Srivastava, Sanjay K. and Kumar, Dinesh and -, Vandana and Sharma, Mukul and Kumar, Ravi and Singh, P. K. (2012) Silver catalyzed nano-texturing of silicon surfaces for solar cell applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells , 100. pp. 33-38. ISSN 0927-0248

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Abstract

We report a relatively simple process for fast nano-texturing of p-type (1 0 0) silicon surface using silver catalyzed wet chemical etching in aqueous hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen peroxide solution at room temperature. In this approach, a fine textured black surface was achieved in about 15-30 s duration with reflectivity less than 4% in 400-1000 nm range. The reflectivity versus texturization time has been investigated and co-related with morphological characteristics of the nano-textured-silicon (nT-Si) surfaces. The nano-texturization process is also applicable in multi-crystalline silicon. Further, n(+)-p-p(+) structured solar cells have been fabricated on such nT-Si substrates following the standard fabrication protocol. Significant improvement in short circuit current density (>20%) and efficiency (similar to 1.25% absolute) has been achieved compared with planar control cell without deterioration of other performance parameters (such as open circuit voltage and fill factor). Light beam induced current measurements have also been carried out to show the spatial distribution of the light trapping and current in the planar and the nT-Si solar cells.

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Subjects:	Energy Fuels Materials Science Applied Physics/Condensed Matter
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Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2026 11:02
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URI:	https://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/3431

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