Light scattering effect of submicro-textured Ag/Al composite films prepared at lower substrate temperatures

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/7/078801

Abstract We present a new and practical approach for preparing submicro-textured silver and aluminum (Ag/Al) double-structured layers at low substrate temperatures. By increasing the deposition temperature of the Al layers to 270℃, the surface texturing of silver and aluminum double-structured layers was performed. The highly submicro-textured silver and aluminum double-structured layers were prepared by thermal evaporation on quartz glasses and their surface microstructure, light scattering properties, and thermal stability were investigated. Results showed that the highly submicro-textured Ag/Al composite films prepared at low substrate temperatures used as back reflectors not only can enhance the light scattering and have good thermal stability, but also have good adhesion properties. In addition, their fabrication is low cost and readily carried out.

Keywords: random submicro-textured Ag/Al composite films light scattering

Received: 12 October 2012
Revised: 27 February 2013
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PACS:	88.40.jj	(Silicon solar cells)
	68.55.jm	(Texture)
	68.49.-h	(Surface characterization by particle-surface scattering)
	73.50.Bk	(General theory, scattering mechanisms)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60977028) and the Key Project Foundation of Shanghai, China (Grant No. 09JC1413800).

Corresponding Authors: Wu Yong-Gang
E-mail: ygwu@tongji.edu.cn

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Tang Ping-Lin (唐平林), Wu Yong-Gang (吴永刚), Tong Guang-De (童广德), Xia Zi-Huan (夏子奂), Liu Ren-Chen (刘仁臣), Liang Zhao-Ming (梁钊铭), Zhou Jian (周建) Light scattering effect of submicro-textured Ag/Al composite films prepared at lower substrate temperatures 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 078801

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