The field of photovoltaics (PVs) is rapidly advancing to meet global energy needs. Traditional vacuum-based PV fabrication is costly, prompting a shift toward solution-based methods. This has led to the rise of emerging technologies like perovskite solar cells, quantum dot solar cells, organic solar cells, nano-ink based solar cells, and dye-sensitized solar cells, achieving efficiencies near 30%. This book offers a comprehensive overview of these technologies, focusing on their chemical and physical foundations, components, and working mechanisms . It highlights recent developments, challenges, and future prospects, making it a valuable resource for researchers and students exploring the capabilities of solution processed solar cells.
Key features:
- Covers the latest advancements in solution-processed solar cell technology
- Highlights challenges and presents opportunities for advancement and applications
- Introduces and intertwines fundamental concepts with practical experimental approaches and outcomes
- Pedagogical features include working mechanisms with illustrations, step-by-step guides and case studies
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Energy and the solar photovoltaics landscape: an overview
Chapter 2: Introduction to solar cell devices
Chapter 3: Solution-processed fabrication methods
Chapter 4: Copper-based chalcogenide solar cells
Chapter 5: Colloidal quantum dot solar cells
Chapter 6: Dye-sensitized solar cells
Chapter 7: Perovskite-based solar cells
Chapter 8: Organic and polymer-based cells
About the Author :
Richard A. Taylor is Senior Lecturer in materials chemistry at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. He gained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica in 2009. His research focuses on optoelectronic materials for use in electronic devices, including solar cells, metal-organic liquid crystals, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films and luminescent metal-organic frameworks.
Karthik Ramasamy is a Scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, US. He received his PhD from the University of Manchester, UK in 2010. His main research interests are development and studies of materials and material composites for energy and catalytic applications.
