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A Mini Review: Antireflective Coatings Processing Techniques, Applications and Future Perspective

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Antireflective coatings (AR) are widely applied to eliminate the unwanted surface reflections from the AR coated substrate. In different optoelectronic devices, AR coatings have potential usage in photovoltaic solar cells, sensors, display devices, automobile industries to reduce reflectance, glare and enhance light transmittance. Natural phenomenon inspires researchers, and they generate bionic AR coatings copying the nature such as moth eyes, or cicada wings to fabricate efficient light harvesting AR coatings. In the current review article, we analyse and evaluate critically the progress and recent development in the fabrication of AR thin films comprising organic coatings, inorganic coatings, polymer AR coatings and bionic AR coatings. We predominantly emphasise the AR coatings fabrication by different methods and pinpoints the technological challenges in their real-world reliability. Finally, we address the future challenges and potential strategies for their upcoming prospect.

Source: Research & Reviews Journal of Material Sciences

DOI: 10.4172/2321-6212.1000192

Authors: Sadaf Bashir Khan, Hui Wu, Chunjiao Pan, Zhengjun Zhang

Institutions: State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University

Language: English

Topic: Optical Coatings and Gratings

Subfield: Surfaces, Coatings and Films

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Tsinghua University, National Key Research and Development Program of China