Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 837-842 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2012 |