High efficiency multi-crystalline silicon solar cell with inverted pyramid nanostructure

Y Jiang, H Shen, T Pu, C Zheng, Q Tang, K Gao, J Wu… - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report inverted pyramidal nanostructure based multi-crystalline silicon (mc-
Si) solar cells with a high conversion efficiency of 18.62% in large size of 156× 156 mm 2 …

Efficiency Enhancement of Nanotextured Black Silicon Solar Cells Using Al2O3/TiO2 Dual-Layer Passivation Stack Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition

WC Wang, MC Tsai, J Yang, C Hsu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this study, efficient nanotextured black silicon (NBSi) solar cells composed of silicon
nanowire arrays and an Al2O3/TiO2 dual-layer passivation stack on the n+ emitter were …

Fabrication of 20.19% efficient single-crystalline silicon solar cell with inverted pyramid microstructure

C Zhang, L Chen, Y Zhu, Z Guan - Nanoscale Research Letters, 2018 - Springer
This paper reports inverted pyramid microstructure-based single-crystalline silicon (sc-Si)
solar cell with a conversion efficiency up to 20.19% in standard size of 156.75× 156.75 mm …

A comprehensive investigation of the potential of metal assisted chemical etched (MACE) nano-textures over conventional micron-sized iso-textures for industrial …

KP Sreejith, AK Sharma, PK Basu, A Kottantharayil - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive comparative analysis of acid textured and MACE (Metal
Assisted Chemical Etching) nano-textured multi crystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells …

Realization of improved efficiency on nanostructured multicrystalline silicon solar cells for mass production

XX Lin, Y Zeng, SH Zhong, ZG Huang, HQ Qian… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the realization of both excellent optical and electrical properties of nanostructured
multicrystalline silicon solar cells by a simple and industrially compatible technique of …

Potential of quasi-inverted pyramid with both efficient light trap** and sufficient wettability for ultrathin c-Si/PEDOT: PSS hybrid solar cells

Q Tang, H Shen, H Yao, K Gao, Y Jiang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a simple and cost-effective wet chemical method is presented to form quasi-
inverted pyramids (QIP) on ultrathin c-Si for efficient light trap** and sufficient wettability …

High-performance black multicrystalline silicon solar cells by a highly simplified metal-catalyzed chemical etching method

Z Ying, M Liao, X Yang, C Han, J Li, J Li… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wet-chemical surface texturing technique, including a two-step metal-catalyzed chemical
etching (MCCE) and an extra alkaline treatment, has been proven as an efficient way to …

Optimization of the surface structure on black silicon for surface passivation

X Jia, C Zhou, W Wang - Nanoscale Research Letters, 2017 - Springer
Black silicon shows excellent anti-reflection and thus is extremely useful for photovoltaic
applications. However, its high surface recombination velocity limits the efficiency of solar …

Nanotextured multicrystalline Al‐BSF solar cells reaching 18% conversion efficiency using industrially viable solar cell processes

B Kafle, A Mannan, T Freund… - physica status solidi …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We report recent achievements in adapting industrially used solar cell processes on
nanotextured surfaces. Nanostructures were etched into c‐Si surfaces by dry exothermic …