A new energy efficient and environment friendly chemical process for texturization of industrial multicrystalline silicon solar cell

Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices, IWPSD

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 847-850

  Basu, P K ^b   Udayakumar, Ashok ^a   Hrishikesh, D ^b   Udayakumar, N ^a  

^a Udhaya Energy Photovoltaics Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b Lingaya's Jankalyan Shikshan Sanstha   (India)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Environment friendly process; Industrial large area multicrystalline silicon solar cells; Isotropic texture using NaOCl and NaOH; Quality improvements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NONMETALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

CHEMICAL PROCESSING; COMMERCIAL USES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; ENERGY-EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY; HYDROCHLORIC-ACID SOLUTIONS; INDUSTRIAL LARGE AREA MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; ISOTROPIC TEXTURE USING NAOCL AND NAOH; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS; NAOH SOLUTIONS; PRODUCTION LINES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; TEXTURIZATION;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 49749112953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWPSD.2007.4472653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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