Nanostructured Solar Cells

Nanostructured Solar Cells

We are glad to announce the Special Issue "Nanostructured Solar Cells", published in Nanomaterials. This issue consists of eight articles, two communications, and one review paper, covering major important aspects of nanostructured solar cells of varying types. From fundamental physicochemical investigations to technological advances, and from single junction solar cells (silicon solar cell, dy...

Nanostructured Inorganic Solar Cells

Recent progress in the development of nanostructured inorganic solar cells is reviewed. Nanostructuring of inorganic solar cells offers the possibility of reducing the cost of photovoltaics by allowing smaller amounts of lowergrade photovoltaic semiconductors to be used. Various fabrication methods used to nanostructure traditional photovoltaic semiconductors are detailed and the performance of...

Nanostructured Metal-Organic Composite Solar Cells

This project was aimed at realizing a high efficiency organic photovoltaic (PV) device using nanoscale metallic features to enhance the overall cell performance. The goals of the project were threefold. The first aim was to develop transparent high-sheetconductivity nanopatterned metal films for use as transparent conductors that allow more light to enter a PV cell and enable parallel subcell c...

Nanostructured photoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanostructured organic and hybrid solar cells.

This Progress Report highlights recent developments in nanostructured organic and hybrid solar cells. The authors discuss novel approaches to control the film morphology in fully organic solar cells and the design of nanostructured hybrid solar cells. The motivation and recent results concerning fabrication and effects on device physics are emphasized. The aim of this review is not to give a su...