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Submit a ProposalSolar Cell Nanotechnology
 | Edited by Atul Tiwari, Rabah Boukherroub, and Maheshwar Sharon Copyright: 2014 | Expected Pub Date:1 October, 2013// ISBN: 9781118686256 | Hardcover | 538 pages | 228 illustrations Price: $225 USD  |
One Line Description
This important volume details new and developing solar cell nanotechnologies that are not silicon based but with enormous potential for higher energy efficiency
Audience
Solar Cell Nanotechnology will enjoy a broad readership including materials science scholars and researchers from diverse backgrounds as well as commercial sectors looking for innovative solar cell materials and related technologies. Readers will gain in-depth knowledge in new areas of solar cell technology, which are not commonly known and for which there is little available literature.
Solar Cell Nanotechnology will enjoy a broad readership including materials science scholars and researchers from diverse backgrounds as well as commercial sectors looking for innovative solar cell materials and related technologies. Readers will gain in-depth knowledge in new areas of solar cell technology, which are not commonly known and for which there is little available literature.
Description
Developments in human civilization have revolved around the consumption of energy. Materials scientists and engineers have taken up the dual challenge of reducing our dependence on fossil fuel resources while giving new hope to nations with limited or no natural energy sources. In the last few decades, technologies based on solar cells have become well established and new techniques of materials synthesis and their integration in novel engineering designs have helped the industry produce solar cells with high-energy efficiency.
Summarizing the explosion of recent research so that readers are able to draw meaningful practical conclusions, this unique book looks at non-silicon based solar cells which are either in the development phase or likely to be future competitors of silicon solar cells. The book is comprised of seventeen chapters, each written by an expert in their field. Topics are broadly designed to cover dye-sensitized types of solar cells and their related problems, layered types of solar cells, application of lithography in solar cells, and luminescent solar and plasmonic light trapping. One of the most recent discoveries, graphene, a crystalline form of carbon, is covered as well as its application in organic types of solar cells . Finally, analytical modeling and electrical circuit design, another important aspect of solar cell development, are also included. The final section of the book includes a series of articles written on putative future trends in this area.
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Developments in human civilization have revolved around the consumption of energy. Materials scientists and engineers have taken up the dual challenge of reducing our dependence on fossil fuel resources while giving new hope to nations with limited or no natural energy sources. In the last few decades, technologies based on solar cells have become well established and new techniques of materials synthesis and their integration in novel engineering designs have helped the industry produce solar cells with high-energy efficiency.
Summarizing the explosion of recent research so that readers are able to draw meaningful practical conclusions, this unique book looks at non-silicon based solar cells which are either in the development phase or likely to be future competitors of silicon solar cells. The book is comprised of seventeen chapters, each written by an expert in their field. Topics are broadly designed to cover dye-sensitized types of solar cells and their related problems, layered types of solar cells, application of lithography in solar cells, and luminescent solar and plasmonic light trapping. One of the most recent discoveries, graphene, a crystalline form of carbon, is covered as well as its application in organic types of solar cells . Finally, analytical modeling and electrical circuit design, another important aspect of solar cell development, are also included. The final section of the book includes a series of articles written on putative future trends in this area.
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Author / Editor Details
Atul Tiwari is a research faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii. He received a PhD in polymer materials science and has been designated a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Scientist by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. As an organic chemist and mechanical engineer, Dr. Tiwari has sought in his research work to bridge the gap between science and engineering. His area of research interest includes the development of smart materials including silicones, graphene, and bio-inspired biomaterials for industrial applications. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed research publications and has 6 patents or patents pending.
Atul Tiwari is a research faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii. He received a PhD in polymer materials science and has been designated a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Scientist by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. As an organic chemist and mechanical engineer, Dr. Tiwari has sought in his research work to bridge the gap between science and engineering. His area of research interest includes the development of smart materials including silicones, graphene, and bio-inspired biomaterials for industrial applications. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed research publications and has 6 patents or patents pending.
Rabah Boukherroub received a PhD in chemistry from the University Paul Sabatier, France. He is a group leader at the Interdisciplinary Research Institute, University of Lille, France. He is a coauthor of more than 250 research publications and has written several book chapters in subjects related to nanotechnology, materials chemistry, biosensors, and lab-on-chip devices. He has 8 patents or patents pending. Dr. Boukherroub’s research interests are in the area of functional materials, surface chemistry, and photophysics of semiconductor nanostructures.
Maheshwar Sharon obtained his PhD from Leicester University, UK, and two postgraduate diplomas in nuclear power and radio chemistry. In 1978, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, as a Professor in Chemistry, retiring in 2003. He is now a Research Director at the NSNR Center for Nanotechnology & Bionanotechnology, Ambernath, India. He is a pioneer in developing plant-based precursors like camphor, kerosene, and various non-edible oils for synthesizing almost all forms of carbon: nanobeads, nanotubes, nanofibers, and various new types of carbon nanomaterials. He is the first to successfully develop a homojunction carbon (n-C/p-C) photovoltaic solar cell from camphoric carbon. He has also pioneered a solar-chargeable battery and a concept known as the Sharon-Schottky type solar cell. He has also pioneered the development of a photoactive lead oxide electrode for application in a photoelectrochemical cell. He has published more than 172 publications in national and international journals and has published 4 books.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Current Developments
1 Design Considerations for Efficient and Stable Polymer Solar Cells
Prajwal Adhikary, Jing Li and Qiquan Qiao
2 Carbazole-Based Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Role of Carbazole as Donor, Auxiliary Donor and ‚¬-linker
A. Venkateswararao and K. R. Justin Thomas
3 Colloidal Synthesis of CuInS2 and CuInSe2 Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Applications
Joanna Kolny-Olesiak
4 Two Dimensional Layered Semiconductors: Emerging Materials for Solar Photovoltaics
Mariyappan Shanmugam and Bin Yu
5 Control of ZnO Nanorods for Polymer Solar Cells
Hsin-Yi Chen, Ching-Fuh Lin
Part 2: Noble Approaches
6 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Lakshmi V. Munukutla, Aung Htun, Sailaja Radhakrishanan, Laura Main and Arunachala M. Kannan
7 Nanoimprint Lithography for Photovoltaic Applications
Benjamin Schumm and Stefan Kaskel
8 Indoor Photovoltaics: Efficiencies, Measurements and Design
Monika Freunek-(Mller)
9 Photon Management in Rare Earth Doped Nanomaterials for Solar Cells
Jiajia Zhou, Jianrong Qiu
Part 3 Developments in Prospective
10 Advances in Plasmonic Light Trapping in Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaic Devices
J. Gwamuri, D. . Gney and J. M. Pearce
11 Recent Research and Development of Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Yun Seng Lim, Shin Yiing Kee and Chin Kim Lo
12 Luminescent Solar Concentrators --State of the Art and Future Perspectives
M. Tonezzer, D. Gutierrez and D. Vincenzi
13 Organic Fluorophores for Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Luca Beverina and Alessandro Sanguineti
14 PAn-Graphene-Nanoribbon Composite Materials for Organic Photovoltaics: A DFT Study of Their Electronic and Charge Transport Properties
Javed Mazher, Asefa A. Desta and Shabina Khan
15 Analytical Modeling of Thin-Film Solar Cells --Fundamentals and Applications
Kurt Taretto
16 Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells: Current Global Scenario
Sandeep Rai and Atul Tiwari
17 Real and Reactive Power Control of Voltage Source Converter-Based Photovoltaic Generating Systems
S. Mishra and P. C. Sekhar
Index
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Preface
Part 1: Current Developments
1 Design Considerations for Efficient and Stable Polymer Solar Cells
Prajwal Adhikary, Jing Li and Qiquan Qiao
2 Carbazole-Based Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Role of Carbazole as Donor, Auxiliary Donor and ‚¬-linker
A. Venkateswararao and K. R. Justin Thomas
3 Colloidal Synthesis of CuInS2 and CuInSe2 Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Applications
Joanna Kolny-Olesiak
4 Two Dimensional Layered Semiconductors: Emerging Materials for Solar Photovoltaics
Mariyappan Shanmugam and Bin Yu
5 Control of ZnO Nanorods for Polymer Solar Cells
Hsin-Yi Chen, Ching-Fuh Lin
Part 2: Noble Approaches
6 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Lakshmi V. Munukutla, Aung Htun, Sailaja Radhakrishanan, Laura Main and Arunachala M. Kannan
7 Nanoimprint Lithography for Photovoltaic Applications
Benjamin Schumm and Stefan Kaskel
8 Indoor Photovoltaics: Efficiencies, Measurements and Design
Monika Freunek-(Mller)
9 Photon Management in Rare Earth Doped Nanomaterials for Solar Cells
Jiajia Zhou, Jianrong Qiu
Part 3 Developments in Prospective
10 Advances in Plasmonic Light Trapping in Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaic Devices
J. Gwamuri, D. . Gney and J. M. Pearce
11 Recent Research and Development of Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Yun Seng Lim, Shin Yiing Kee and Chin Kim Lo
12 Luminescent Solar Concentrators --State of the Art and Future Perspectives
M. Tonezzer, D. Gutierrez and D. Vincenzi
13 Organic Fluorophores for Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Luca Beverina and Alessandro Sanguineti
14 PAn-Graphene-Nanoribbon Composite Materials for Organic Photovoltaics: A DFT Study of Their Electronic and Charge Transport Properties
Javed Mazher, Asefa A. Desta and Shabina Khan
15 Analytical Modeling of Thin-Film Solar Cells --Fundamentals and Applications
Kurt Taretto
16 Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells: Current Global Scenario
Sandeep Rai and Atul Tiwari
17 Real and Reactive Power Control of Voltage Source Converter-Based Photovoltaic Generating Systems
S. Mishra and P. C. Sekhar
Index
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BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS
TEC021000: TEC021000
TEC027000: Technology & Engineering/Nanotechnology
SCI097000: SCIENCE / Physics / Polymer
BIC CODES
TGM: Materials Science
TBN: Nanotechnology
THX: Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology
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