Self-cleaning effect of highly water-repellent microshell structures for solar cell applications

By Y. Park, H. Im, M. Im, Yang-Kyu Choi. 2011

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Radiative cooling of solar cells (2014, background): “Third, it has been demonstrated in solar cells that a microstructure patterning [41] with aspect ratio similar to the silica pyramid, or nanostructure patterning [42], has superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning functionality.”
Superhydrophobic surfaces: a review on fundamentals, applications, and challenges (2018, methodology): “A microshell array of PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) layer, with a contact angle of 151 and contact angle hysteresis of 19 , was fabricated by Park et al.(142) The superhydrophobic surface was transparent and highly water-repellent and could be used in solar panels.”
Radiative cooling for solar cells (2015, background): “Third, it has been demonstrated in solar cells that a microstructure patterning [41] with aspect ratio similar to the silica pyramid, or nanostructure patterning [42], has superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning functionality.”
Candle-based process for creating a stable superhydrophobic surface (2014, background): “This self-cleaning effect could be applied to a surface to keep it dust free, such as on the outer wall of a skyscraper [1] or on solar cell panels [2].”