title: Enhanced light trapping in solar cells usingsnow globe coating.
abstract: A novel method,snow globe coating, is found to show significant enhancement of the short circuit currentJSC(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.
authors: Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia ; Institute of Physics, University of Graz Universitätsplatz 5, 8010, Graz, Austria.
authors: Angelika
authors: A
authors: Basch
authors: ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Fiona
authors: F
authors: Beck
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, University of NSW Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Söderström
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, University of NSW Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
authors: Sergey
authors: S
authors: Varlamov
authors: Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia.
authors: Kylie R
authors: KR
authors: Catchpole
keywords: dielectric materials; light trapping; refractive index; semiconductors; thin films; zeta-potential