TY - JOUR
T1 - Multi-functional SiO2 moth-eye pattern for photovoltaic applications
AU - Shin, Ju Hyeon
AU - Kim, Yang Doo
AU - Choi, Hak Jong
AU - Ryu, Sang Woo
AU - Lee, Heon
N1 - Funding Information:
This work (Grant no. C0018361 ) was supported by Business for Cooperative R&D between Industry, Academy, and Research Institute funded by Korea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2012. Also, this research was supported by the Pioneer Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning ( NRF-2013M3C1A3063597 ).
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - A moth-eye pattern made of silica (SiO2) nanoparticles mixed with MIBK (methyl isobutyl ketone) was fabricated on a glass substrate using a direct printing method. The patterned glass was annealed to improve hardness and a heptdecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl trichloro-silane based self-assembled monolayer (HDFS-SAM) was applied to the moth-eye pattern to reduce surface energy which improves hydrophobic properties. Compared to flat glass, the moth-eye patterned glass with a HDFS-SAM coating showed reduced reflectance, strong hardness, and high efficiency. As a result, the JSC of photovoltaic module was increased up to 1.9755 mA/cm2 and efficiency was improved by 4.66% by the increased current density (JSC) of photovoltaic system, and the external quantum efficiency was enhanced over the entire visible spectrum.
AB - A moth-eye pattern made of silica (SiO2) nanoparticles mixed with MIBK (methyl isobutyl ketone) was fabricated on a glass substrate using a direct printing method. The patterned glass was annealed to improve hardness and a heptdecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl trichloro-silane based self-assembled monolayer (HDFS-SAM) was applied to the moth-eye pattern to reduce surface energy which improves hydrophobic properties. Compared to flat glass, the moth-eye patterned glass with a HDFS-SAM coating showed reduced reflectance, strong hardness, and high efficiency. As a result, the JSC of photovoltaic module was increased up to 1.9755 mA/cm2 and efficiency was improved by 4.66% by the increased current density (JSC) of photovoltaic system, and the external quantum efficiency was enhanced over the entire visible spectrum.
KW - Anti-reflection structures
KW - Moth-eye structures
KW - Self-cleaning properties
KW - Silica (SiO) sol-gel solution
KW - Textured glass substrate
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U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898079146
SN - 0927-0248
VL - 126
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
ER -
