Title
Nanostructured materials for high efficiency solar cells
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Micha D.N.
Jakomin R.
Kawabata R.M.S.
Pires M.P.
Souza P.L.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
In the past few decades, the use of low dimensional structures has evolved from a basic science laboratory to a solution for both the improvement of existing electronic and optoelectronic devices and the development of new ones. In the particular case of devices based on nanostructured III-V semiconductor materials such as lasers, LEDs, and photodetectors, their improved performance has been extensively demonstrated and they are already on the market. This is not fully the case for solar cells yet. It is true that research on solar cells has started many decades ago, but in this century, mostly due to the predicted consequences of global warming and the energetic challenge the world is facing, the field received an extra push and the investigation of potential improvement in solar energy conversion efficiency using nanostructures was only natural to be pursued. In this chapter, we discuss the use of III-V semiconductor quantum wells, quantum wires, and quantum dots as alternatives to boost the performance of solar cells.
Start page
201
End page
227
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-tecnología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85129057640
Resource of which it is part
Sustainable Material Solutions for Solar Energy Technologies: Processing Techniques and Applications
ISBN of the container
978-012821592-0
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus