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Superhard, Antireflective Texturized Coatings Based on Hyperbranched Polymer Composite Hybrids for Thin-Film Solar Cell Encapsulation

Gonzalez Lazo, Marina A.  
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Schueler, Andreas
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Haug, Franz-Josef
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2015
Energy Technology

In this study, we demonstrate by simulation and experiment the antireflective (AR) performance of hyperbranched polymer (HBP) nanocomposites textures replicated from a moth-eye pattern using ultraviolet (UV) nanoimprint lithography. A UV-curable acrylated HBP and a hybrid composite of the HBP with silica nanoparticles with an organometal precursor were used. Using effective medium theory (EMT) simulations, optimal patterns were found to be arrays of paraboloids with stable AR performance over a large range of geometries. A good agreement was found between the simulated and measured optical behavior of such AR arrays with a normal reflectance within the visible range of approximately 4% for the use of a glass substrate. The photocurrent of AR-coated a-Si:H solar cells was found to be 2% higher than the reference value of an uncoated cell whereas, for AR-coated tandem thin film Si cells, the increase was 3% for the top a-Si:H cell and 2% for the bottom microcrystalline Si cell.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/ente.201402141
Web of Science ID

WOS:000353561000008

Author(s)
Gonzalez Lazo, Marina A.  
Schueler, Andreas
Haug, Franz-Josef
Ballif, Christophe
Manson, Jan-Anders E.  
Leterrier, Yves  
Date Issued

2015

Published in
Energy Technology
Volume

3

Issue

4

Start page

366

End page

372

Subjects

antireflective coatings

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nanostructures

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silicon

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solar cells

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thin films

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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May 29, 2015
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