Photoenergy and thin film materials

Title:

Author:

Yang, Xiao-Yu, editor.

ISBN:

9781119580553

9781119580478

9781119580546

9781119580461

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part I: Advanced Photoenergy Materials; 1 Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Carbon Nanostructures; 1.2.1 Structure and Physical Properties; 1.2.2 Chemical Functionalization Approaches; 1.3 Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices; 1.3.1 Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells; 1.3.1.1 Carbon Nanostructures as Dopants for the Inorganic Semiconducting Layer; 1.3.1.2 Carbon Nanostructures as Dopants for the Electrolyte

1.3.1.3 Carbon Nanostructure-Based Photosensitizers1.3.2 Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Perovskite Solar Cells; 1.3.2.1 Carbon Nanostructure-Based Electrodes for Perovskite Solar Cells; 1.3.2.2 Carbon Nanostructure-Based Hole Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells; 1.3.2.3 Carbon Nanostructure-Based Electron Transporting Layers for Perovskite Solar Cells; 1.3.2.4 Carbon Nanostructures Integrated Within the Photoactive Layer of Perovskite Solar Cells; 1.4 Conclusions and Outlook; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future; 2.1 Introduction

2.2 Operational Mechanism2.3 Sensitizer; 2.3.1 Ruthenium-Based Dyes; 2.3.2 Organic Dyes; 2.3.3 Natural Dyes; 2.3.4 Porphyrin Dyes; 2.3.5 Quantum Dot Sensitizers; 2.3.6 Perovskite-Based Sensitizers; 2.4 Photoanode; 2.4.1 Nanoarchitectures; 2.4.2 Light Scattering Materials; 2.4.3 Composites; 2.4.4 Doping; 2.4.5 Interfacial Engineering; 2.4.6 TiCl4 Treatment; 2.5 Electrolyte; 2.5.1 Liquid Electrolytes; 2.5.2 Quasi-Solid-State Electrolytes; 2.5.3 Solid-State Transport Materials; 2.6 Counter Electrode; 2.6.1 Metals and Alloys; 2.6.2 Carbon-Based Materials; 2.6.3 Conducting Polymers

2.6.4 Transition Metal Compounds2.6.5 Hybrid Materials; 2.7 Summary and Perspectives; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Perovskite Solar Modules: Correlation Between Efficiency and Scalability; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Printing Techniques; 3.2.1 Solution Processing Techniques; 3.2.2 Vacuum-Based Techniques; 3.3 Scaling Up Process; 3.3.1 Spin Coated PSM; 3.3.2 Blade Coated PSM; 3.3.3 Slot Die Coating; 3.3.4 Screen-Printed PSM; 3.3.5 Vacuum-Based PSM; 3.3.6 Solvent and Vacuum Free Perovskite Deposition; 3.4 Modules Architecture; 3.4.1 Series-Connected Solar Modules

3.4.2 Parallel-Connected Solar Modules3.5 Process Flow for the Production of Perovskite-Based Solar Modules; 3.5.1 The P1-P2-P3 Process; 3.5.1.1 P1 Process, Ablation of the Transparent Conducting Oxide Electrodes; 3.5.1.2 P2 Process, Ablation of the Active Layers; 3.5.1.3 P3 Process, Isolation of the Counter-Electrodes; 3.5.1.4 Safety Areas; References; 4 Brief Review on Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) Solar Cells; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Photovoltaic Effect; 4.1.2 Solar Cell Material; 4.2 Factors Affecting PV Performance; 4.2.1 Doping; 4.2.2 Diffusion and Drift Current

Abstract:

This book provides the latest research & developments and future trends in photoenergy and thin film materials--two important areas that have the potential to spearhead the future of the industry. Photoenergy materials are expected to be a next generation class of materials to provide secure, safe, sustainable and affordable energy. Photoenergy devices are known to convert the sunlight into electricity. These types of devices are simple in design with a major advantage as they are stand-alone systems able to provide megawatts of power. They have been applied as a power source for solar home systems, remote buildings, water pumping, megawatt scale power plants, satellites, communications, and space vehicles. With such a list of enormous applications, the demand for photoenergy devices is growing every year. On the other hand, thin films coating, which can be defined as the barriers of surface science, the fields of materials science and applied physics are progressing as a unified discipline of scientific industry. A thin film can be termed as a very fine, or thin layer of material coated on a particular surface, that can be in the range of a nanometer in thickness to several micrometers in size. Thin films are applied in numerous areas ranging from protection purposes to electronic semiconductor devices. The 16 chapters in this volume, all written by subject matter experts, demonstrate the claim that both photoenergy and thin film materials have the potential to be the future of industry.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Photovoltaic cells.

Solar cells.

Thin films.

Cellules photovoltaïques.

Cellules solaires.

Couches minces.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.

Energy.

SCIENCE.