Aluminum oxide passivated radial junction sub-micrometre pillar array textured silicon solar cells

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Pudasaini, Pushpa Raj ^a   Elam, David ^a   Ayon, Arturo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; CZOCHRALSKI SILICON WAFERS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; METAL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL ETCHING; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDES; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON WAFERS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878390871     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/23/235104     Document Type: Article

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