TY - CHAP
T1 - Solar cells based on hot carriers and quantum dots
AU - Shrestha, Santosh
AU - Conibeer, Gavin
AU - Huang, Shujuan
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this chapter, two promising solar cell technologies are presented-namely, hot carrier solar cells and solution-processable, quantum dot solar cells. These technologies have the potential to reduce the per-watt generation cost of electricity. Hot carrier solar cells can achieve this, as they have very high efficiency and promote the use of thin-film technologies. On the other hand, the material and fabrication costs of solution-processable, quantum dot solar cells are very low. This discussion gives an overview of these technologies and the development in these fields.
AB - In this chapter, two promising solar cell technologies are presented-namely, hot carrier solar cells and solution-processable, quantum dot solar cells. These technologies have the potential to reduce the per-watt generation cost of electricity. Hot carrier solar cells can achieve this, as they have very high efficiency and promote the use of thin-film technologies. On the other hand, the material and fabrication costs of solution-processable, quantum dot solar cells are very low. This discussion gives an overview of these technologies and the development in these fields.
KW - Colloidal quantum dot
KW - Energy-selective contacts
KW - Hot carrier
KW - Nanotechnology
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - Solar cells
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067292278&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-813647-8.00006-0
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-813647-8.00006-0
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85067292278
SN - 9780128136478
T3 - Micro and Nano Technologies
SP - 175
EP - 213
BT - Advanced nanomaterials for solar cells and light-emitting diodes
A2 - Gao, Feng
PB - Elsevier
CY - Amsterdam; Oxford, UK; Cambridge, US
ER -