A new paper published in EPJ D ("Optimization of porous silicon structure as antireflective material") examines changes in the porous structure of silicon to make it less reflective and thus a better ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have achieved high efficiency in silicon solar cells with the help of precision-engineered surfaces. New designs of ...

German scientists have investigated the role of surface texturing in perovskite-silicon tandem cells and have found that several new processes offer the ability to etch smaller, more uniform textures ...

A newly developed metasurface-based silicon antireflective coating combines rectangular and cylindrical meta-atom geometries. The metasurface achieves just 5 percent reflection, compared to ~50 ...

Scientists in Iraq have applied an amorphous carbon nitride (CNx) thin film as an anti-reflective layer in commercial crystalline silicon solar cells. They claim they were able to improve their ...

(Nanowerk News) Perovskite-based solar cells are viewed as potential successors to the prevalent silicon cells because of their cost-effectiveness and outstanding performance. Recent research has ...

Researchers combine a polymer coating with silicon dioxide nanostructures to create a coating to prevent fogging and unwanted reflections. The technique solves a common problem for sensors such as ...

Single-layer silicon metasurface achieves ultralow reflection, setting new standard for antireflective coatings in solar cells. Metasurface-based silicon antireflective coating. Click for info.