Enhancement of silicon-wafer solar cell efficiency with low-cost wrinkle antireflection coating of polydimethylsiloxane
Abstract(#br)A low-cost antireflection (AR) coating of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with wrinkle surface structure is demonstrated. The surface modulations with controllable amplitude and period are experimentally performed by plasma surface oxidation of a pre-stretched PDMS followed by removal of the applied mechanical strain. The period and the aspect ratio of the PDMS wrinkle are dependent on plasma treatment time in the process of surface modification.