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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Unm Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Sang Eon Han, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sang M. Han, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Seok Jun Han, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 77/70 (2025.01); H10F 10/165 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 77/703 (2025.01); H10F 10/165 (2025.01);
Abstract
A flexible, non-flat solar cell comprises a flexible substrate. A pn junction is on or in the flexible substrate. The solar cell has been flexed so as to have a non-flat geometry that results in an increased surface area of the flexed solar cell with respect to the surface area of a flat solar cell that is the same as the flexed solar cell except that the flat solar cell has a flat surface geometry that has the same projected area on a lateral plane as does the flexed solar cell.