Formation, rapid thermal oxidation and passivation of solar grade silicon nanowires for advanced photovoltaic applications

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1955-1961

  Jaballah, Abdelkader Ben ^a,b   Moumni, Besma ^a,b   Bessais, Brahim ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

^b JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Defects; Effective lifetime; Electroless etching; Nanowires; Passivation

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; ANTI-REFLECTION; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; EFFECTIVE LIFETIME; ELECTROLESS-ETCHING; HIGH DENSITY; LIFETIME DEGRADATION; METAL ATOMS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PASSIVATION EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; RAPID OXIDATION; RAPID THERMAL OXIDATION; SILICON NANOWIRES; SOLAR GRADE SILICONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

DEFECTS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMPURITIES; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION; PASSIVATION; REGENERATORS; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SILVER;

ARRAY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLLUTANT; REFLECTIVITY; SILICA; SILICON; SILVER; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84860585427     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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