Recent Advances and Challenges in Light Conversion Phosphor Materials for Third-Generation Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Photovoltaics.

ABSTRACT: Photovoltaic (PV) technologies have received tremendous attention for producing clean and renewable energy from the Sun. Third-generation quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) present promising alternatives to conventional silicon solar cells due to their unique properties such as simplicity in fabrication, lower processing temperature, high flexibility, semitransparent nature, and a theoretical conversion efficiency of up to 44%. However, the light-harvesting QD materials used in these SCs allow for the absorption of a small portion (from 300 to 800 nm) of the solar spectrum due to their narrow band gap. The nonabsorption of UV and near-infrared (NIR) light limits the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of these SCs. Hence, a PV technique that efficiently uses the entire solar spectrum

SUBMITTER: Sekar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9557880 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature