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Non-Vacuum Processed Polymer Composite Antireflection Coating Films for Silicon Solar Cells

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  • Abdullah Uzum

    (Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey)

  • Masashi Kuriyama

    (Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan)

  • Hiroyuki Kanda

    (Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan)

  • Yutaka Kimura

    (Specialty Materials Research Laboratory, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., 11-1 Kitasode, Sodegaurashi, Chiba 299-0266, Japan)

  • Kenji Tanimoto

    (Specialty Materials Research Laboratory, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., 11-1 Kitasode, Sodegaurashi, Chiba 299-0266, Japan)

  • Seigo Ito

    (Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan)

Abstract

A non-vacuum processing method for preparing polymer-based ZrO 2 /TiO 2 multilayer structure antireflection coating (ARC) films for crystalline silicon solar cells by spin coating is introduced. Initially, ZrO 2 , TiO 2 and surface deactivated-TiO 2 (SD-TiO 2 ) based films were examined separately and the effect of photocatalytic properties of TiO 2 film on the reflectivity on silicon surface was investigated. Degradation of the reflectance performance with increasing reflectivity of up to 2% in the ultraviolet region was confirmed. No significant change of the reflectance was observed when utilizing SD-TiO 2 and ZrO 2 films. Average reflectance (between 300 nm–1100 nm) of the silicon surface coated with optimized polymer-based ZrO 2 single or ZrO 2 /SD-TiO 2 multilayer composite films was decreased down to 6.5% and 5.5%, respectively. Improvement of photocurrent density ( Jsc ) and conversion efficiency (η) of fabricated silicon solar cells owing to the ZrO 2 /SD-TiO 2 multilayer ARC could be confirmed. The photovoltaic properties of Jsc , the open-circuit photo voltage ( V OC ), the fill factor ( FF ), and the η were 31.42 mA cm −2 , 575 mV, 71.5% and 12.91%. Efficiency of the solar cells was improved by the ZrO 2 -polymer/SD-TiO 2 polymer ARC composite layer by a factor of 0.8% with an increase of Jsc (2.07 mA cm −2 ) compared to those of fabricated without the ARC.

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  • Abdullah Uzum & Masashi Kuriyama & Hiroyuki Kanda & Yutaka Kimura & Kenji Tanimoto & Seigo Ito, 2016. "Non-Vacuum Processed Polymer Composite Antireflection Coating Films for Silicon Solar Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-17, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:9:y:2016:i:8:p:633-:d:75953
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    1. Natarajan Shanmugam & Rishi Pugazhendhi & Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan & Pitchandi Kasiviswanathan & Narottam Das, 2020. "Anti-Reflective Coating Materials: A Holistic Review from PV Perspective," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-93, May.

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