Photon upconversion for photovoltaics and photocatalysis: a critical review: focus review
Opportunities for enhancing solar energy harvesting using photon upconversion are
reviewed. The increasing prominence of bifacial solar cells is an enabling factor for the …
reviewed. The increasing prominence of bifacial solar cells is an enabling factor for the …
Photochemical upconversion: present status and prospects for its application to solar energy conversion
All photovoltaic solar cells transmit photons with energies below the absorption threshold
(bandgap) of the absorber material, which are therefore usually lost for the purpose of solar …
(bandgap) of the absorber material, which are therefore usually lost for the purpose of solar …
Towards efficient solid-state triplet–triplet annihilation based photon upconversion: Supramolecular, macromolecular and self-assembled systems
Photon upconversion through sensitized Triplet–Triplet Annihilation (TTA-UC) has regained
a lot of interest during the last decade mainly due to its potential for significantly increased …
a lot of interest during the last decade mainly due to its potential for significantly increased …
Intermediate band solar cells: Recent progress and future directions
Extensive literature and publications on intermediate band solar cells (IBSCs) are reviewed.
A detailed discussion is given on the thermodynamics of solar energy conversion in IBSCs …
A detailed discussion is given on the thermodynamics of solar energy conversion in IBSCs …
Recent advances in materials for and applications of triplet–triplet annihilation-based upconversion
Triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) has been attracting attention in various
fields as a promising tool to efficiently generate a shorter-wavelength photon than incident …
fields as a promising tool to efficiently generate a shorter-wavelength photon than incident …
Triplet–triplet annihilation photon-upconversion: towards solar energy applications
Solar power production and solar energy storage are important research areas for
development of technologies that can facilitate a transition to a future society independent of …
development of technologies that can facilitate a transition to a future society independent of …
Improving the light-harvesting of amorphous silicon solar cells with photochemical upconversion
Single-threshold solar cells are fundamentally limited by their ability to harvest only those
photons above a certain energy. Harvesting below-threshold photons and re-radiating this …
photons above a certain energy. Harvesting below-threshold photons and re-radiating this …
On the efficiency limit of triplet–triplet annihilation for photochemical upconversion
Photochemical upconversion is performed, whereby emitter triplet states are produced
through triplet energy transfer from sensitizer molecules excited with low energy photons …
through triplet energy transfer from sensitizer molecules excited with low energy photons …
Beyond Shockley–Queisser: molecular approaches to high-efficiency photovoltaics
Molecular materials afford abundant flexibility in the tunability of physical and electronic
properties. As such, they are ideally suited to engineering low-cost, flexible, light-harvesting …
properties. As such, they are ideally suited to engineering low-cost, flexible, light-harvesting …
Kinetic analysis of photochemical upconversion by triplet− triplet annihilation: beyond any spin statistical limit
Upconversion (UC) via triplet− triplet annihilation (TTA) is a promising concept to improve
the energy conversion efficiency of solar cells by harvesting photons below the energy …
the energy conversion efficiency of solar cells by harvesting photons below the energy …