Optical losses at the front surface of a silicon solar cell have a significant impact on
efficiency, and as such, efforts to reduce reflection are necessary. In this work, a method to …

Inorganic alkali lead iodide semiconducting APbI3 (A = Li, Na, K, Cs) and NH4PbI3 films
prepared from solution: Structure, morph Page 1 AIMS Materials Science, 3(3): 737-755. DOI …

We produced low-reflectivity nanostructured black silicon by metal-assisted chemical
etching (MACE) technology on the 15.6 cm× 15.6 cm diamond wire sawn (DWS) multi …

Surface characteristics and damage distributions of diamond wire sawn wafers for silicon
solar cells Page 1 AIMS Materials Science, 3(2): 669-685. DOI: 10.3934/matersci.2016.2.669 …

Diamond wires from several manufacturers were investigated in term of their impact on
wafer quality and cell performance. It was identified that under identical ingot sawing …

The use of proper surface preparation and cleaning methods for Si wafers prior to the
deposition of passivation layers is essential to minimize surface recombination and realize …

Slicing silicon ingots into wafers by diamond-wire sawing (DWS) is an important step in the
material production chain in the semiconductor industry. It will induce defect layers that are …

The damage on the Si wafer surfaces, caused by ingot cutting, is determined from
measurement of minority carrier lifetime (τeff). Samples are sequentially etched to remove …

This CRADA is aimed at developing silicon solar cell technologies that can yield higher
efficiency solar cells. Specifically, this CRADA cover three technologies:(i) developing a high …

Diamond-wire-sawn (DWS) technology has been widely used in the photovoltaic industry.
When using the HF/HNO 3/H 2 O acid etching solution for texturing of DWS multi-crystalline …