The development of organic semiconductors for photovoltaic devices, over the last three
decades, has led to unexpected performance for an alternative choice of materials to convert …

This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Multijunction solar cells are effective for increasing the power conversion efficiency beyond
that of single-junction cells. Indeed, the highest solar cell efficiencies have been achieved …

The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical
water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental …

Despite the rapid development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) over the past few years, the
conversion of solar energy into electricity is not efficient enough or cost-competitive yet. The …

Enhanced near-field at noble metal nanoparticle surfaces due to localized surface plasmon
resonance (LSPR) has been researched in fields ranging from biomedical to photoelectrical …

The emerging field of plasmonics has yielded methods for guiding and localizing light at the
nanoscale, well below the scale of the wavelength of light in free space. Now plasmonics …

When light interacts with a metal nanoparticle (NP), its conduction electrons can be driven
by the incident electric field in collective oscillations known as localized surface plasmon …

Coinage metals, such as Au, Ag, and Cu, have been important materials throughout
history.(1) Although in ancient cultures they were admired primarily for their ability to reflect …

Solar energy is abundant and environmentally friendly. Light trap** in solar-energy-
harvesting devices or structures is of critical importance. This article reviews light trap** …