Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies
by Lu, Yalin; Lusk, Mark T.; Merrill, John M.; Bailey, Sheila; Franceschetti, AlbertoFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-12-31
Publisher(s): Cambridge Univ Pr
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Summary
Symposium B, "Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies," was held April 26-29 at the 2011 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. Direct conversion of solar energy to electricity by photovoltaic (PV) devices is an important element of the portfolio of next-generation green power production. Although crystalline Si is currently the dominant material for making solar cells, new solar cells using thin films have been emerging due to their high competitiveness in cost reduction. Even more exotic materials have generated a great deal of excitement as in, for instance, assemblies composed of quantum dots and/or wires in which quantum confinement is used as a design parameter. Dye cells and organic PVs are also being pursued as affordable and low-cost paradigms. All such new and promising materials systems present challenges associated with the efficient absorption and collection of generated carriers, and the associated roadblocks stand between concept and practical implementation. This symposium proceedings volume represents the recent advances in all above mentioned areas.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings | p. xiii |
| * Absorption Enhancement in Plasmonic Solar Cells by Incorporation of Periodic Nanopatterns | p. 1 |
| Gold Nanolayers Embedded in Zinc Oxide for Large Area Flexible Photovoltaics | p. 13 |
| Fabrication of Subsurface Metallic Nanoparticles for Enhanced Carrier Generation in Silicon-based Photovoltaics | p. 21 |
| Advanced Optical Modeling of Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells with 1-D Periodic Gratings | p. 27 |
| Effective Medium Analysis of Plasmonic Silver Nanoparticle Films | p. 33 |
| *Invited Paper | |
| Photoluminescence Properties of Core/Shell CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots Encapsulated with Transparent Layers for Third Generation Photovoltaics | p. 39 |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid CdS/MEH-PPV Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Applications | p. 45 |
| Photovoltaic Applications of Micro- and Nano-crystalline Silicon Carbide | p. 51 |
| Nanodot Formation in Thermally Annealed UHV-RTCVD Grown Si1-xGex Epitaxial Layers on Silicon for Photovoltaics | p. 57 |
| Improved Hole Collection in Polymer Heterojunction Solar Cells with DNA/Pt-DNA Layers | p. 63 |
| Improvement of the Power Conversion Efficiency of Polymeric Solar Cells Based on P3HT: PCBM Through Interfacial Modification | p. 69 |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Rare Earth (Tb3+ and Yb3+) Doped CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals for Enhanced Photovoltaic Efficiency | p. 75 |
| Chalcogenide Glass Thin Films for Nanodipole Junctionless Photovoltaics | p. 83 |
| Non-idealities in Graphene/p-silicon Schottky-barrier Solar Cells | p. 89 |
| Simulation of Symmetrically Doped Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells | p. 95 |
| Numerical Simulations for the Efficiency Improvement of Hybrid Dye-microcrystalline Silicon Pin-solar Cells | p. 101 |
| Mesophase Ordering and Structuring of Porous Titanium Dioxide with High Surface Area and Strong Light Harvesting Matrix for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell | p. 107 |
| Exploring the Limits of Phosphor-based Spectral Management for Photovoltaic Applications | p. 113 |
| The Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Stability and Performance Study Using Different Electrolytes | p. 119 |
| Thermal Annealing Effect on P3HT: PCBM Free Polarons Lifetime and Charge Transport | p. 127 |
| Characterization of Dye-sensitized Solar Cell with Different Nanoparticle Sizes | p. 133 |
| Pulsed Laser Deposition of Silicon Nanostructures | p. 141 |
| Author Index | p. 147 |
| Subject Index | p. 149 |
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