A comparative study of wet and dry texturing processes of c-Si wafers for the fabrication of solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-191

  Moreno, M ^a   Murias, D ^a   Martinez J ^a   Reyes Betanzo, C ^a   Torres, A ^a   Ambrosio, R ^b   Rosales, P ^a   Roca i Cabarrocas, P ^c   Escobar, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

Author keywords

Plasma; Solar cells; Texturing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; REFLECTANCE VALUES; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; WET AND DRY; WET AND DRY PROCESS; WET PROCESS;

DEIONIZED WATER; PLASMAS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; REFLECTION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TEXTURING;

SILICON WAFERS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUEL CELL; MANUFACTURING; PLASMA; SOLAR POWER; SULFUR;

EID: 84892659592     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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