Etching methods for texturing industrial multi-crystalline silicon wafers: A comprehensive review

KP Sreejith, AK Sharma, PK Basu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface texturing for suppressing the reflection losses is the first and foremost step in the
solar cell fabrication process. Over the years, multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) wafer solar …

Light management with nanostructures for optoelectronic devices

SF Leung, Q Zhang, F Xiu, D Yu, JC Ho… - The journal of physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Light management is of paramount importance to improve the performance of optoelectronic
devices including photodetectors, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes. Extensive studies …

Design and fabrication of broadband ultralow reflectivity black Si surfaces by laser micro/nanoprocessing

J Yang, F Luo, TS Kao, X Li, GW Ho, J Teng… - Light: Science & …, 2014 - nature.com
Light collection efficiency is an important factor that affects the performance of many optical
and optoelectronic devices. In these devices, the high reflectivity of interfaces can hinder …

Black-silicon-assisted photovoltaic cells for better conversion efficiencies: a review on recent research and development efforts

JYH Chai, BT Wong, S Juodkazis - Materials Today Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, the fabrication methods of black silicon (b-Si), application and performance of
b-Si in photovoltaics, and the theoretical modelling efforts in b-Si-based photovoltaic cells …

Light absorption and emission in nanowire array solar cells

J Kupec, RL Stoop, B Witzigmann - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Inorganic nanowires are under intense research for large scale solar power generation
intended to ultimately contribute a substantial fraction to the overall power mix. Their unique …

Optical properties of silicon light trapping structures for photovoltaics

VV Iyengar, BK Nayak, MC Gupta - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2010 - Elsevier
Light trapping structures in photovoltaics are essential to suppress reflection losses and
increase conversion efficiency. For wafer silicon (Si) solar cells, this is commonly achieved …

Large area fabrication of vertical silicon nanowire arrays by silver-assisted single-step chemical etching and their formation kinetics

SK Srivastava, D Kumar, SW Schmitt, KN Sood… - …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Vertically aligned silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays have been fabricated over a large area
using a silver-assisted single-step electroless wet chemical etching (EWCE) method, which …

Surface passivation of efficient nanotextured black silicon solar cells using thermal atomic layer deposition

WC Wang, CW Lin, HJ Chen, CW Chang… - … applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Efficient nanotextured black silicon solar cells passivated by an Al2O3 layer are
demonstrated. The broadband antireflection of the nanotextured black silicon solar cells was …

Growth Mechanism and Opto-Structural Characterization of Vertically Oriented Si Nanowires: Implications for Heterojunction Solar Cells

D Das, K Sarkar - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Vertically oriented arrays of Si nanowires (SiNWs) with high aspect ratios are grown
uniformly over large areas by a simple yet inexpensive one-step room-temperature Ag …

Broadband and omnidirectional anti-reflection layer for III/V multi-junction solar cells

SL Diedenhofen, G Grzela, E Haverkamp… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
We report a novel graded refractive index antireflection coating for III/V quadruple solar cells
based on bottom-up grown tapered GaP nanowires. We have calculated the photocurrent …