Application of Si Nanowires Fabricated by Metal-Assisted Etching to Crystalline Si Solar Cells

Photovoltaic performance of Gallium-doped ZnO thin film/Si nanowires heterojunction diodes

“…Si NWs were initially synthesised following MACE route, as detailed in a previous study [18]. This technique has readily been employed for the fabrication of Si NW arrays with desired lengths over large areas [42]. All chemicals used in this work were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and used without further purification.…”

Investigation of the effectiveness of SiNWs used as an antireflective layer in solar cells

“…However, if the surface of SiNWs is passivated with a suitable film, amelioration of the performances of the solar cell, comparing with the solar cell with texturization, is not also achieved as obtained by Kulakci et al (2013) when they deposited Si 3 N 4 on SiNWs. To confirm this assumption, we measured the mean electrical resistivity of the film and the mean effective lifetime of minority carriers vs. etching time (Fig.…”

Radial junction solar cells prepared on single crystalline silicon wafers by metal‐assisted etching

“…Moreover, as a similar work, Zhang et al applied MAE method to obtain proper geometry for radial heterojunction and they obtained 7.3% conversion efficiency. Various aspects of MAE and its applications to solar cells have been studied and reported by our research group . In this study, we have fabricated homo‐junction radial solar cells on micropillars whose diameter is larger than the junction depth formed after the diffusion process.…”