Antireflection Enhancement by Composite Nanoporous Zeolite 3A–Carbon Thin Film

Zwitterion Embedded Thin Film Composite Membrane for Oily Wastewater Treatment

The recent development in oil and gas industry increases the production and consumption of oil. The enormous amount of oily wastewater produced is urged to be treated to prevent humanity and environment from being threatened. Membrane technology is an appealing alternative for oily wastewater treatment due to its design simplicity, energy efficiency and environmentally benign approach. In this ...

Nanoporous Zeolite Thin Film-Based Fiber Intrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric Sensor for Detection of Dissolved Organics in Water

A fiber optic intrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric (IFPI) chemical sensor was developed by fine-polishing a thin layer of polycrystalline nanoporous MFI zeolite synthesized on the cleaved endface of a single mode fiber. The sensor operated by monitoring the optical thickness changes of the zeolite thin film caused by the adsorption of organic molecules into the zeolite channels. The optical th...

Scalable Production of Mechanically Robust Antireflection Film for Omnidirectional Enhanced Flexible Thin Film Solar Cells

Antireflection (AR) at the interface between the air and incident window material is paramount to boost the performance of photovoltaic devices. 3D nanostructures have attracted tremendous interest to reduce reflection, while the structure is vulnerable to the harsh outdoor environment. Thus the AR film with improved mechanical property is desirable in an industrial application. Herein, a scala...

Light trapping in thin-film solar cells via scattering by nanostructured antireflection coatings

Antireflection coatings designed by the average uniform algorithm for thin film solar cells.

Effective coatings improve the performance of any device designed to emit or collect light over a range of angles and wavelengths. Improved broadband and wide angle antireflection coatings (ARCs) are a simple and direct way to improve solar cell performance. In this paper we demonstrate a multilayered ARC optimized using a new meta-heuristic algorithm called the average uniform algorithm (AUA)....