Solar cells : new aspects and solutions / monograph

The fourth book of the four-volume edition of 'Solar cells' consists chapters that are general in nature and not related specifically to the so-called photovoltaic generations, novel scientific ideas and technical solutions, which has not properly approved. General issues of the efficiency of solar cell and through hydrogen production in photoelectrochemical solar cell are discussed. Considerable attention is paid to the quantum-size effects in solar cells both in general and on specific examples of super-lattices, quantum dots, etc. New materials, such as cuprous oxide as an active material for solar cells, AlSb for use as an absorber layer in p-i-n junction solar cells, InGaAsN as a promising material for multi-junction tandem solar cells, InP in solar cells with MIS structures are discussed. Several chapters are devoted to the analysis of both status and perspective of organic photovoltaics such as polymer/fullerene solar cells, poly(p-phenylene-vinylene) derivatives, photovoltaic textiles, photovoltaic fibers, etc. preface_ Solar Cells – New Aspects and Solutions......Page 1 01_Effects of Optical Interference and Annealing on the Performance of Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells......Page 11 02_A New Guide to Thermally Optimized Doped Oxides Monolayer Spray-Grown Solar Cells: The Amlouk-Boubaker Optothermal Expansivity yAB......Page 37 03_Flexible Photovoltaic Textiles for Smart Applications......Page 53 04_Dilute Nitride GaAsN and InGaAsN Layers Grown by Low-Temperature Liquid-Phase Epitaxy......Page 79 05_Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells: State of the Art, Challenges and Perspectives......Page 105 06_Relation Between Nanomorphology and Performance of Polymer-Based Solar Cells......Page 131 07_One-Step Physical Synthesis of Composite Thin Film......Page 159 08_Cuprous Oxide as an Active Material for Solar Cells......Page 177 09_Bioelectrochemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide with Electric Energy Generated by Solar Cell......Page 197 10_Semiconductor Superlattice-Based Intermediate-Band Solar Cells......Page 221 11_Solar to Chemical Conversion Using Metal Nanoparticle Modified Low-Cost Silicon Photoelectrode......Page 241 12_Progress in Organic Photovoltaic Fibers Research......Page 265 13_Ultrafast Electron and Hole Dynamics in CdSe Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells......Page 297 14_Transparent Conducting Polymer/Nitride Semiconductor Heterojunction Solar Cells......Page 317 15_High Efficiency Solar Cells via Tuned Superlattice Structures: Beyond 42.2%......Page 335 16_AlSb Compound Semiconductor as Absorber Layer in Thin Film Solar Cells......Page 351 17_Photons as Working Body of Solar Engines......Page 367 18_Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Silicon......Page 407 19_Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Poly(p-Phenylene-Vinylene) Derivatives......Page 425 20_Towards High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells: Polymers and Devices Development......Page 443 21_Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells......Page 463 22_Optical Absorption and Photocurrent Spectra of CdSe Quantum Dots Adsorbed on Nanocrystalline TiO2 Electrode Together with Photovoltaic Properties......Page 485 23_Investigation of Lattice Defects in GaAsN Grown by Chemical Beam Epitaxy Using Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy......Page 499