Metal Coordination Complexes: A Bottom-Up Approach Tailored Towards Solar Energy Applications

摘要

As photovoltaic (PV) technologies begin to play a more decisive role in the electrical power network, contributing a larger proportion of a country's energy demands, the inherent loss mechanisms within the technology and the need to address them become more prevalent. A major limiting factor, effecting the market penetration and cost-efficiency of all commercial and emerging PV technologies, is the limited bandwidth of frequencies over which the conversion of light directly into electricity can occur. The PV materials characteristics dominate the persistence of sharp cut-off points in the devices spectral responsivity, particularly towards the infrared and ultraviolet regions of the spectrum, irrespective of the type of PV technology upon which the device is based.