Slow hot‐carrier cooling in halide perovskites: prospects for hot‐carrier solar cells
Rapid hot‐carrier cooling is a major loss channel in solar cells. Thermodynamic calculations
reveal a 66% solar conversion efficiency for single junction cells (under 1 sun illumination) if …
reveal a 66% solar conversion efficiency for single junction cells (under 1 sun illumination) if …
Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures
Successfully designing an ideal solar cell requires an understanding of the fundamental
physics of photoexcited hot carriers (HCs) and the underlying mechanism of unique …
physics of photoexcited hot carriers (HCs) and the underlying mechanism of unique …
When group-III nitrides go infrared: New properties and perspectives
J Wu - Journal of applied physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Wide-band-gap GaN and Ga-rich InGaN alloys, with energy gaps covering the blue and
near-ultraviolet parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, are one group of the dominant …
near-ultraviolet parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, are one group of the dominant …
Acoustic-optical phonon up-conversion and hot-phonon bottleneck in lead-halide perovskites
The hot-phonon bottleneck effect in lead-halide perovskites (APbX3) prolongs the cooling
period of hot charge carriers, an effect that could be used in the next-generation …
period of hot charge carriers, an effect that could be used in the next-generation …
[HTML][HTML] Third-generation photovoltaics
G Conibeer - Materials today, 2007 - Elsevier
Third-generation approaches to photovoltaics (PVs) aim to achieve high-efficiency devices
but still use thin-film, second-generation deposition methods. The concept is to do this with …
but still use thin-film, second-generation deposition methods. The concept is to do this with …
Material challenges for solar cells in the twenty-first century: directions in emerging technologies
Photovoltaic generation has stepped up within the last decade from outsider status to one of
the important contributors of the ongoing energy transition, with about 1.7% of world …
the important contributors of the ongoing energy transition, with about 1.7% of world …
Hot carrier solar cells and the potential of perovskites for breaking the Shockley–Queisser limit
In this review article, we discuss the working mechanism of hot carrier solar cells (HCSCs),
their prerequisites from a material point of view and consider power conversion efficiencies …
their prerequisites from a material point of view and consider power conversion efficiencies …
Ab Initio Study of Hot Carriers in the First Picosecond after Sunlight Absorption in Silicon
Hot carrier thermalization is a major source of efficiency loss in solar cells. Because of the
subpicosecond time scale and complex physics involved, a microscopic characterization of …
subpicosecond time scale and complex physics involved, a microscopic characterization of …
[HTML][HTML] Theoretical limits of photovoltaics efficiency and possible improvements by intuitive approaches learned from photosynthesis and quantum coherence
In this review, we present and discussed the main trends in photovoltaics (PV) with
emphasize on the conversion efficiency limits. The theoretical limits of various photovoltaics …
emphasize on the conversion efficiency limits. The theoretical limits of various photovoltaics …
Hot carrier solar cells: Principles, materials and design
D König, K Casalenuovo, Y Takeda, G Conibeer… - Physica E: Low …, 2010 - Elsevier
The concept of hot carrier solar cells is discussed in terms of carrier cooling, conditions of
energy-and carrier-selectivity for the energy selective contacts and macroscopic device …
energy-and carrier-selectivity for the energy selective contacts and macroscopic device …