Optimization of multilayer antireflection coating for visible spectrum on silicon substrate for solar cell application

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Gaurav Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Yadav Optimization of multilayer antireflection coating for visible spectrum on silicon substrate for solar cell application [на англ. яз.] // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 12. С. 65–69.

Gaurav Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Yadav Optimization of multilayer antireflection coating for visible spectrum on silicon substrate for solar cell application [in English] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 12. P. 65–69.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

Gaurav Sinha and Ravindra Kumar Yadav, "Optimization of multilayer antireflection coating for visible spectrum on silicon substrate for solar cell application," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(12), 827-830 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000827

Abstract:

The present work aims at the characterization of antireflection coating (ARC) films in the visible spectrum. Up to five layers of antireflection coating film were designed and simulated, and optical reflection values were deduced with a transfer matrix method (TMM) formulation. Six materials including nanoporous material have been selected to investigate the optimum values of the ARC film for solar cells. The present work has been carried out to investigate the optimum values of reflectance as a function of wavelength in the visible region. The reflectance has been reduced from 32% of the silicon surface to less than 1% using multilayer ARC film. It has been observed that by increasing the number of layers the average reflectance decreases over a broad range of the visible spectrum.

Keywords:

antireflection coating (ARC), reflectance, Transfer Matrix Method, double layer, three layer, four layer, five layer, solar cells

OCIS codes: 250.0250, 140.0140, 160.0160, 230.0230

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