Magnolia Solar Discusses Advanced Optical Coatings at MRS Meeting
ALBANY, NY - Magnolia Solar Corp. (Magnolia Solar), developer of thin-film solar cell technologies employing nanostructured materials and designs, announced that Dr. Roger E. Welser, the Chief Technology Officer of its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar Inc., presented a paper at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA, entitled "Nanostructured Transparent Conductive Oxides for Photovoltaic Applications," as part of a special session on photovoltaic technologies.
Welser's presentation discussed the use of advanced optical coatings of nanostructured transparent conductive oxide materials that can enhance photovoltaic device performance by minimizing reflection losses and increasing the optical path length within thin-film solar cells. He also discussed the use of nanostructured indium tin oxide (ITO) materials in antireflection structures with a step-graded refractive index design. Such conductive, high-performance optical structures on the front and back surfaces of a thin-film solar cell can potentially increase both the current and voltage output by scattering unabsorbed and emitted photons back into the active region of the device.