Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-332

  Reshak, A H ^a,b   Shahimin, M M ^b   Shaari, S ^b   Johan, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acidic etching; Alkaline etching; Efficiency; Silicon solar cell; Surface texturization

Indexed keywords

ACID; HYDROXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SILICON;

ACIDIC ETCHING; ALKALINE ETCHING; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; POWER SUPPLY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SILICON SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TEXTURIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WETTABILITY;

ACIDIC ETCHING; ALKALINE ETCHING; EFFICIENCY; SILICON SOLAR CELL; SURFACE TEXTURIZATION;

ACIDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROXIDES; NANOPARTICLES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84887614699     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2013.10.002     Document Type: Review

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