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

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Main Authors: Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr., Mukhzeer, Mohamad Shahimin, Dr., Safizan, Shaari, N., Johan
Other Authors: maalidph@yahoo.co.uk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
Subjects:
Acidic etching
Alkaline etching
Efficiency
Silicon solar cell
Surface texturization
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/35119
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spelling my.unimap-351192014-06-05T08:19:11Z Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr. Mukhzeer, Mohamad Shahimin, Dr. Safizan, Shaari N., Johan maalidph@yahoo.co.uk mukhzeer@unimap.edu.my  safizan@unimap.edu.my Acidic etching Alkaline etching Efficiency Silicon solar cell Surface texturization Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/ The potential of solar cells have not been fully tapped due to the lack of energy conversion efficiency. There are three important mechanisms in producing high efficiency cells to harvest solar energy; reduction of light reflectance, enhancement of light trapping in the cell and increment of light absorption. The current work represent studies conducted in surface modification of single-crystalline silicon solar cells using wet chemical etching techniques. Two etching types are applied; alkaline etching (KOH:IPA:DI) and acidic etching (HF:HNO3:DI). The alkaline solution resulted in anisotropic profile that leads to the formation of inverted pyramids. While acidic solution formed circular craters along the front surface of silicon wafer. This surface modification will leads to the reduction of light reflectance via texturizing the surface and thereby increases the short circuit current and conversion rate of the solar cells. 2014-06-05T08:19:11Z 2014-06-05T08:19:11Z 2013-11 Article Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, vol. 113(2), 2013, pages 327-332 0079-6107 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610713001016 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/35119 en Elsevier Ltd.
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topic Acidic etching
Alkaline etching
Efficiency
Silicon solar cell
Surface texturization
spellingShingle Acidic etching
Alkaline etching
Efficiency
Silicon solar cell
Surface texturization
Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
Mukhzeer, Mohamad Shahimin, Dr.
Safizan, Shaari
N., Johan
Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/
author2 maalidph@yahoo.co.uk
author_facet maalidph@yahoo.co.uk
Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
Mukhzeer, Mohamad Shahimin, Dr.
Safizan, Shaari
N., Johan
format Article
author Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
Mukhzeer, Mohamad Shahimin, Dr.
Safizan, Shaari
N., Johan
author_sort Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
title Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
title_short Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
title_full Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
title_fullStr Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
title_full_unstemmed Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
title_sort surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
publisher Elsevier Ltd.
publishDate 2014
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/35119
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