Award-Winning Etching Process Cuts Solar Cell Costs (Revised) (Fact Sheet)

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1009278· OSTI ID:1009278

The NREL "black silicon" nanocatalytic wet-chemical etch is an inexpensive, one-step method to minimize reflections from crystalline silicon solar cells. The technology enables high-efficiency solar cells without the use of expensive antireflection coatings.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1009278
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-6A42-50063; TRN: US201107%%726
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Spectrum of Clean Energy Innovation, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory); Supercedes previous March 2011 version.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
ABSORBENTS
ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINE
COATINGS
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRICITY
ETCHING
GASES
GOLD
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
MACHINERY
REFLECTION
SILICON
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR CELLS
WAVELENGTHS
BLACK SILICON
NANOTECHNOLOGY
WET-CHEMICAL ETCH
CRYSTALLINE SILICON
R&D 100 AWARD
HOWARD BRANZ
CHLOROAURIC ACID
NANOPARTICLES
NANOSCALE PORES
MONOCRYSTALLINE
MULTICRYSTALLINE
SOLAR CELL PROCESSING
PHOTOVOLTAIC MANUFACTURING
Solar Energy - Photovoltaics