Solution-processed transparent electrodes for emerging thin-film solar cells

Y Zhang, SW Ng, X Lu, Z Zheng - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Solution-processed solar cells are appealing because of the low manufacturing cost, the
good compatibility with flexible substrates, and the ease of large-scale fabrication. Whereas …

Silver nanowire synthesis and strategies for fabricating transparent conducting electrodes

A Kumar, MO Shaikh, CH Chuang - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
One-dimensional metal nanowires, with novel functionalities like electrical conductivity,
optical transparency and high mechanical stiffness, have attracted widespread interest for …

Flexible thin-film black gold membranes with ultrabroadband plasmonic nanofocusing for efficient solar vapour generation

K Bae, G Kang, SK Cho, W Park, K Kim… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Solar steam generation has been achieved by surface plasmon heating with metallic
nanoshells or nanoparticles, which have inherently narrow absorption bandwidth. For …

Transparent and haze wood composites for highly efficient broadband light management in solar cells

M Zhu, T Li, CS Davis, Y Yao, J Dai, Y Wang, F AlQatari… - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Highly efficient broadband light management to enhance the light trapping inside active
layer is critical for many energy conversion devices such as thin film solar cells and …

Cellulose-based fluorescent material for extreme pH sensing and smart printing applications

H Nawaz, S Chen, X Zhang, X Li, T You, J Zhang… - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Environment-responsive fluorescence materials are being widely investigated for instrument-
free determination of various environmental factors. However, developing an eco-friendly …

Bio-inspired micropatterned thermochromic hydrogel for concurrent smart solar transmission and rapid visible-light stealth at all-working temperatures

H Liang, X Zhang, F Wang, C Li, W Yuan… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Thermochromic hydrogels exhibit a smart capacity for regulating solar spectrum
transmission, enabling automatically change their transmissivity in response to the ambient …

Ascendant bioinspired antireflective materials: Opportunities and challenges coexist

Z Han, Z Jiao, S Niu, L Ren - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past decades, antireflective (AR) materials have drawn more and more attention
owing to its promising and wide applications such as photovoltaic industry, optical devices …

Nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals: Fundamentals, developments and perspectives

A Santos - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The control of light–its coupling, splitting, modulating, and filtering–is of fundamental
importance for the development of advanced, life-changing technologies, which are …

Welded silver nanowire networks as high-performance transparent conductive electrodes: Welding techniques and device applications

Y Ding, Y Cui, X Liu, G Liu, F Shan - Applied Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Owing to the combined advantages of superior optical transmittance and excellent flexibility,
low-cost silver nanowire networks (Ag-NNs) are considered as the promising candidates to …

Light manipulation in organic photovoltaics

QD Ou, YQ Li, JX Tang - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) hold great promise for next‐generation photovoltaics in
renewable energy because of the potential to realize low‐cost mass production via large …