Solar Cells and Light Management: Materials, Strategies and Sustainability

Solar Cells and Light Management: Materials, Strategies and Sustainability provides an extensive review on the latest advances in PV materials, along with light management strategies for better exploiting the solar spectrum. Following a brief review of the current status of solar cells, the book discusses different concepts, principles and technologies for solar devices, starting with standard silicon cells and then covering organic-hybrid, DSSC, perovskite, quantum dots and nanostructured oxide solar cells. Other sections focus on light manipulation and spectral modification, materials for spectral conversion, and environmental and sustainably considerations. An eMergy analysis, which is an extension of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, is applied to the study of solar PV systems, thus allowing for effective integrated indicators. Provides a comprehensive picture of light management strategiesFeatures the most recent advances in the field, including novel materials and advanced solar cell technologiesPresents a resource that is applicable to both new or experienced researchers in the fieldContains a section on environmental and sustainability issues INDICE: 1. Introduction: Review of the status of solar cells' evolution and perspectives Section 1: Solar cells: principles and technologies 2. Silicon solar cells 3. Organic solar cells 4. Natural pigments for dssc 5. Perovskite solar cells 6. Quantum dots solar cells 7. Nanostructured oxides for solar cells Section 2: Light manipulation and scattering 8. Surface texturing strategies to enhance light capture 9. Light trapping by plasmonic nanostructures 10. Light management: a theoretical approach Section 3: Materials for spectral conversion 11. Spectral conversion in solar cells 12. Glass-ceramics for quantum cutting 13. Rare earth complexes for down-shifting 14. Rare-earth doped materials for up-conversion 15. Organic upconverting materials for solar cells Section 3: Environmental and sustainability considerations 16. The balance for solar exploitment: An emergetic analysis

• ISBN: 978-0-08-102762-2
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 570
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés