Solar Energy Conversion: the Solar Cell

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
J.W. Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion

scholarly journals The interlayer coupling modulation of a g-C3N4/WTe2 heterostructure for solar cell applications

RSC Advances ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 998-1004
Author(s):  
Peng Lin ◽  
Nengshen Xu ◽  
Xiaolin Tan ◽  
Xuhui Yang ◽  
Rui Xiong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Interlayer Coupling ◽  
Conversion Performance

g-C3N4/WTe2 heterostructure with tunable vdW gap shows a favorable solar energy conversion performance.

Tailoring the porosity of MOF-derived N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for highly efficient solar energy conversion

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (41) ◽  
pp. 20170-20183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Soo Kang ◽  
Jiho Kang ◽  
Dong Young Chung ◽  
Yoon Jun Son ◽  
Seoni Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Pore Sizes ◽  
Highly Efficient

Pore sizes of MOF-derived N-doped carbons were tailored for mesoscopic solar cell applications.

scholarly journals Molecular approaches to solar energy conversion: the energetic cost of charge separation from molecular-excited states

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 (1996) ◽  
pp. 20120195 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Durrant
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Energetic Cost ◽  
The Core ◽  
Molecular Approaches ◽  
Cell Technologies ◽  
Molecular Excited States

This review starts with a brief overview of the technological potential of molecular-based solar cell technologies. It then goes on to focus on the core scientific challenge associated with using molecular light-absorbing materials for solar energy conversion, namely the separation of short-lived, molecular-excited states into sufficiently long-lived, energetic, separated charges capable of generating an external photocurrent. Comparisons are made between different molecular-based solar cell technologies, with particular focus on the function of dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical solar cells as well as parallels with the function of photosynthetic reaction centres. The core theme of this review is that generating charge carriers with sufficient lifetime and a high quantum yield from molecular-excited states comes at a significant energetic cost—such that the energy stored in these charge-separated states is typically substantially less than the energy of the initially generated excited state. The role of this energetic loss in limiting the efficiency of solar energy conversion by such devices is emphasized, and strategies to minimize this energy loss are compared and contrasted.

scholarly journals On thermodynamic inconsistencies in several photosynthetic and solar cell models and how to fix them

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1008-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky ◽  
Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Cell Models

We analyze standard theoretical models of solar energy conversion developed to study solar cells and photosynthetic systems.

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