Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures

ML Brongersma, Y Cui, S Fan - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
High-performance photovoltaic cells use semiconductors to convert sunlight into clean
electrical power, and transparent dielectrics or conductive oxides as antireflection coatings …

Recent advances in antireflective surfaces based on nanostructure arrays

J Cai, L Qi - Materials Horizons, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Reducing the reflection and improving the transmission or absorption of light from wide
angles of incidence in a broad wavelength range are crucial for enhancing the performance …

Hole Selective MoOx Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

C Battaglia, X Yin, M Zheng, ID Sharp, T Chen… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Using an ultrathin (∼ 15 nm in thickness) molybdenum oxide (MoO x, x< 3) layer as a
transparent hole selective contact to n-type silicon, we demonstrate a room-temperature …

Integrating a Silicon Solar Cell with a Triboelectric Nanogenerator via a Mutual Electrode for Harvesting Energy from Sunlight and Raindrops

Y Liu, N Sun, J Liu, Z Wen, X Sun, ST Lee, B Sun - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Solar cells, as promising devices for converting light into electricity, have a dramatically
reduced performance on rainy days. Here, an energy harvesting structure that integrates a …

Nanostructures for light trap** in thin film solar cells

A Peter Amalathas, MM Alkaisi - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thin film solar cells are one of the important candidates utilized to reduce the cost of
photovoltaic production by minimizing the usage of active materials. However, low light …

All-back-contact ultra-thin silicon nanocone solar cells with 13.7% power conversion efficiency

S Jeong, MD McGehee, Y Cui - Nature communications, 2013 - nature.com
Thinner Si solar cells with higher efficiency can make a Si photovoltaic system a cost-
effective energy solution, and nanostructuring has been suggested as a promising method …

Efficient scavenging of solar and wind energies in a smart city

S Wang, X Wang, ZL Wang, Y Yang - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
To realize the sustainable energy supply in a smart city, it is essential to maximize energy
scavenging from the city environments for achieving the self-powered functions of some …

Recent development in hybrid conducting polymers: synthesis, applications and future prospects

S Iqbal, S Ahmad - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The hybrid conducting polymers (HCPs) possesses unusual properties of both conducting
polymers (CPs) and organic/inorganic nanoparticles, which drawn much attraction to the …