Antireflective silicon nanostructures with hydrophobicity by metal-assisted chemical etching for solar cell applications

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Yeo, Chan Il ^a   Kim, Joon Beom ^a   Song, Young Min ^a   Lee, Yong Tak ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Metal assisted chemical etching; Self cleaning; Silicon nanostructures; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CONTACT ANGLE; ETCHING; HYDROPHOBICITY; METAL CLEANING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

ANTI-REFLECTION; METAL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL ETCHING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SELF CLEANING; SI NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON NANO STRUCTURES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84876913530     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-159     Document Type: Article

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