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 …

Preparation of porous silicon by electrochemical etching methods and its morphological and optical properties

J Xu, S Liu, Y Yang, J Li, C Tian, L Guo, S Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Porous silicon (PS) has been widely used in solar cells and photodetectors because of its
very low reflectance. However, its properties are greatly influenced by its morphological …

Improvement of corrosion resistance and mechanism analysis for self-assembled vinyltriethoxysilane (VS) films on low carbon steel using a novel chemical etching …

LX Yang, XL Cao, YT Wu, S Chen, XC **e, QL Zhu… - Corrosion …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•VS films with denser interface layer are prepared by novel chemical etching
method.•An optimal etching time about 4 min is determined in H 2 O 2-containing …

Performance Improvement of Graded Bandgap Solar Cell via Optimization of Energy Levels Alignment in Si Quantum Dot, TiO2 Nanoparticles, and Porous Si

MS Almomani, NM Ahmed, M Rashid, KH Ibnaouf… - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Charge carriers' generation from zinc includes silicon quantum dots (ZnSiQDs) layer
sandwiched in-between porous silicon (PSi) and titania nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) layer …

Role of etching parameters on the performance of porous silicon based photodetector devices

B Sharmila, AK Dikshit, P Dwivedi - Microelectronics Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates the high speed porous silicon (P–Si) based photodetector with
varying the etching parameters. The P–Si samples were fabricated using electrochemical …

Study of the optical response of oxidized porous silicon structures by thermal oxidation in air

RF Sierra-Moreno, IA Lujan-Cabrera… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
This work proposes a methodology based on porous silicon (PSi) thermal oxidation in an air
atmosphere to reduce its optical losses and change the optical response of one-dimensional …

Porous silicon layer decorated with PbS nanoparticles by SILAR method for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of amido black dye

A Rebhi, C Amri, I Khemissi, RB Zaghouani… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2024 - Springer
The effect of lead sulfide (PbS) decoration on the photocatalytic properties of porous silicon
(PS) was investigated. The PbS nanoparticles (PbS-NPs) are prepared by the successive …

Structural properties of porous silicon obtained with laser photoetching assisted by computerized numeric control

F Severiano Carrillo, V López Gayou… - Journal of Laser …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This study presents the preparation of porous silicon (PS) using the photoetching technique.
The light source was a laser with a 405 nm wavelength. Hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen …

The role of SiO2 layer to stabilize the optical properties of p type Si-Nanocrystals grown by moderate etching current density

F Bechiri, A Djelloul, M Zerdali - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
Moderate etching current densities of 1, 3, and 5 mA/cm2 were used for anodic etching in HF
electrolytic solution to realize Si Nanocrystals (Si-NCs). Thanks to high resolution atomic …

Effect of surfactant and etching time on p-type porous silicon formation through potentiostatic anodization

G Zeb, XT Le - Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrochemical anodization provides the scalability required for structuring porous silicon
(PSi) layers for mass production; hence, new and feasible processes are highly sought-after …