Current Photovoltaic Research
- Volume 2 Issue 3
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- Pages.84-87
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- 2014
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- 2288-3274(pISSN)
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- 2508-125X(eISSN)
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Fabrication of Large-Area Photovoltaic Crystal with Modified Surface Using Trimethoxysilyl Propyl Methacrylate (TMSPM) for Solar Cell Protection
- Kang, Kwang-Sun (Department of New & Renewable Energy, Kyungil University)
- Received : 2014.06.15
- Accepted : 2014.07.15
- Published : 2014.09.30
Abstract
Protection of solar cell surface is important to prevent from dust, pollen, sand, etc. Therefore, development of large area antifouling film is urgent for high performance of solar cells. The surface of silica spheres was modified to fabricate large area antifouling film. The surface of monodisperse silica spheres has been modified with 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propylmethacrylate (TMSPM) to fabricate large area photonic crystal. Although the surface modification of silica spheres with TMSPM has been failed for the base catalyst, the second trial using acid catalyst showed the following results. The FTIR absorption peak at