Black silicon recent improvements for photovoltaic cells

ICALEO 2008 - 27th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 161-167

  Sarnet, T ^a   Torres, R ^a   Vervisch, V ^a   Delaporte, P ^a   Sentis, M ^a   Halbwax, M ^b   Ferreira, J ^c   Barakel, D ^c   Pasquinelli, M ^c   Martinuzzi, S ^c   Escoubas, L ^c   Torregrosa, F ^d   Etienne, H ^d   Roux, L ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d IBS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON;

BLACK SILICON; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; FS LASER; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PLASMA IMMERSION; SF6 GAS; SHALLOW JUNCTION; SILICON SURFACES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 75149175110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5061375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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