A Novel Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Micromachined Silicon Solar Cell

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-39

  Weber, K J ^a   Blakers, A W ^a   Stocks, M J ^a   Babaei, J H ^a   Everett, V A ^a   Neuendorf, A J ^a   Verlinden, P J ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Origin Energy Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Micromachining; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; LIGHT REFLECTION; MICROMACHINING; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SURFACE AREA; WET ANISOTROPIC ETCHING;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0346076625     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2003.821600     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. K. R. Catchpole, M. McCann, K. J. Weber, and A. W. Blakers, "A review of thin film Crystalline Silicon for solar cell applications: Part 2 - Foreign substrates," Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, vol. 68, pp. 172-215, 2001.
2. K. J. Weber, A. W. Blakers, and K. R. Catchpole, "The epilift technique for Si solar cells," Appl. Phys. A. vol. 69. pp. 195-199, 1999.
3. R. Brendel, H. Artmann, S. Oelting, W. Frey, J. H. Werner, and J. H. Queisser, "Monocrystalline Si waffles for thin solar cells fabricated by the novel perforated Silicon process," Appl. Phys. A, vol. 67, pp. 151-154, 1998.
4. S. Nishida, K. Nakagawa, M. Iwane, Y. Iwasaki, N. Ukiyo, M. Mizutani, and T. Shoji, "Si-film growth using liquid phase epitaxy method and its application to thin-film crystalline Si solar cell," Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, vol. 65, pp. 525-532, 2001.
5. R. B. Bergmann, C. Berge, T. J. Rinke, J. Schmidt, and J. H. Werner, "Advances in monocrystalline Si thin film solar cells by layer transfer," Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, vol. 74, pp. 213-218, 2002.
6. K. J. Weber and A. W. Blakers, "Semiconductor Processing International (PCT) Patent Application," AU01/01546, 2001.