin-film solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8084684B2 Three-dimensional thin-film solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8193076B2 Method for releasing a thin semiconductor substrate from a reusable template Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8742249B2 Solar module structures and assembly methods for three-dimensional thin-film solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8551866B2 Three-dimensional thin-film semiconductor substrate with through-holes and methods of manufacturing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8241940B2 Double-sided reusable template for fabrication of semiconductor substrates for photovoltaic cell and microelectronics device manufacturing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8288195B2 Method for fabricating a three-dimensional thin-film semiconductor substrate from a template Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8946547B2 Backplane reinforcement and interconnects for solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8962380B2 High-efficiency photovoltaic back-contact solar cell structures and manufacturing methods using thin planar semiconductor absorbers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8656860B2 High efficiency epitaxial chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Active
US9337374B2 High productivity spray processing for the metallization of semiconductor workpieces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8420435B2 Ion implantation fabrication process for thin-film crystalline silicon solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9219171B2 Systems and methods for monolithically integrated bypass switches in photovoltaic solar cells and modules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.