Title :
Front Surface Texturing Processes for Silicon Solar Cells
Author :
Manea, E. ; Budianu, E. ; Purica, M. ; Podaru, C. ; Popescu, A. ; Parvulescu, C. ; Dinescu, A. ; Coraci, A. ; Cernica, I. ; Babarada, F.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for R&D in Microtechnol., Bucharest
fDate :
Oct. 15 2007-Sept. 17 2007
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of an experimental study regarding the increase in the efficiency of the silicon solar cells, using various methods for texturing the front surface. Designing, patterning and surface etching processes led to obtain reined structures with very low losses of the incident optical radiation. This paper aims to compare the fabrication method using the proposed textured surfaces with the standard method.
Keywords :
solar cells; surface texture; fabrication method; front surface texture; front surface texturing processes; incident optical radiation; silicon solar cells; surface etching processes; Etching; Hafnium; Integrated circuit technology; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical losses; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon compounds; Solar power generation; Surface texture; anodic oxidation films; porous silicon; silicon; solar cells; texturization;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 2007. CAS 2007. International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0847-4
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2007.4519678
