Modelling of Light Trapping in Acidic-Textured Multicrystalline Silicon Wafers

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</svg> and wafer thickness used in simulation were 0.25 and 200 <i>μ</i>m respectively.</table>

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Figure 5: Modelling of Light Trapping in Acidic-Textured Multicrystalline Silicon Wafers 