New optical features to enhance solar cell performance based on porous silicon surfaces

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 6112-6117

  Ramizy, Asmiet ^a   Hassan, Z ^a   Omar, Khalid ^a   Al Douri, Y ^b   Mahdi, M A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon; Porous silicon; Refractive index; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PORE SIZE; POROUS SILICON; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; OPTICAL DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; OPTICAL FEATURES; POROUS SILICON SURFACES; REFLECTIVITY VALUES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79953026240     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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