Nanostructured Solar Cells

We are glad to announce the Special Issue “Nanostructured Solar Cells”, published in Nanomaterials. This issue consists of eight articles, two communications, and one review paper, covering major important aspects of nanostructured solar cells of varying types. From fundamental physicochemical investigations to technological advances, and from single junction solar cells (silicon solar cell, dye sensitized solar cell, quantum dots sensitized solar cell, and small molecule organic solar cell) to tandem multi-junction solar cells, all aspects are included and discussed in this issue to advance the use of nanotechnology to improve the performance of solar cells with reduced fabrication costs.

[1]  Chunhui Yang,et al.  Enhancing Solar Cell Efficiency Using Photon Upconversion Materials , 2015, Nanomaterials.

[2]  Seyed Milad Mahpeykar,et al.  Numerical Study of Complementary Nanostructures for Light Trapping in Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[3]  J. Shapter,et al.  Investigating the Effect of Carbon Nanotube Diameter and Wall Number in Carbon Nanotube/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[4]  Il Ku Kim,et al.  Morphology-Controlled High-Efficiency Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells without Additive Solvent Treatment , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[5]  Baohua Jia,et al.  Ultraviolet Plasmonic Aluminium Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Light Incoupling on Silicon Solar Cells , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[6]  Tao Fang,et al.  The Influence of Fluorination on Nano-Scale Phase Separation and Photovoltaic Performance of Small Molecular/PC71BM Blends , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[7]  Bong-Hyun Jun,et al.  Ag Nanoparticle–Functionalized Open-Ended Freestanding TiO2 Nanotube Arrays with a Scattering Layer for Improved Energy Conversion Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[8]  Hans Ågren,et al.  Improving the Photocurrent in Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells by Employing Alloy PbxCd1−xS Quantum Dots as Photosensitizers , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[9]  Bernard Ratier,et al.  Influence of Nitrogen Doping on Device Operation for TiO2-Based Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Photo-Physics from Materials to Devices , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[10]  Yiming Bai,et al.  Enhancing the Photocurrent of Top-Cell by Ellipsoidal Silver Nanoparticles: Towards Current-Matched GaInP/GaInAs/Ge Triple-Junction Solar Cells , 2016, Nanomaterials.

[11]  Michael Krueger,et al.  Correlation between CdSe QD Synthesis, Post-Synthetic Treatment, and BHJ Hybrid Solar Cell Performance , 2016, Nanomaterials.