Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells
This paper reviews both experimental and theoretical work on nanostructures showing high quantum yields due to the phenomenon of multiple exciton generation. It outlines the aims and barriers to progress in identifying further such nanostructures and also includes important developments concerning s...
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| description | This paper reviews both experimental and theoretical work on nanostructures showing high quantum yields due to the phenomenon of multiple exciton generation. It outlines the aims and barriers to progress in identifying further such nanostructures and also includes important developments concerning solar devices where nanostructures act as the light-absorbing component. It reports on both semiconductor and carbon structures, both monocomposite (of various dimensionalities) and heterogeneous. Finally, it looks at future directions that can be taken to push solar cell efficiency above the classic limit set by Shockley and Queisser in 1961. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-be58130ffb3a40e8b3ff0cd473ad42082025-02-03T01:08:06ZengWileyJournal of Nanotechnology1687-95031687-95112018-01-01201810.1155/2018/72854837285483Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic CellsNicholas Siemons0Alessio Serafini1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UKDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UKThis paper reviews both experimental and theoretical work on nanostructures showing high quantum yields due to the phenomenon of multiple exciton generation. It outlines the aims and barriers to progress in identifying further such nanostructures and also includes important developments concerning solar devices where nanostructures act as the light-absorbing component. It reports on both semiconductor and carbon structures, both monocomposite (of various dimensionalities) and heterogeneous. Finally, it looks at future directions that can be taken to push solar cell efficiency above the classic limit set by Shockley and Queisser in 1961.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7285483 |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas Siemons Alessio Serafini Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells Journal of Nanotechnology |
| title | Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells |
| title_full | Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells |
| title_fullStr | Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells |
| title_short | Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells |
| title_sort | multiple exciton generation in nanostructures for advanced photovoltaic cells |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7285483 |
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