• DocumentCode
    2562816
  • Title

    New antireflection coating for solar cell covers

  • Author

    Rancourt, James ; Kamerling, Marc ; Monaco, Don

  • Author_Institution
    Optical Coating Lab. Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    7-11 Oct 1991
  • Firstpage
    1518
  • Abstract
    A design has been formulated for an antireflection (AR) coating for use on the outside surface of solar cell covers and other devices. It is superior in both environmental durability and optical performance to the single-layer MgF2 which has been used for this purpose in the past. It cannot be degraded by atomic oxygen since it consists entirely of stoichiometric oxide materials which have already been space qualified. Theoretical calculations show that the output of a silicon cell with this AR coating on a silica cover can be increased by about 0.5% over that of a cover with a single-layer AR coating
  • Keywords
    antireflection coatings; elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; Si solar cells; antireflection coating; environmental durability; optical performance; solar cell covers; stoichiometric oxide materials; Aircraft manufacture; Coatings; Degradation; Glass; Oxidation; Photovoltaic cells; Reflectivity; Robustness; Sputtering; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-636-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.1991.169457
  • Filename
    169457
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2562816