Solar Cells and Light Management: Materials, Strategies and Sustainability provides an extensive review on the latest advances in PV materials, along with light management strategies for better exploiting the solar spectrum. Following a brief review of the current status of solar cells, the book discusses different concepts, principles and technologies for solar devices, starting with standard silicon cells and then covering organic-hybrid, DSSC, perovskite, quantum dots and nanostructured oxide solar cells. Other sections focus on light manipulation and spectral modification, materials for spectral conversion, and environmental and sustainably considerations.
An emergy analysis, which is an extension of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, is applied to the study of solar PV systems, thus allowing for effective integrated indicators.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xvii 8. Chapter One. Solar cells' evolution and perspectives: a short review - p. 1 9. Section I. Solar cells: principles and technologies - p. 32 10. Chapter Two. Silicon solar cells: materials, technologies, architectures - p. 35 11. Chapter Three. Ternary organic solar cells - p. 59 12. Chapter Four. Dye-sensitized solar cells: from synthetic dyes to natural pigments - p. 107 13. Chapter Five. Perovskite solar cells - p. 163 14. Chapter Six. All-oxide solar cells - p. 229 15. Section II. Light manipulation and scattering - p. 246 16. Chapter Seven. Simulations of conventional and augmented types of solar cells - p. 249 17. Chapter Eight. Light trapping by plasmonic nanoparticles - p. 277 18. Chapter Nine. Wave-optical front structures on silicon and perovskite thin-film solar cells - p. 315 19. Chapter Ten. Organic and perovskite photovoltaics for indoor applications - p. 355 20. Section III. Materials for spectral conversion - p. 388 21. Chapter Eleven. Glass ceramics for frequency conversion - p. 391 22. Chapter Twelve. Downconversion for 1μm luminescence in lanthanide and Yb3+ co-doped phosphors - p. 415 23. Chapter Thirteen. Down-shifting by quantum dots for silicon solar cell applications - p. 443 24. Section IV. Environmental and sustainability considerations - p. 477 25. Chapter Fourteen. On sustainable PV–solar exploitation: an emergy analysis - p. 481 26. Chapter Fifteen. Integrating life cycle assessment and commodity chain analysis to explore sustainable and just photovoltaics - p. 509 27. Index - p. 529
Solar Cells and Light Management: Materials, Strategies and Sustainability provides an extensive review on the latest advances in PV materials, along with light management strategies for better exploiting the solar spectrum. Following a brief review of the current status of solar cells, the book discusses different concepts, principles and technologies for solar devices, starting with standard silicon cells and then covering organic-hybrid, DSSC, perovskite, quantum dots and nanostructured oxide solar cells. Other sections focus on light manipulation and spectral modification, materials for spectral conversion, and environmental and sustainably considerations.
An emergy analysis, which is an extension of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, is applied to the study of solar PV systems, thus allowing for effective integrated indicators.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xvii 8. Chapter One. Solar cells' evolution and perspectives: a short review - p. 1 9. Section I. Solar cells: principles and technologies - p. 32 10. Chapter Two. Silicon solar cells: materials, technologies, architectures - p. 35 11. Chapter Three. Ternary organic solar cells - p. 59 12. Chapter Four. Dye-sensitized solar cells: from synthetic dyes to natural pigments - p. 107 13. Chapter Five. Perovskite solar cells - p. 163 14. Chapter Six. All-oxide solar cells - p. 229 15. Section II. Light manipulation and scattering - p. 246 16. Chapter Seven. Simulations of conventional and augmented types of solar cells - p. 249 17. Chapter Eight. Light trapping by plasmonic nanoparticles - p. 277 18. Chapter Nine. Wave-optical front structures on silicon and perovskite thin-film solar cells - p. 315 19. Chapter Ten. Organic and perovskite photovoltaics for indoor applications - p. 355 20. Section III. Materials for spectral conversion - p. 388 21. Chapter Eleven. Glass ceramics for frequency conversion - p. 391 22. Chapter Twelve. Downconversion for 1μm luminescence in lanthanide and Yb3+ co-doped phosphors - p. 415 23. Chapter Thirteen. Down-shifting by quantum dots for silicon solar cell applications - p. 443 24. Section IV. Environmental and sustainability considerations - p. 477 25. Chapter Fourteen. On sustainable PV–solar exploitation: an emergy analysis - p. 481 26. Chapter Fifteen. Integrating life cycle assessment and commodity chain analysis to explore sustainable and just photovoltaics - p. 509 27. Index - p. 529
