1st Edition

Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies Photophysics and Devices

Edited By Carlito Ponseca Copyright 2019
    386 Pages 34 Color & 97 B/W Illustrations
    by Jenny Stanford Publishing

    386 Pages 34 Color & 97 B/W Illustrations
    by Jenny Stanford Publishing

    The need to address the energy problem and formulate a lasting solution to tame climate change has never been so urgent. The rise of various renewable energy sources, such as solar cell technologies, has given humanity a glimpse of hope that can delay the catastrophic effects of these problems after decades of neglect.

    This review volume provides in-depth discussion of the fundamental photophysical processes as well as the state-of-the-art device engineering of various emerging photovoltaic technologies, including organic (fullerene, non-fullerene, and ternary), dye-sensitized (ruthenium, iron, and quantum dot), and hybrid metal-halide perovskite solar cells. The book is essential reading for graduate and postgraduate students involved in the photophysics and materials science of solar cell technologies.

    1. Fullerene-Based Polymer Solar Cells

    Wanzhu Cai, Zesen Lin, and Lintao Hou

    2. Non-Fullerene-Based Polymer Solar Cells

    Alice Corani

    3. Ternary Sensitization of Organic Solar Cells: A Multifunctional Concept to boost Power Conversion Efficiency

    Negar Kazerouni, Marcella Guenther, Barry C. Thompson, and Tayebeh Ameri

    4. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Photophysics of Coordination Complex

    Vanira Trifiletti and Norberto Manfredi

    5. Fe Complexes as Photosensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Yizhu Liu and Kenneth Wärnmark

    6. Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Huifang Geng and Kaibo Zheng

    7. Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of Perovskites

    Piotr Piątkowski

    8. Using First-Principles Simulations to Understand Perovskite Solar Cells and the Underlying Opto-Electronic Mechanisms

    Claudio Quarti

    Biography

    Carlito S. Ponseca, Jr., is assistant professor at Biomolecular and Organic Electronics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden. He has been investigating ultrafast photophysical processes in different emerging photovoltaic materials over the past ten years. Primarily using time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy, and in tandem with other ultrafast optical absorption and emission spectroscopy techniques, he has authored and co-authored many peer-reviewed papers on early-time charge carrier dynamics of organic, inorganic, dye- and quantum dot-sensitized, and perovskite-based solar cells.