High-entropy ceramics: Review of principles, production and applications

S Akrami, P Edalati, M Fuji, K Edalati - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
High-entropy ceramics with five or more cations have recently attracted significant attention
due to their superior properties for various structural and functional applications. Although …

Bifacial solar photovoltaics–A technology review

R Guerrero-Lemus, R Vega, T Kim, A Kimm… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bifacial solar photovoltaics (PV) is a promising mature technology that increases the
production of electricity per square meter of PV module through the use of light absorption …

Photochemical upconversion: present status and prospects for its application to solar energy conversion

TF Schulze, TW Schmidt - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
All photovoltaic solar cells transmit photons with energies below the absorption threshold
(bandgap) of the absorber material, which are therefore usually lost for the purpose of solar …

Upconversion for photovoltaics–a review of materials, devices and concepts for performance enhancement

JC Goldschmidt, S Fischer - Advanced Optical Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Upconversion of low‐energy photons into high‐energy photons increases the efficiency of
photovoltaic devices by converting photons with energies below the absorption threshold of …

[HTML][HTML] Improving spectral modification for applications in solar cells: A review

J Day, S Senthilarasu, TK Mallick - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The spectral mismatch between solar cells and incident radiation is a fundamental factor
limiting their efficiencies. There exist materials and luminescent processes which can modify …

Hybrid molecule–nanocrystal photon upconversion across the visible and near-infrared

Z Huang, X Li, M Mahboub, KM Hanson, VM Nichols… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The ability to upconvert two low energy photons into one high energy photon has potential
applications in solar energy, biological imaging, and data storage. In this Letter, CdSe and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in upconversion enhanced solar cell performance

A Ghazy, M Safdar, M Lastusaari, H Savin… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics (PV) is the leading renewable energy harvesting technology. Thus, there is a
remarkable strive to enhance the light harvesting capability of the state-of-the-art solar cells …

Beyond Shockley–Queisser: molecular approaches to high-efficiency photovoltaics

MJY Tayebjee, DR McCamey… - The journal of physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Molecular materials afford abundant flexibility in the tunability of physical and electronic
properties. As such, they are ideally suited to engineering low-cost, flexible, light-harvesting …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of the current state of flexible solar panels and photovoltaic materials

R Dallaev, T Pisarenko, N Papež, V Holcman - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid growth and evolution of solar panel technology have been driven by continuous
advancements in materials science. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview …

Optimizing the efficiency of solar photon upconversion

L Frazer, JK Gallaher, TW Schmidt - ACS Energy Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Low-energy photons, which are not used by a solar cell, can be converted to higher-energy
photons by photon upconversion. The figure-of-merit of upconvertors, J UC, is given in mA …