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Anti Reflective Coating:

usage for solar panels
Dricus (http://sinovoltaics.com/author/dricus/)
5 October 2011

Anti Reflective Coating (or shortly: AR Coating) is a technical

means to reduce reflection and increase light absorption of
solar cells and thus increase its performance.

How is Anti Reflective Coating improving

solar cell performance?
The Anti Reflective Coating on a solar cells helps to increase
the amount of light absorbed into the cell.  This anti reflective
coating is very much needed as the reflection of a bare silicon
solar cells is over 30%.

For the thin AR Coating, silicon nitride or titanium oxide is

used. When the anti reflection coating is left off, the cells will
have a natural dark grey color.

The color of the solar cell can be changed by varying the

thickness of the anti reflection coating.

Anti-reflection coatings on solar cells are quite similar to

coatings used on other equipment such as camera lenses.

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Reflective coating on thin film solar cell

Anti reflective coating for solar panels

Nowadays not only the solar cells carry anti reflective coating,
such a coating can also be used on the glass surface
(superstate) of solar panels.

Anti reflective coatings on the solar panels glass will improve

the light transmittance and therefore increases the overall
efficiency of the pv module.

Another advantage is that the glare from the glass will be

reduced. Some say this allows the panels to blend in more
easily with its surrounding. Also it allows the panels to be
installed near airports (a panel without anti reflective coating
might blind a pilot..).

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