Abstract
Antireflective GaAs subwavelength structures (SWSs) were fabricated by Au-assisted chemical etching. Thermally agglomerated Au nanoparticles caused catalytic reactions with the GaAs substrates in KMnO4 and HF etchant. Various features of the Au nanoparticles agglomerated after heat treatment of Au thin films. The reflectance of GaAs strongly depended on the three-dimensional features of the GaAs SWSs, which were controlled by Au agglomeration and chemical etching. GaAs SWSs dramatically reduced the total reflectance to 4.5% in a wavelength rage of 200-850 nm up to the incident angle of 50°. Solar-weighted total reflectance values quantitatively confirmed the highly efficient antireflective coating fabricated by metal assisted chemical etching on GaAs SWSs. To our knowledge, this is the first report that fabricates GaAs SWSs using metal-assisted chemical etching with thermally agglomerated metal catalyst. This technique is a viable alternative to conventional reactive ion etching and nano-lithography for fabricating antireflective SWSs for III-V solar cells.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 7909 |
Pages (from-to) | 159-164 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells |
Volume | 144 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Jan 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the MSIP (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning ), Korea, under the “IT Consilience Creative Program” ( IITP-2015-R0346-15-1008 ) supervised by the IITP (Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion). This research was also supported by grants from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF ) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2013R1A1A2012111 ) and Future Semiconductor Device Technology Development Program ( 10044735 ) funded by MOTIE and KSRC .
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films