Efficiency improvement by porous silicon coating of multicrystalline solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-273

  Krotkus, A ^a   Grigoras, K ^a   Pacebutas V ^a   Barsony, I ^b   Vazsonyi, E ^b   Fried, M ^b   Szlufcik, J ^c   Nijs, J ^c   Levy Clement, C ^d  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antireflection coating; Porous silicon

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SURFACES;

ANODICAL ETCHING; MULTICRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POROUS SILICON COATING; POROUS SILICON LAYER;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031075301     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(96)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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