Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured poly(methyl methacrylate) for antireflection coating

Dai, Mengwei; Wang, Yun; Pan, Maozhi; Lin, S. P.; Rempel, Garry L.; Pan, Qinmin

doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.10.136

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“…When fixing the refractive index at 1.3, a high transmission value of >99.7% is obtained in the visible wavelength span. Dai et al prepared a single layer coating of a polymer blend comprising of PMMA/PS nanoparticles and deposited using a spin-coating technique demonstrated eminent AR performance [213]. The size of the particles can be optimized by tuning the synthesis parameters, which significantly affects the optical performance.…”

Section: Other Polymersmentioning

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Anti-Reflective Coating Materials: A Holistic Review from PV Perspective

Natarajan

Pugazhendhi

Elavarasan³

et al. 2020

Energies

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The solar photovoltaic (PV) cell is a prominent energy harvesting device that reduces the strain in the conventional energy generation approach and endorses the prospectiveness of renewable energy. Thus, the exploration in this ever-green field is worth the effort. From the power conversion efficiency standpoint of view, PVs are consistently improving, and when analyzing the potential areas that can be advanced, more and more exciting challenges are encountered. One such crucial challenge is to increase the photon availability for PV conversion. This challenge is solved using two ways. First, by suppressing the reflection at the interface of the solar cell, and the other way is to enhance the optical pathlength inside the cell for adequate absorption of the photons. Our review addresses this challenge by emphasizing the various strategies that aid in trapping the light in the solar cells. These strategies include the usage of antireflection coatings (ARCs) and light-trapping structures. The primary focus of this study is to review the ARCs from a PV application perspective based on various materials, and it highlights the development of ARCs from more than the past three decades covering the structure, fabrication techniques, optical performance, features, and research potential of ARCs reported. More importantly, various ARCs researched with different classes of PV cells, and their impact on its efficiency is given a special attention. To enhance the optical pathlength, and thus the absorption in solar PV devices, an insight about the advanced light-trapping techniques that deals with the concept of plasmonics, spectral modification, and other prevailing innovative light-trapping structures approaching the Yablonovitch limit is discussed. An extensive collection of information is presented as tables under each core review section. Further, we take a step forward to brief the effects of ageing on ARCs and their influence on the device performance. Finally, we summarize the review of ARCs on the basis of structures, materials, optical performance, multifunctionality, stability, and cost-effectiveness along with a master table comparing the selected high-performance ARCs with perfect AR coatings. Also, from the discussed significant challenges faced by ARCs and future outlook; this work directs the researchers to identify the area of expertise where further research analysis is needed in near future.

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Section: Other Polymersmentioning

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Anti-Reflective Coating Materials: A Holistic Review from PV Perspective

Natarajan

Pugazhendhi

Elavarasan³

et al. 2020

Energies

148

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“…The optical duality is caused by the different roughness of two sides of plastic-paper. The higher surface roughness will increase the re ection area of light, which will affect the transmittance (Dai et al 2014).…”

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Two-Sidedness, Flexible, Durable, Highly Transparent and Haze Plastic-Paper For Green Optoelectronics

Wang

Zhao

et al. 2021

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We combine biodegradable plastic (polyvinyl alcohol/glycerol polymer), and cellulose-based tissue paper in a very short time (5 s) by a facile way to form a new matrix, named plastic-paper, which has high optical transmittance (~89%) and high optical haze (~90%) in broadband. Results showed that the plastic-paper is durable in different solvents, with high folding strength (over 3500 folding times) and good mechanical strength (＞30 MPa tensile strength). Interestingly, the plastic-paper presents a two-sidedness of surface morphology. The rough side shows high light transmittance and the smooth side presents high optical haze. The smooth side of the plastic-paper is successfully applied to Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED). When the rough surface of plastic-paper is used in solar cells, the maximum output power increases by 2.6% compared with bare solar cells. The developed plastic-paper with high optical transmittance and high optical haze holds a great potential in flexible optoelectronic devices.

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“…The principle of AR coating is based on the destructive interference of reflected light from interfaces between air and a film; one film and another film in the case of multilayered film coating; or a film and the substrate. For the single‐layer film antireflection, two parameters are crucial [33, 34]: (i) the light amplitude reflected at both interfaces should be equal which requires: n 1 = ( n o n s ) 1/2 , where n 1 , n o , and n s represent refractive indexes of the coating, air and the substrate involved, respectively; and (ii) the thickness of the coating should follow: nd = ((2k + 1) λ )/4, where d is the thickness of the coating, k is any positive integer ( k = 1, 2, 3,. ), and λ is the wavelength of the incident light.…”

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“…Moreover, they are easily coated onto large areas and flexible substrates. Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene are commonly used as a material for making the ARC in the structure of a single layer [34], multilayer [35], and composite films [33, 36].…”

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Optical properties of TiO ₂ nanorod/PMMA bilayered film and the application for anti‐reflection

Yudoyono

Pramono

Zainuri

et al. 2017

Micro & Nano Letters

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TiO 2 /Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bilayered films have been prepared by spin coating technique on the glass substrate. The nanorod-structured TiO 2 prepared by a coprecipitation method was used. The structure and morphology were tested by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The optical properties and the anti-reflection (AR) coating performance were evaluated by UV-Vis spectrometer. The XRD pattern has shown that the TiO 2 particles have the nanorods structure and the rutile phase. The AFM analysis showed that the layer of TiO 2 nanorods has formed a colloidal crystal with an amorphous structure having a smooth surface. Based on the absorption spectra of a single layer TiO 2 , the optical band gap (E g) between 3.65-3.70 eV and the Urbach energy (E u) between 204-255 meV can be determined. The maximum transmittance of TiO 2 /PMMA bilayered film at a normal incident light can reach up to 98.5%.

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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured poly(methyl methacrylate) for antireflection coating

Cited by 12 publications

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Anti-Reflective Coating Materials: A Holistic Review from PV Perspective

Anti-Reflective Coating Materials: A Holistic Review from PV Perspective

Two-Sidedness, Flexible, Durable, Highly Transparent and Haze Plastic-Paper For Green Optoelectronics

Optical properties of TiO ₂ nanorod/PMMA bilayered film and the application for anti‐reflection

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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured poly(methyl methacrylate) for antireflection coating

Cited by 12 publications

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Anti-Reflective Coating Materials: A Holistic Review from PV Perspective

Anti-Reflective Coating Materials: A Holistic Review from PV Perspective

Two-Sidedness, Flexible, Durable, Highly Transparent and Haze Plastic-Paper For Green Optoelectronics

Optical properties of TiO 2 nanorod/PMMA bilayered film and the application for anti‐reflection

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