Design, preparation, and durability of TiO2/SiO2 and ZrO2/SiO2 double-layer antireflective coatings in crystalline silicon solar modules

Solar Energy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-142

  Li, Jia ^a   Lu, Yuehui ^a   Lan, Pinjun ^a   Zhang, Xianpeng ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Tan, Ruiqin ^b   Song, Weijie ^a   Choy, Kwang Leong ^c  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antireflective coatings; Durability; Photovoltaic transmittance; Solar glass

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; BARRIER LAYERS; CALCULATED VALUES; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DOUBLE LAYERS; HIGHER T; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POROUS SIO; PROPAGATION MATRIX METHOD; QUARTER WAVES; SINGLE LAYER; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SOLAR MODULE; STRESS TEST; TIO;

COATINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DURABILITY; GLASS; GLASS INDUSTRY; SILICON; SOL-GELS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

SILICON OXIDES;

COATING; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; HUMIDITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84873828527     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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