Ferroelectric-semiconductor photovoltaics: Non-PN junction solar cells

STUDIES OF SILICON PN JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS By

Photovoltaics: solar cells on curtains.

Photovoltaic devices directly convert solar energy into electricity, and thus are highly attractive for a wide range of applications. Although the energy harvested by solar cell technology accounts for only about 0.04% of today’s global energy consumption1, it is one of the fastestgrowing energy sectors, in part because of the vast research and development efforts that have been undertaken in r...

Photovoltaics: an alternative 'Sun' for solar cells.

Quantum junction solar cells.

Colloidal quantum dot solids combine convenient solution-processing with quantum size effect tuning, offering avenues to high-efficiency multijunction cells based on a single materials synthesis and processing platform. The highest-performing colloidal quantum dot rectifying devices reported to date have relied on a junction between a quantum-tuned absorber and a bulk material (e.g., TiO(2)); h...

Photovoltaics: More solar cells for less.