Table 1 Summary of the average reflectance, EQE, and PCE of silicon solar cells with different single layer ARC materials compared with the CNx ARC of the present work (*).

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

ARC material

Thickness (nm)

Average reflectance (%)

Improvement (%)

Average EQE (%)

Improvement (%)

PCE (%)

Improvement (%)

Ref.

SiNx

80

13.56

63.6

74.69

31.5

16.14

32.6

29

SiNx

80

12.64

26.7

60.22

22.3

17.60

38.6

35

SiNx

80

12.54

65.0

14.25

36

DLC

80

8.51

50.6

63.29

28.5

18.40

44.9

35

DLN

85

14.90

58.4

13.67

36

DLC

86

16.04

63.1

9.00

38.0

37

CNx

87

9.71

78.0

67.91

108.3

13.05

136.4

*

  1. The average was calculated in the wavelength range of 300–1100 nm.