Black Silicon Photovoltaics

Black silicon: fabrication methods, properties and solar energy applications

(2014) Xiaogang Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Plasma cryogenic etching of silicon: from the early days to today's advanced technologies

(2014) R Dussart et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Influence of black silicon surfaces on the performance of back-contacted back silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2014) Johannes Ziegler et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

13% Efficiency Hybrid Organic/Silicon-Nanowire Heterojunction Solar Cell via Interface Engineering

(2013) Peichen Yu et al.   ACS Nano

Upgraded Silicon Nanowires by Metal-Assisted Etching of Metallurgical Silicon: A New Route to Nanostructured Solar-Grade Silicon

(2013) Xiaopeng Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improvement of Ge-on-Si photodiodes by black silicon light trapping

(2013) Martin Steglich et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A comparative study based on optical and electrical performance of micro- and nano-textured surfaces for silicon solar cells

(2013) R. Khandelwal et al.   MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Improved Black Silicon for Photovoltaic Applications

(2013) Michael Algasinger et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Macroporous Silicon Solar Cells With an Epitaxial Emitter

(2013) Marco Ernst et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Electron backscatter diffraction on femtosecond laser sulfur hyperdoped silicon

(2012) Thomas Gimpel et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Black silicon with controllable macropore array for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

(2012) Xianyu Ao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Extremely low surface recombination velocities in black silicon passivated by atomic layer deposition

(2012) Martin Otto et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

The origins of pressure-induced phase transformations during the surface texturing of silicon using femtosecond laser irradiation

(2012) Matthew J. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Chemical and structural study of electrically passivating Al2O3/Si interfaces prepared by atomic layer deposition

(2012) Volker Naumann et al.   JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A

An 18.2%-efficient black-silicon solar cell achieved through control of carrier recombination in nanostructures

(2012) Jihun Oh et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Improved quantitative description of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon

(2012) Armin Richter et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Black silicon on emitter diminishes the lateral electric field and enhances the blue response of a solar cell by optimizing depletion region uniformity

(2012) Zenan Shen et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Influence of the Mobility of Pt Nanoparticles on the Anisotropic Etching Properties of Silicon

(2012) X. Li et al.   ECS Solid State Letters

Effective Passivation of Black Silicon Surfaces by Atomic Layer Deposition

(2012) Päivikki Repo et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Silicon nanowires for photovoltaic applications: The progress and challenge

(2012) Tao Song et al.   Nano Energy

Ultrahigh Throughput Silicon Nanomanufacturing by Simultaneous Reactive Ion Synthesis and Etching

(2011) Yi Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Er3+ and Si luminescence of atomic layer deposited Er-doped Al2O3 thin films on Si(100)

(2011) G. Dingemans et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Black thin film silicon

(2011) Svetoslav Koynov et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Pressure-induced phase transformations during femtosecond-laser doping of silicon

(2011) Matthew J. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production from Silicon Nanowire Array Photocathode

(2011) Ilwhan Oh et al.   NANO LETTERS

Surface passivation of phosphorus-diffused n+-type emitters by plasma-assisted atomic-layer deposited Al2O3

(2011) B. Hoex et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

19%-efficient and 43 µm-thick crystalline Si solar cell from layer transfer using porous silicon

(2011) Jan Hendrik Petermann et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

A novel method to produce black silicon for solar cells

(2011) Yang Xia et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching of Silicon: A Review

(2010) Zhipeng Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogen induced passivation of Si interfaces by Al2O3 films and SiO2/Al2O3 stacks

(2010) G. Dingemans et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Large-Scale Fabrication of Ordered Silicon Nanotip Arrays Used for Gas Ionization in Ion Mobility Spectrometers

(2010) Benjamin Gesemann et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY

Design Considerations for Nanowire Heterojunctions in Solar Energy Conversion/Storage Applications

(2010) Kevin Hagedorn et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Macroporous Si as an absorber for thin-film solar cells

(2010) Rolf Brendel et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Reflection of normally incident light from silicon solar cells with pyramidal texture

(2010) Simeon C. Baker-Finch et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Kinetics of the initial stage of silicon surface oxidation: Deal–Grove or surface nucleation?

(2009) I. Levchenko et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Efficient black silicon solar cell with a density-graded nanoporous surface: Optical properties, performance limitations, and design rules

(2009) Hao-Chih Yuan et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanostructured black silicon and the optical reflectance of graded-density surfaces

(2009) Howard M. Branz et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Formation of antireflection nanostructure for silicon solar cells using catalysis of single nano-sized silver particle

(2009) Kensuke Nishioka et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Black silicon method: X. A review on high speed and selective plasma etching of silicon with profile control: an in-depth comparison between Bosch and cryostat DRIE processes as a roadmap to next generation equipment

(2009) H V Jansen et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Tunable reflection minima of nanostructured antireflective surfaces

(2008) S. A. Boden et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Terahertz emission from black silicon

(2008) P. Hoyer et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

On the c-Si surface passivation mechanism by the negative-charge-dielectric Al2O3

(2008) B. Hoex et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Black surface structures for crystalline silicon solar cells

(2008) Jinsu Yoo et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials

Self-consistent optical parameters of intrinsic silicon at 300K including temperature coefficients

(2008) Martin A. Green   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Micro and nano-structuration of silicon by femtosecond laser: Application to silicon photovoltaic cells fabrication

(2007) M. Halbwax et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS