Enhanced light trapping in solar cells using  snow globe coating | Zendy

Basch Angelika | Zendy; Beck Fiona | Zendy; Söderström Thomas | Zendy; Varlamov Sergey | Zendy; Catchpole Kylie R. | Zendy

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Enhanced light trapping in solar cells using snow globe coating

Author(s) -

Basch Angelika,

Beck Fiona,

Söderström Thomas,

Varlamov Sergey,

Catchpole Kylie R.

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

progress in photovoltaics: research and applications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.286

H-Index - 131

eISSN - 1099-159X

pISSN - 1062-7995

DOI - 10.1002/pip.2240

Subject(s) - snow , coating , materials science , refractive index , optics , globe , scattering , reflector (photography) , polycrystalline silicon , optoelectronics , trapping , wavelength , solar cell , composite material , meteorology , physics , geography , layer (electronics) , medicine , light source , forestry , ophthalmology , thin film transistor

A novel method, snow globe coating , is found to show significant enhancement of the short circuit current J SC (35%) when applied as a scattering back reflector for polycrystalline silicon thin‐film solar cells. The coating is formed from high refractive index titania particles without containing binder and gives close to 100% reflectance for wavelengths above 400 nm. Snow globe coating is a physicochemical coating method executable in pH neutral media. The mild conditions of this process make this method applicable to many different types of solar cells. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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