Optimisation of NaOH texturisation process of silicon wafers for heterojunction solar-cells applications

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 845-854

  Barrio, Rocío ^a   González, Nieves ^a   Cárabe, Julio ^a   Gandía, Jose Javier ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Heterojunction; PECVD; Silicon; Texturisation

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ALKALI SOLUTIONS; C-SI SUBSTRATES; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CLEANING TREATMENT; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CZ SUBSTRATES; CZOCHRALSKI WAFERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FRONT SURFACES; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; NAOH CONCENTRATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PYRAMIDAL STRUCTURES; REFLECTION LOSS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; TEXTURISATION;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON;

SILICON WAFERS;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; FUEL CELL; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84856655100     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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