Current Status and Challenges of Solar Cells Based on Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Lin, Shupeng; Peng, Xiaogang

doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02423

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“…When sunlight hits a semiconductor material, it causes excess electrons in the n-zone to move to the p-zone, resulting in electric potential and current, which is also known as the photovoltaic effect . In addition to the common semiconductor material silicon, PSC materials are now gaining a lot of attention .…”

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Advances and Outlook of Boron–Hydrogen Containing Materials for Potential Clean Energy Applications: A Review

Yang

Wang

et al. 2023

Energy Fuels

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Hydrogen energy has characteristics of pollution-free, high energy density, utilized in many forms, which is considered to be the ideal energy to replace traditional fossil energy and the ultimate energy source for human beings. However, how to store it efficiently and safely remains a challenging problem, which limits its large-scale application. The high hydrogen storage density and excellent thermodynamic stability of boron−hydrogen materials make them advantageous in storing hydrogen energy, which provides a good solution to hydrogen storage issues. In addition, boron−hydrogen materials have other potential applications in clean energy fields, and these applications have not been summarized systematically. Therefore, this Review summarizes the research progress of boron−hydrogen materials in storing hydrogen energy, producing hydrogen, acting as a reductant, rocket fuel, and fuel cells. The research progress and the problems faced in the large-scale application of boron−hydrogen materials and future solutions are analyzed. The Review provides valuable insights and references for the potential application research of boron−hydrogen materials.

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Advances and Outlook of Boron–Hydrogen Containing Materials for Potential Clean Energy Applications: A Review

Yang

Wang

et al. 2023

Energy Fuels

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“…Adachi and co-workers provide a mini-review on the development and challenges in organic–inorganic metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with hole transport layer (HTL) materials, focusing on efficiency and stability. The review by the research team of Peng traces the evolutionary trajectory of three main types of QD-based solar cells in terms of history, design principle, and key breakthrough and also discusses the elementary steps involved in these exciton-centered devices. Wong and co-workers report the realization of using the inductive effect stemming from the electron-withdrawing characters of the F substituent and heteroarene to modulate the physical properties of a parent donor molecule DTCPB for vacuum-processed organic photovoltaics.…”

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2021 Pioneers in Energy Research: Vivian Yam

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“…Group IV semiconductors are intensively investigated [1][2][3][4] along with group III-V [5,6], II-VI [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and IV-VI semiconductors [18,19].…”

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FROM Si NANOWIRES TO Ge NANOCRYSTALS FOR VIS-NIR-SWIR SENSORS AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES: A REVIEW

Lepadatu¹,

Stavarache²,

Palade³

et al. 2022

AnnalsARSciPhysChem

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"Nanocrystalline Si and Ge are ofhigh interestfor integrated Si photonics related to light emission, opticul sensors, photodetectors, solar energy harvesting and conversion devices, and also forfloating gate non-volatile memories (NVMs). In this review, we have focused on nanocrystalline porous Si (nc-PS) with extension to Si nanodots, and Ge nanocrystals (NCs)Zquantum dots (QDs)/nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in oxides (SiCh, TiCE, HfCh, AI2O3). The great asset ofnc-PS is its intense photoluminescence in VIS at room temperature (RT), while Ge NCs/NPs embedded in oxides show high photosensitivity in VISNIR-SWIR in the spectral photocurrent up to 1325 nm at RT. Ge NCs/NPs/QDsfloating gate NVMs present high memory performance, the retention characteristics corresponding to the state of the art for NCs floating gate NVMs. We prove the relevance of controlling the preparation parametersfor obtainingfilms with targetedphotoluminescence, photosensitivity and charge storage properties for applications, e.g. VIS-NIR-SWIR optical sensors and photodetectors, and electronic and photoelectric NVMs. We evidence the correlation of preparation conditions, morphology, composition and crystalline structure with optical, electrical, photoelectrical and charge storage properties and also evidence the contribution ofquantum confinement effect, localized States and trapping centers."

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Current Status and Challenges of Solar Cells Based on Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Cited by 16 publications

References 115 publications

Advances and Outlook of Boron–Hydrogen Containing Materials for Potential Clean Energy Applications: A Review

Advances and Outlook of Boron–Hydrogen Containing Materials for Potential Clean Energy Applications: A Review

2021 Pioneers in Energy Research: Vivian Yam

FROM Si NANOWIRES TO Ge NANOCRYSTALS FOR VIS-NIR-SWIR SENSORS AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES: A REVIEW

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