Toward Highly Efficient Nanostructured Solar Cells Using Concurrent Electrical and Optical Design

A Silicon–Singlet Fission Tandem Solar Cell Exceeding 100% External Quantum Efficiency with High Spectral Stability

(2017) Luis M. Pazos-Outón et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Silicon heterojunction solar cell with interdigitated back contacts for a photoconversion efficiency over 26%

(2017) Kunta Yoshikawa et al.   Nature Energy

Incorporating Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) Quantum Dots into Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Leads to Efficiency Enhancement

(2016) Xiang Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Monolithic perovskite/silicon-heterojunction tandem solar cells processed at low temperature

(2016) Steve Albrecht et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Quantitative determination of optical and recombination losses in thin-film photovoltaic devices based on external quantum efficiency analysis

(2016) Akihiro Nakane et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Efficient, flexible and mechanically robust perovskite solar cells on inverted nanocone plastic substrates

(2016) Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli et al.   Nanoscale

Advances in nanostructured thin film materials for solar cell applications

(2016) N. Ali et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Solar Energy: Progress and Design Concerns of Nanostructured Solar Energy Harvesting Devices (Small 19/2016)

(2016) Siu-Fung Leung et al.   Small

High-efficiency robust perovskite solar cells on ultrathin flexible substrates

(2016) Yaowen Li et al.   Nature Communications

Realizing ordered arrays of nanostructures: A versatile platform for converting and storing energy efficiently

(2016) Zhijie Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Improving Light Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Hybrid Bimetallic Nanostructures

(2016) Holly F. Zarick et al.   ACS Photonics

Efficient silicon solar cells with dopant-free asymmetric heterocontacts

(2016) James Bullock et al.   Nature Energy

Packaging Glass with a Hierarchically Nanostructured Surface: A Universal Method to Achieve Self-Cleaning Omnidirectional Solar Cells

(2015) Chin-An Lin et al.   ACS Nano

Si Hybrid Solar Cells with 13% Efficiency via Concurrent Improvement in Optical and Electrical Properties by Employing Graphene Quantum Dots

(2015) Meng-Lin Tsai et al.   ACS Nano

Realization of 13.6% Efficiency on 20 μm Thick Si/Organic Hybrid Heterojunction Solar Cells via Advanced Nanotexturing and Surface Recombination Suppression

(2015) Jian He et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Efficient Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with Antireflection and Self-Cleaning Nanostructures

(2015) Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli et al.   ACS Nano

Band Engineering in Core/Shell ZnTe/CdSe for Photovoltage and Efficiency Enhancement in Exciplex Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

(2015) Shuang Jiao et al.   ACS Nano

Efficient Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with Cell Area >1 cm2

(2015) Jérémie Werner et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Boosting Power Conversion Efficiencies of Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Beyond 8% by Recombination Control

(2015) Ke Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficiency Enhancement of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells via Photon Management Using Graphene Quantum Dot as Downconverters

(2015) Meng-Lin Tsai et al.   NANO LETTERS

Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells Exploiting Hierarchical Structuring

(2015) André J. Labelle et al.   NANO LETTERS

Atomic layer deposition in nanostructured photovoltaics: tuning optical, electronic and surface properties

(2015) Axel F. Palmstrom et al.   Nanoscale

Black silicon solar cells with interdigitated back-contacts achieve 22.1% efficiency

(2015) Hele Savin et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Plasmonic effect in pn -junction solar cells based on layers of semiconductor nanocrystals: Where to introduce metal nanoparticles?

(2015) Uttiya Dasgupta et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Improved stability and enhanced efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells by using europium doped yttrium vanadate down-shifting nanophosphor

(2015) Nikhil Chander et al.   RSC Advances

Electron-Selective TiO2 Contact for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

(2015) Weitse Hsu et al.   Scientific Reports

Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces for Selective Solar Absorption

(2015) Iryna E. Khodasevych et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Influence of deposition strategies on CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells: a comparison between successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction and chemical bath deposition

(2015) Ru Zhou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Economical low-light photovoltaics by using the Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cell with graphene dot/PEDOT:PSS counter electrodes

(2015) Chuan-Pei Lee et al.   Nano Energy

Recent advances in antireflective surfaces based on nanostructure arrays

(2015) Jinguang Cai et al.   Materials Horizons

Toward Efficient and Omnidirectional n-Type Si Solar Cells: Concurrent Improvement in Optical and Electrical Characteristics by Employing Microscale Hierarchical Structures

(2014) Hsin-Ping Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Au@Ag Core–Shell Nanocubes for Efficient Plasmonic Light Scattering Effect in Low Bandgap Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Se-Woong Baek et al.   ACS Nano

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency

(2014) Jing-De Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Morphology and Performance Relationships

(2014) Ye Huang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Multistack Integration of Three-Dimensional Hyperbranched Anatase Titania Architectures for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2014) Wu-Qiang Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Limited impact on decadal-scale climate change from increased use of natural gas

(2014) Haewon McJeon et al.   NATURE

Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures

(2014) Mark L. Brongersma et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics

(2014) Francesco Priolo et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Photon management in nanostructured solar cells

(2014) Hsin-Ping Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

A broadband and omnidirectional light-harvesting scheme employing nanospheres on Si solar cells

(2014) Guan-Jhong Lin et al.   Nano Energy

Enhanced Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Shape-Controlled Plasmonic Nanostructures

(2014) Holly F. Zarick et al.   ACS Photonics

Realizing High-Efficiency Omnidirectional n-Type Si Solar Cells via the Hierarchical Architecture Concept with Radial Junctions

(2013) Hsin-Ping Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Solar Cells by Using Shape-Dependent Broadband Plasmonic Absorption in Metallic Nanoparticles

(2013) Xuanhua Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Broadband Light-Trapping Enhancement in an Ultrathin Film a-Si Absorber Using Whispering Gallery Modes and Guided Wave Modes with Dielectric Surface-Textured Structures

(2013) Gumin Kang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward high efficiency of inverted organic solar cells: Concurrent improvement in optical and electrical properties of electron transport layers

(2013) S. H. Tsai et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Core/Shell Colloidal Quantum Dot Exciplex States for the Development of Highly Efficient Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2013) Jin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Above-11%-Efficiency Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells with Omnidirectional Harvesting Characteristics by Employing Hierarchical Photon-Trapping Structures

(2013) Wan-Rou Wei et al.   NANO LETTERS

High-Efficiency Nanostructured Window GaAs Solar Cells

(2013) Dong Liang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Single-nanowire solar cells beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit

(2013) Peter Krogstrup et al.   Nature Photonics

The importance of the TiO2/quantum dots interface in the recombination processes of quantum dot sensitized solar cells

(2013) Zion Tachan et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Increased conversion efficiency in cadmium telluride photovoltaics by luminescent downshifting with quantum dot/poly(methyl methacrylate) films

(2013) Simon D. Hodgson et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

External Quantum Efficiency Above 100% in a Singlet-Exciton-Fission-Based Organic Photovoltaic Cell

(2013) D. N. Congreve et al.   SCIENCE

Core-shell silicon nanowire solar cells

(2013) M. M. Adachi et al.   Scientific Reports

24.7% Record Efficiency HIT Solar Cell on Thin Silicon Wafer

(2013) Mikio Taguchi et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Dual Plasmonic Nanostructures for High Performance Inverted Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Xuanhua Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cooperative Plasmonic Effect of Ag and Au Nanoparticles on Enhancing Performance of Polymer Solar Cells

(2012) Luyao Lu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Absorption Enhancement in Ultrathin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells with Antireflection and Light-Trapping Nanocone Gratings

(2012) Ken Xingze Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

An efficient broadband and omnidirectional light-harvesting scheme employing a hierarchical structure based on a ZnO nanorod/Si3N4-coated Si microgroove on 5-inch single crystalline Si solar cells

(2012) Chin-An Lin et al.   Nanoscale

Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics

(2012) Albert Polman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

An 18.2%-efficient black-silicon solar cell achieved through control of carrier recombination in nanostructures

(2012) Jihun Oh et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Improved light scattering and surface plasmon tuning in amorphous silicon solar cells by double-walled carbon nanotubes

(2012) Wei-Chen Tu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Broadband omnidirectional antireflection coating based on subwavelength surface Mie resonators

(2012) P. Spinelli et al.   Nature Communications

The Importance of Fullerene Percolation in the Mixed Regions of Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2012) Jonathan A. Bartelt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

One-Step Synthesis of CdS Sensitized TiO2 Photoanodes for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells by Microwave Assisted Chemical Bath Deposition Method

(2011) Guang Zhu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Significant Efficiency Enhancement of Hybrid Solar Cells Using Core–Shell Nanowire Geometry for Energy Harvesting

(2011) Shin-Hung Tsai et al.   ACS Nano

Light Absorption Enhancement in Thin-Film Solar Cells Using Whispering Gallery Modes in Dielectric Nanospheres

(2011) Jonathan Grandidier et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanowire Solar Cells

(2011) Erik C. Garnett et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Molecular monolayers for conformal, nanoscale doping of InP nanopillar photovoltaics

(2011) Kee Cho et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanowire arrays with controlled structure profiles for maximizing optical collection efficiency

(2011) Hung-Chih Chang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Solar Cell: Bridging Quantum Dots to Conjugated Polymer Nanowires

(2011) Shenqiang Ren et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanoforest of Hydrothermally Grown Hierarchical ZnO Nanowires for a High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

(2011) Seung Hwan Ko et al.   NANO LETTERS

Hybrid Si Microwire and Planar Solar Cells: Passivation and Characterization

(2011) Dong Rip Kim et al.   NANO LETTERS

Solar Cell Light Trapping beyond the Ray Optic Limit

(2011) Dennis M. Callahan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Periodic Si nanopillar arrays by anodic aluminum oxide template and catalytic etching for broadband and omnidirectional light harvesting

(2011) Hsin-Ping Wang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Self-cleaning and antireflective packaging glass for solar modules

(2011) L.K. Verma et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Peak External Photocurrent Quantum Efficiency Exceeding 100% via MEG in a Quantum Dot Solar Cell

(2011) O. E. Semonin et al.   SCIENCE

A simple and low-cost technique for silicon nanowire arrays based solar cells

(2011) Bohr-Ran Huang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Highly efficient CdTe/CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells fabricated by a one-step linker assisted chemical bath deposition

(2011) Xiao-Yun Yu et al.   Chemical Science

Recent Progress in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Nanocrystallite Aggregates

(2011) Qifeng Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Efficient Light Harvesting by Photon Downconversion and Light Trapping in Hybrid ZnS Nanoparticles/Si Nanotips Solar Cells

(2010) Chun-Ying Huang et al.   ACS Nano

Emergent Properties Resulting from Type-II Band Alignment in Semiconductor Nanoheterostructures

(2010) Shun S. Lo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Influence of the Oxidant on the Chemical and Field-Effect Passivation of Si by ALD Al[sub 2]O[sub 3]

(2010) G. Dingemans et al.   ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS

Subwavelength Si nanowire arrays for self-cleaning antireflection coatings

(2010) Yu-An Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

High-Performance Silicon Nanohole Solar Cells

(2010) Kui-Qing Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Periodic Si Nanopillar Arrays Fabricated by Colloidal Lithography and Catalytic Etching for Broadband and Omnidirectional Elimination of Fresnel Reflection

(2010) Hsin-Ping Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Nanostructured photon management for high performance solar cells

(2010) Jia Zhu et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Comparing Multiple Exciton Generation in Quantum Dots To Impact Ionization in Bulk Semiconductors: Implications for Enhancement of Solar Energy Conversion

(2010) Matthew C. Beard et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ordered Arrays of Dual-Diameter Nanopillars for Maximized Optical Absorption

(2010) Zhiyong Fan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanoscience and Nanostructures for Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels

(2010) Arthur J. Nozik   NANO LETTERS

Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells

(2010) Erik Garnett et al.   NANO LETTERS

Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

(2010) Harry A. Atwater et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Light absorption and emission in nanowire array solar cells

(2010) Jan Kupec et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Fundamental limit of light trapping in grating 
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(2010) Zongfu Yu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Fundamental limit of nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells

(2010) Zongfu Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple Exciton Collection in a Sensitized Photovoltaic System

(2010) J. B. Sambur et al.   SCIENCE

Development status of high-efficiency HIT solar cells

(2010) Takahiro Mishima et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Highly Efficient Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Co-Sensitization of CdS/CdSe

(2009) Yuh-Lang Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Design of Plasmonic Thin-Film Solar Cells with Broadband Absorption Enhancements

(2009) Ragip A. Pala et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Growth of Core–Shell InP Nanowires for Photovoltaic Application by Selective-Area Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy

(2009) Hajime Goto et al.   Applied Physics Express

Semiconductor Nanowires for Energy Conversion

(2009) Allon I. Hochbaum et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

A roll-to-roll process to flexible polymer solar cells: model studies, manufacture and operational stability studies

(2009) Frederik C. Krebs et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: Comparison of Three Different Molecules on Single-Crystal Nanocubes and Nanospheres of Silver†

(2009) Matthew Rycenga et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Core/CdS Quantum Dot/Shell Mesoporous Solar Cells with Improved Stability and Efficiency Using an Amorphous TiO2 Coating

(2009) Menny Shalom et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Nanodome Solar Cells with Efficient Light Management and Self-Cleaning

(2009) Jia Zhu et al.   NANO LETTERS

The Zn(S,O,OH)/ZnMgO buffer in thin-film Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2-based solar cells part II: Magnetron sputtering of the ZnMgO buffer layer for in-line co-evaporated Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cells

(2009) D. Hariskos et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

High quality passivation for heterojunction solar cells by hydrogenated amorphous silicon suboxide films

(2008) Thomas Mueller et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Demonstration of enhanced absorption in thin film Si solar cells with textured photonic crystal back reflector

(2008) L. Zeng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Multiple exciton generation in semiconductor quantum dots

(2008) Arthur J. Nozik   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Tuning Photoresponse through Size and Shape Control of CdSe−TiO2Architecture

(2008) Anusorn Kongkanand et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photovoltaic Measurements in Single-Nanowire Silicon Solar Cells

(2008) Michael D. Kelzenberg et al.   NANO LETTERS

Single and Tandem Axialp-i-nNanowire Photovoltaic Devices

(2008) Thomas J. Kempa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Plasmonic Nanostructure Design for Efficient Light Coupling into Solar Cells

(2008) Vivian E. Ferry et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Nanowire and Nanocone Arrays

(2008) Jia Zhu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Effect of texturing and surface preparation on lifetime and cell performance in heterojunction silicon solar cells

(2008) Matthew Edwards et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Can up- and down-conversion and multi-exciton generation improve photovoltaics?

(2008) H SHPAISMAN et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Wet-chemical passivation of atomically flat and structured silicon substrates for solar cell application

(2007) H. Angermann et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE