Recent progress in antireflection and self-cleaning technology–From surface engineering to functional surfaces

L Yao, J He - Progress in Materials Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently, antireflective coatings (ARCs) with self-cleaning properties have attracted
significant attention for both their fundamental aspects and wide practical applications. In the …

Superhydrophobic surfaces with antireflection properties for solar applications: A critical review

U Mehmood, FA Al-Sulaiman, BS Yilbas, B Salhi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Antireflective surfaces with superhydrophobic characteristics are of considerable current
interest owing to their potential utility in solving key technological problems …

Amorphous carbon nitride dual-function anti-reflection coating for crystalline silicon solar cells

AJ Addie, RA Ismail, MA Mohammed - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells have dominated the photovoltaic industry for decades.
However, due to high reflectivity and the presence of numerous types of surface …

Effect of substrate temperature on the structure of amorphous oxygenated hydrocarbon films grown with a pulsed supersonic methane plasma flow

YV Fedoseeva, GA Pozdnyakov, AV Okotrub… - Applied Surface …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since amorphous oxygenated hydrocarbon (CO x H y) films are promising engineering
materials a study of the structure and composition of the films depending on the conditions of …

Application of amorphous carbon based materials as antireflective coatings on crystalline silicon solar cells

DS Da Silva, ADS Côrtes, MH Oliveira… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the investigation of the potential application of different forms of amorphous
carbon (aC and aC: H) as an antireflective coating for crystalline silicon solar cells …

Substrate effect on the optical properties and thickness of diamond-like carbon films deposited by the RF PACVD method

M Smietana, WJ Bock, J Szmidt, J Grabarczyk - Diamond and related …, 2010 - Elsevier
The paper presents analyses of the optical properties and thickness of diamond-like carbon
(DLC) films deposited on oxidized silicon wafers and silicon wafers with various resistivity …

Optical properties of amorphous carbons and their applications and perspectives in photonics

P Patsalas - Thin Solid Films, 2011 - Elsevier
Amorphous carbon exhibits a wide variety of optical properties and, thus, offers substantial
opportunities for various applications in photonics. The main optical properties, which …

The influence of gas flow rate on the structural, mechanical, optical and wettability of diamond-like carbon thin films

M Samadi, A Eshaghi, SR Bakhshi… - Optical and Quantum …, 2018 - Springer
In this research, diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films were deposited on silicon substrates
by radio-frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition method using gas mixture …

Evolution of optical properties with deposition time of silicon nitride and diamond-like carbon films deposited by radio-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor …

M Smietana, WJ Bock, J Szmidt - Thin Solid Films, 2011 - Elsevier
The paper presents investigations of the optical properties of thin high-refractive-index
silicon nitride (SiN x) and diamond-like carbon (DLC) films deposited by the radio-frequency …

Influence of diamond‐like carbon overlay properties on refractive index sensitivity of nano‐coated optical fibres

M Śmietana, M Dudek, M Koba… - physica status solidi …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
An application of diamond‐like carbon (DLC) nano‐coated optical fibre as a promising
platform for external medium refractive index (RI) sensing is investigated. The DLC thin films …