%0 Journal Article %T Performance improvement of silicon solar cells by nanoporous silicon coating %A Dzhafarov T. D. %A Aslanov S. S. %A Ragimov S. H. %A Sadigov M. S. %J Tekhnologiya i Konstruirovanie v Elektronnoi Apparature %D 2012 %I Politehperiodika %X In the present paper the method is shown to improve the photovoltaic parameters of screen-printed silicon solar cells by nanoporous silicon film formation on the frontal surface of the cell using the electrochemical etching. The possible mechanisms responsible for observed improvement of silicon solar cell performance are discussed. %K silicon %K solar cell %K efficiency %K nanoporous silicon %U http://www.tkea.com.ua/tkea/2012/2_2012/pdf/09.zip