Antireflective coatings with enhanced adhesion strength

(TAR-H) assembly, using a glancing angle deposition technique (GLAD), the dense bottom layer was steadily changed into a spongy middle layer that further changed to a highly porous top layer micmiking a moth eye, reducing the refractive index of the coating from 1.87 to 1.30. The broadband omnidirectional properties of the TAR-H coating, with superior thermal stability and improved scratch resistance, in the visible wavelength range were experimentally demonstrated. The TAR-H coating on FTO and sapphire substrates achieved reflectance of up to <1% in the visible wavelength range.