Porous silicon antireflection layer for solar cells using metal-assisted chemical etching

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 205, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1724-1728

  Chaoui, Rachid ^a   Mahmoudi, Bedra ^a   Ahmed, Yasmina Si ^a  

^a L'Unite de Developpement de la Technologie du Silicium   (Algeria)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION LAYERS; ANTIREFLECTION PROPERTIES; CATALYTIC SITES; CHEMICAL ETCHINGS; CONTACT DEGRADATIONS; ETCHING TIMES; HF ACIDS; HF CONCENTRATIONS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; POROUS SILICON FORMATIONS; POROUS SILICON LAYERS; REFLECTION LOSSES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL RANGES;

ACIDS; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; ETCHING; ETHANOL; METAL RECOVERY; NONMETALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 54249141486     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200723598     Document Type: Article

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