Silicon nanowire arrays based "black silicon" solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 001851-001856

  Srivastava, Sanjay K ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Singh, P K ^a   Kumar, Vikram ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEVICES; BLACK SILICON; CELL FABRICATIONS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS; ELECTRODE CONTACTS; ETCHING SOLUTIONS; P-TYPE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE GROWTH; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION; SPECTRAL RANGE; STRUCTURE-BASED; WET-CHEMICAL ETCHING;

FABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; WET ETCHING;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 77951595177     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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