Research frontiers of light-harvesting solar cells

Emergent Schemes for Artificial Light-Harvesting Mimicking photosynthesis is perhaps the most intuitive scheme for building photovoltaic devices: as photovoltaic solar cells convert sunlight into electricity, biological LHCs use …

Emergent Models for Artificial Light-Harvesting

Emergent Schemes for Artificial Light-Harvesting Mimicking photosynthesis is perhaps the most intuitive scheme for building photovoltaic devices: as photovoltaic solar cells convert sunlight into electricity, biological LHCs use …

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High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Low-Temperature Processed Electron Extraction Layer

Organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is considered one of the most promising energy harvesting technologies due to its high power conversion effic... 1 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 2 Green Technology Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, …

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Ag Reflectors: An Effective Approach to Improve Light Harvesting …

Abstract: High-performing and commercially viable dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), operable under indirect sunlight illumination, exhibit great potential among …

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Fabrication of Functional Materials for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been developed as a promising photovoltaic cell type in recent decades because of their low cost, environmental frien... 1 Integrated Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ...

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Frontiers | Improving photosynthesis through multidisciplinary efforts: The next frontier of photosynthesis research

Improving photosynthesis through multidisciplinary efforts

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High efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with a novel two dimensional Cd-V-LDH photoanode

where α is the absorption coefficient, h is the Planck''s constant, ν is the energy of incident light, A is an arbitrary constant, and Eg is the band gap energy of a material LDH. The nature of band gap transition depends upon the n value of a LDH material; n = 1/2 for direct transition and n = 2 for indirect transition. ...

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Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells: Degradation Mechanisms and Remedies

Inorganic–organic metal halide perovskite light harvester-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have come to the limelight of solar cell research due to their ... where R A, R B, and R X are the ionic radii of the A, B, and X ions, respectively. Ideally, t > 1 results in hexagonal or tetragonal structures. 1 > t > 0.9 produces a cubic structure, 0.9 > t > 0.71 gives an …

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Bioinspired solar cells: contribution of biology to light harvesting systems

Mimicking strategies for bioinspired 3D arrays of DSSCs inspired by leaves. DSSC, dye-sensitized solar cell. Reproduced with permission from Yun, M.J., Sim, Y.H., Cha, S.I., Lee, D.Y., 2019. Leaf ...

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Research progress of g–C3N4–based materials for photothermal …

Subsequently, the review systematically examines the latest advancements in the application of g–C 3 N 4 –based photothermal-assisted photocatalysis across a spectrum …

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Bioinspired solar cells: contribution of biology to light harvesting …

19.1. Introduction Solar energy is clean and green energy for providing an excellent solution to complete energy demand. Light harvesting systems like solar cells are important devices for absorbing the light energy and converting that energy into electrical energy.

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Energy Harvesting Under Dim-Light Condition With Dye …

We demonstrate highly efficient energy harvesting devices for dim-light application under 200 lux irradiation using dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) and …

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Push-Pull Zinc Porphyrins as Light-Harvesters for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Highly efficient porphyrin-sensitized solar cells with enhanced light harvesting ability beyond 800 nm and efficiency exceeding 10%. Energy Environ. Sci. 7, 1392–1396. doi: 10.1039/c3ee44168g

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The Promise and Challenges of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Single-junction and perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells (TSCs) with an inverted architecture have achieved certified PCEs of 26.15% and 33.9% respectively, showing …

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Structural Diversity of Photosystem I and Its Light-Harvesting System in Eukaryotic Algae and Plants

Interestingly, in the green lineage, exists a short-term light-adaptation process to regulate the light-harvesting capacity of PSI and PSII, this termed "state transition". During this process, a portion of LHCII is phosphorylated and dissociated from PSII and moved to PSI, forming a PSI-LHCI-LHCII supercomplex.

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Research Frontiers in Solar Light Harvesting

In continuously growing technology‐driven society, an urgent need for efficient solar light harvesting to achieve sustainable solutions in science and industry exists. Design of nanoarchitectures and smart hybridization with specific active materials has emerged as an interesting platform for light‐harvesting and visible‐light‐driven …

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Beyond the Shockley-Queisser limit: Exploring new frontiers in solar energy harvest …

Surpassing the SQ limit has long been a pivotal challenge in photovoltaic research, prompting the question: Can the energy typically lost as heat in solar cells be reclaimed? Two strategies, carrier multiplication (CM) and hot-carrier (HC) extraction, offer promising pathways., offer promising pathways.

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Visible Light‐Active Photocatalysis | Wiley Online Books

A comprehensive and timely overview of this important and hot topic, with special emphasis placed on environmental applications and the potential for solar light harvesting. Following introductory chapters on environmental photocatalysis, water splitting, and applications in synthetic chemistry, further chapters focus on the synthesis and …

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Full‐Spectrum Light‐Harvesting Solar Thermal Electrocatalyst …

4 · Enabling high-efficiency solar thermal conversion (STC) at catalytic active site is critical but challenging for harnessing solar energy to boost catalytic reactions. Herein, …

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The Regulation of Light Sensing and Light-Harvesting Impacts the Use of Cyanobacteria as Biotechnology Platforms

Figure 1. Light-harvesting in cyanobacteria and potential costs and/or contributions to solar energy conversion.Light harvested in cyanobacteria can be used with carbon dioxide (CO 2) and water (H 2 O) for photosynthesis. When excess energy is absorbed, it can ...

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(PDF) Solar Cell and Solar Energy Harvesting : An Overview

It is a basic description of solar pv cell and solar power harvest technology. This paper describes the scenario of this sector,from its very beginning to current developments. The ...

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Improving the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells based on …

Improving the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells based ...

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Quantum Dot Solar Cells: From Conventional QDs to Halide …

This Research Topic on Quantum Dot Solar Cells is focused on the synthesis, characterization and modeling of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and …

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Enhanced light harvesting in PM6:Y6 organic solar cells using plasmonic nanostructures

PDF | On Jun 8, 2023, Shymaa Sanad and others published Enhanced light harvesting in PM6:Y6 organic solar cells using plasmonic nanostructures | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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Recent Applications of Carbon Nanotubes in Organic Solar Cells

School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa In recent years, carbon-based materials, particularly carbon nanotubes (CNTs), have gained intensive research attention in the fabrication of …

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Frontiers, opportunities, and challenges in perovskite solar cells: A critical review | Request PDF

Among various solar cell structures, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as the best ones in the PV industry in recent years. These are one of the most important types of solar PV cells ...

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Stable PbS colloidal quantum dot inks enable blade-coating infrared solar cells | Frontiers …

Infrared solar cells are more effective than normal bandgap solar cells at reducing the spectral loss in the near-infrared region, thus also at broadening the absorption spectra and improving power conversion efficiency. PbS colloidal quantum dots (QDs) with tunable bandgap are ideal infrared photovoltaic materials. However, QD solar …

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