Harnessing singlet exciton fission to break the Shockley–Queisser limit

A Rao, RH Friend - Nature reviews materials, 2017 - nature.com
Singlet exciton fission is a carrier multiplication process in organic semiconductors that
generates two electron–hole pairs for each photon absorbed. Singlet fission occurs on sub …

[HTML][HTML] Improving spectral modification for applications in solar cells: A review

J Day, S Senthilarasu, TK Mallick - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The spectral mismatch between solar cells and incident radiation is a fundamental factor
limiting their efficiencies. There exist materials and luminescent processes which can modify …

Energy management in hybrid organic-silicon nanostructured solar cells by downshifting using CdZnS/ZnS and CdZnSe/ZnS quantum dots

MF Abdelbar, M Abdelhameed, M Esmat, M El-Kemary… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Management of the solar spectrum by downshifting has been a key theme in broadband
solar cell research over the last few years. The absorption of high-energy photons that …

Management of losses (thermalization-transmission) in the Si-QDs inside 3C–SiC to design an ultra-high-efficiency solar cell

H Heidarzadeh, A Rostami, M Dolatyari - Materials Science in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermalization loss is one of the major losses in the single junction solar cells. Here, 3C–
SiC as a wide bandgap semiconductor is used to manage this loss. To prevent the …

Numerical analysis of hybrid photovoltaic-thermal systems utilizing different spectral bandpass filters

NJY Liew, HJ Lee - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) solar technology can produce electricity and heat
simultaneously. The intention of hybridizing PV and thermal systems is to maximize the …

Down-shifting by quantum dots for silicon solar cell applications

A Flores-Pacheco, ME Álvarez-Ramos… - Solar Cells and Light …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present chapter describes the influence of quantum dots (QDs) on the performance of
commercially available, as well as in-house fabricated planar and nanotexturized Si-based …

Luminescent converter of solar light into electrical energy. Review

MR Kulish, VP Kostylyov, AV Sachenko… - Semiconductor …, 2016 - irbis-nbuv.gov.ua
We review a status of the research on conversion of solar energy into electricity by using the
systems that split the solar spectrum with a set of luminescent concentrators. Influence of the …

Modeling of solar cell efficiency improvement using pyramid grating in single junction silicon solar cell

H Heidarzadeh, M Dolatyari, G Rostami… - … Congress on Energy …, 2015 - Springer
In order to manipulate light in more effective ways than conventional optical materials to
convert extra and cheap electrical energy from the sunlight we focused on surface and …

Phosphors for solar spectrum modification

A Nande, S Raut, SJ Dhoble - Phosphor Handbook, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficiencies of solar cells are highly affected by spectral mismatch between solar cells
and radiation of incident source. Luminescent materials or phosphors have significant …

[HTML][HTML] Interfacial Engineering and Spectroscopy of Spin-Triplet Excitons For Singlet Fission Sensitization of Silicon Solar Cells

CF Perkinson - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Silicon solar cells account for 95% of global solar energy production today, but their power
conversion efficiencies have improved by barely 2% in 25 years as they ap-proach their …