Abstract
Abstract Inorganic solar cells, as durable photovoltaic devices for harvesting electric energy from sun light, have received tremendous attention due to the fear of exhausting the earth’s energy resources and damaging the living environment due to greenhouse gases. Some recent developments in nanotechnology have opened up new avenues for more relevant inorganic solar cells produced by new photovoltaic conversion concepts and effective solar energy harvesting nanostructures. In this review, the multiple exciton generation effect solar cells, hot carrier solar cells, one dimensional material constructed asymmetrical schottky barrier arrays, noble nanoparticle induced plasmonic enhancement, and light trapping nanostructured semiconductor solar cells are highlighted.
Highlights
The worldwide demand for energy is causing a dramatic environmental impact on the global climate due to the combustion of fossil fuels
In order to improve the sustainability of our society, photovoltaic solar cells, as a significant device harvesting low-carbon solar energy, have received tremendous attention recently [1,2]
The aim of this article is to highlight the application of nanostructured materials for inorganic solar energy conversion covering a wide variety of materials
Summary
The worldwide demand for energy is causing a dramatic environmental impact on the global climate due to the combustion of fossil fuels. High material cost and large amount of energy needed for manufacturing solar cells have made this technology expensive with long energy payback time. This has prevented the PV power generation from rapid commercialization. Nanotechnology has achieved rapid development in the area of the specific optical and electrical properties of nanomaterials, assembled functional devices, and so on. Numerous nano-assembly methods can be used to impart a variety of specific optical and electrical properties of nanomaterials in photovoltaic cells [9,10,11,12]. Nano-assembly method has many advantages, such as less consumption of materials, using non-vacuum technology and a large area controlled manufacturing
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