Enhanced light trapping in solar cells using snow globe coating

Angelika Basch*, Fiona Beck, Thomas Söderström, Sergey Varlamov, Kylie R. Catchpole

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)837-842
    Number of pages6
    JournalProgress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
    Volume20
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2012

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