Evaluation of a New Acid Solution for Texturization of Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Table 1

Electrical parameters of the acid textured and the mirror-etched cells.

	Etching time (sec)	𝑉oc (mV)	𝐽sc (mA/cm^2)	Fill factor	Efficiency (%)	Absorption (%, at 600 nm)	Normalized 𝐽sc	Normalized efficiency	Normalized absorption
Textured	30	564	34.1	0.76	14.7	81.1	1.30	1.32	1.35
	45	558	32.2	0.77	13.8	78.0	1.22	1.24	1.30
	60	577	30.6	0.77	13.6	76.7	1.16	1.23	1.27
Mirror		563	26.3	0.75	11.1	60.2	1	1	1