Technological process for a new silicon solar cell structure with honeycomb textured front surface

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2312-2318

  Manea, Elena ^a   Budianu, Elena ^a   Purica, Munizer ^a   Cernica, Ileana ^a   Babarada, Florin ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROTECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Silicon; Solar cells; Texturisation

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ETCHING; MICROMACHINING; OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; REFLECTION; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

BORON DIFFUSION; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCE; SURFACE LOSS CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE REFLECTIVITY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33745255128     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.03.036     Document Type: Article

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