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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Main Authors: Nicholas Siemons, Alessio Serafini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7285483
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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
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