Research Article

Effectively Improved SiO2-TiO2 Composite Films Applied in Commercial Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Table 4

Cost in fabricating ARCs.

Cost in ARC process
(USD)
PECVD
(Si3N4)
Spin-coating
(SiO2-TiO2)

Equipments 1,040,00033,333
Materials (1 year)407,000121,300
Running cost/Per Watt
(first five years)
0.01540.003
Running cost/Per Watt
(five years later)
0.010.003