Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells
This research work primarily focuses on enhancing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of polycrystalline silicon solar cells by using a single-layer and a double-layered antireflection coating deposited through the electrospraying technique. The usage of titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide as ant...
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| author | Rajasekar Rathanasamy Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan Santhosh Sivaraj Abishek Saminathan Bharathikannan Krishnan Dhayananth Palanichamy Md. Elias Uddin |
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| description | This research work primarily focuses on enhancing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of polycrystalline silicon solar cells by using a single-layer and a double-layered antireflection coating deposited through the electrospraying technique. The usage of titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide as antireflection coating materials has shown a significant increase in the optical and electrical properties of solar cells under open and controlled light sources. The sample with TiO2 as a base layer and SiO2 as the top layer (sample B-IV) exhibited a maximum PCE of 18.90% in direct sunlight and 21.19% in a neodymium setup with cell temperatures of 40°C and 52.1°C, respectively. Sample B-IV has also shown the lowest resistivity of 3.1 × 10−3 Ω·cm among the coated samples. Also, an increase of 11.6% light transmittance and a reduction of 9.6% light reflectance were exerted by sample B-IV. The results obtained from different analysis proves that TiO2/SiO2 was an appropriate antireflection coating material for enhancing the PCE of the polycrystalline silicon solar cell. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9c2f5142f1f478fb6973b678d9ccf282024-11-02T04:15:37ZengHindawi LimitedAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84422022-01-01202210.1155/2022/9444524Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon CellsRajasekar Rathanasamy0Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan1Santhosh Sivaraj2Abishek Saminathan3Bharathikannan Krishnan4Dhayananth Palanichamy5Md. Elias Uddin6Department of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechatronics EngineeringDepartment of Robotics and AutomationDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Leather EngineeringThis research work primarily focuses on enhancing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of polycrystalline silicon solar cells by using a single-layer and a double-layered antireflection coating deposited through the electrospraying technique. The usage of titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide as antireflection coating materials has shown a significant increase in the optical and electrical properties of solar cells under open and controlled light sources. The sample with TiO2 as a base layer and SiO2 as the top layer (sample B-IV) exhibited a maximum PCE of 18.90% in direct sunlight and 21.19% in a neodymium setup with cell temperatures of 40°C and 52.1°C, respectively. Sample B-IV has also shown the lowest resistivity of 3.1 × 10−3 Ω·cm among the coated samples. Also, an increase of 11.6% light transmittance and a reduction of 9.6% light reflectance were exerted by sample B-IV. The results obtained from different analysis proves that TiO2/SiO2 was an appropriate antireflection coating material for enhancing the PCE of the polycrystalline silicon solar cell.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9444524 |
| spellingShingle | Rajasekar Rathanasamy Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan Santhosh Sivaraj Abishek Saminathan Bharathikannan Krishnan Dhayananth Palanichamy Md. Elias Uddin Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells |
| title_full | Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells |
| title_short | Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells |
| title_sort | influence of silicon dioxide titanium dioxide antireflective electrosprayed coatings on multicrystalline silicon cells |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9444524 |
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