A review of cost-effective black silicon fabrication techniques and applications

J Soueiti, R Sarieddine, H Kadiri, A Alhussein… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ever since the discovery of black silicon, scientists around the world have been trying to
come up with novel, cost-effective methods of utilizing this super material in a variety of …

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 …

ZnO nanostructures as efficient antireflection layers in solar cells

YJ Lee, DS Ruby, DW Peters, BB McKenzie… - Nano …, 2008 - ACS Publications
An efficient antireflection coating (ARC) can enhance solar cell performance through
increased light coupling. Here, we investigate solution-grown ZnO nanostructures as ARCs …

Catheter balloon having stretchable integrated circuitry and sensor array

R Ghaffari, G Callsen, WJ Arora, B Schlatka - US Patent 9,289,132, 2016 - Google Patents
A system, device and method are presented for utilizing stretchable active integrated circuits
with inflatable bodies. The invention allows for such operative features to come into direct …

Systems, methods, and devices using stretchable or flexible electronics for medical applications

R Ghaffari, B De Graff, G Callsen, WJ Arora… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
System, devices and methods are presented that integrate stretchable or flexible circuitry,
including arrays of active devices for enhanced sensing, diagnostic, and therapeutic …

Systems, methods, and devices having stretchable integrated circuitry for sensing and delivering therapy

B De Graff, R Ghaffari, WJ Arora - US Patent 8,536,667, 2013 - Google Patents
2020-04-02 Assigned to LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS,
BRAEMAR ENERGY VENTURES III, LP, ABERDARE PARTNERS IV, LP, ABERDARE …

18.45%‐Efficient multi‐crystalline silicon solar cells with novel nanoscale pseudo‐pyramid texture

X Ye, S Zou, K Chen, J Li, J Huang… - Advanced functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon‐based cells could convert more solar energy to electrical energy if the cells could
absorb more light. However, the nanostructured cells have demonstrated relatively low …

Arrays of ultrathin silicon solar microcells

JA Rogers, AA Rockett, R Nuzzo, J Yoon… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
2011-08-04 Assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
reassignment THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS …

Research and development efforts on texturization to reduce the optical losses at front surface of silicon solar cell

MF Abdullah, MA Alghoul, H Naser, N Asim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Silicon wafer-based solar cell contributes to about 92% of the total production of photovoltaic
cells. An average of 30% of the incident light is lost via reflection from the front surface of the …

Texturization of multicrystalline silicon wafers for solar cells by chemical treatment using metallic catalyst

K Tsu**o, M Matsumura, Y Nishimoto - Solar energy materials and solar …, 2006 - Elsevier
A new etching method for texturing multicrystalline p-type Si wafers for solar cells was
developed. In this method, we used platinum or silver particles as the catalysts, which were …