Development of Inorganic Solar Cells by Nanotechnology

摘要

nbsp;nbsp;Inorganicsolarcells,asdurablephotovoltaicdevicesforharvestingelectricenergyfromsunlight,havereceivedtremendousattentionduetothefearofexhaustingtheeartha€?senergyresourcesanddamagingthelivingenvironmentduetogreenhousegases.Somerecentdevelopmentsinnanotechnologyhaveopenedupnewavenuesformorerelevantinorganicsolarcellsproducedbynewphotovoltaicconversionconceptsandeffectivesolarenergyharvestingnanostructures.Inthisreview,themultipleexcitongenerationeffectsolarcells,hotcarriersolarcells,onedimensionalmaterialconstructedasymmetricalschottkybarrierarrays,noblenanoparticleinducedplasmonicenhancement,andlighttrappingnanostructuredsemiconductorsolarcellsarehighlighted.nbsp;