Sol-gel preparation of SiO2/TiO2/SiO 2-TiO2 broadband antireflective coating for solar cell cover glass

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-164

  Ye, Longqiang ^a   Zhang, Yulu ^a   Zhang, Xinxiang ^a   Hu, Teng ^a   Ji, Rui ^a   Ding, Bin ^b   Jiang, Bo ^a  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Abrasion resistance; Broadband antireflective coating; Hydrophobicity; Sol gel process; Thin film design

Indexed keywords

ABRASION-RESISTANCE; ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; AR COATINGS; BOTTOM LAYERS; BROADBAND AR COATINGS; COVER GLASS; HEXAMETHYLDISILAZANE; HYBRID THIN FILM; POTENTIAL VALUES; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SOL GEL PREPARATIONS; TETRABUTYL; TETRAETHYL ORTHOSILICATES; THIN FILM DESIGN; TIO; VISIBLE REGION;

FILM PREPARATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROPHOBICITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WEAR RESISTANCE;

COATINGS;

EID: 84873384640     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.12.037     Document Type: Article

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