Antireflection and SiO2 surface passivation by liquid-phase chemistry for efficient black silicon solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 686-689

  Yuan, Hao Chih ^a   Oh, Jihun ^a   Zhang, Yuanchang ^b   Kuznetsov, Oleg A ^b   Flood, Dennis J ^b   Branz, Howard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Natcore Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

antireflection; black silicon; liquid phase deposition; metal assisted porous silicon etching; photovoltaic cells; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION; BLACK SILICON; LIQUID-PHASE DEPOSITION; SILICON ETCHING; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ETCHING; LIQUIDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POROUS SILICON; QUALITY CONTROL; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES; VACUUM;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84869414033     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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