A new energy efficient, environment friendly and high productive texturization process of industrial multicrystalline silicon solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2571-2576

  Basu, P K ^a   Dhasmana, H ^a   Udayakumar, N ^b   Thakur, D K ^a  

^a Lingaya's Jankalyan Shikshan Sanstha   (India)

^b Udhaya Energy Photovoltaics Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Industrial multicrystalline silicon solar cells; Isotropic texture using NaOH NaOCl; Quality improvement analysis

Indexed keywords

AFM; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION; INDUSTRIAL MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION LINES; ISOTROPIC TEXTURE USING NAOH-NAOCL; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; NAOH SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ANALYSIS; SEM; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TEXTURIZATION;

CELL MEMBRANES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; QUALITY CONTROL; SILICON WAFERS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEXTURES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SODIUM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 68249126543     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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