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Abstract

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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Title
Influence of Silicon Dioxide-Titanium Dioxide Antireflective Electrosprayed Coatings on Multicrystalline Silicon Cells
Author
Rajasekar Rathanasamy 1 ; Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan 2 ; Sivaraj, Santhosh 3 ; Saminathan, Abishek 1 ; Krishnan, Bharathikannan 1 ; Palanichamy, Dhayananth 1 ; Md Elias Uddin 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu 638060, India 
 Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu 638060, India 
 Department of Robotics and Automation, Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600089, India 
 Department of Leather Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh 
Editor
Guang Xing Liang
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
16878434
e-ISSN
16878442
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2725122664
Copyright
Copyright © 2022 Rajasekar Rathanasamy et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/