The role of graphene and other 2D materials in solar photovoltaics

S Das, D Pandey, J Thomas, T Roy - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials have attracted considerable attention due to their exciting optical and
electronic properties, and demonstrate immense potential for next‐generation solar cells …

Enhanced light–matter interaction in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

L Huang, A Krasnok, A Alú, Y Yu… - Reports on Progress …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) materials, such as
MoS 2, WS 2, MoSe 2, and WSe 2, have received extensive attention in the past decade due …

Recent advances in the functional 2D photonic and optoelectronic devices

X Wang, Y Cui, T Li, M Lei, J Li… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D layered materials such as graphene, black phosphorus (BP), transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDCs), and their hybrid systems exhibit wide coverage of bandgaps …

Van der Waals materials for atomically-thin photovoltaics: promise and outlook

D Jariwala, AR Davoyan, J Wong, HA Atwater - Acs Photonics, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors provide a unique opportunity for optoelectronics due
to their layered atomic structure and electronic and optical properties. To date, a majority of …

Engineering optical absorption in graphene and other 2D materials: advances and applications

Q Li, J Lu, P Gupta, M Qiu - Advanced Optical Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials are promising but remain to be further explored, with respect to their
usage in various optoelectronic devices. Generally, 2D materials exhibit far less than ideal …

Plasmonics of 2D nanomaterials: properties and applications

Y Li, Z Li, C Chi, H Shan, L Zheng, Z Fang - Advanced science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmonics has developed for decades in the field of condensed matter physics and optics.
Based on the classical Maxwell theory, collective excitations exhibit profound light‐matter …

Metamaterial and nanomaterial electromagnetic wave absorbers: structures, properties and applications

J Zhou, Z Liu, X Liu, G Fu, G Liu, J Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Perfect absorbers (PAs) are devices that can realize the annihilation of incident
electromagnetic waves (EMWs) by eliminating reflection and transmission. Such engineered …

Progress on electronic and optoelectronic devices of 2D layered semiconducting materials

F Wang, Z Wang, C Jiang, L Yin, R Cheng, X Zhan… - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
2D layered semiconducting materials (2DLSMs) represent the thinnest semiconductors,
holding many novel properties, such as the absence of surface dangling bonds, sizable …

Emerging binary chalcogenide light absorbers: material specific promises and challenges

W Yang, X Zhang, SD Tilley - Chemistry of Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the quest for higher efficiency and lower cost solar energy conversion devices, new light
absorber materials are being intensively researched. With their attractive optical and …

High-index-contrast photonic structures: a versatile platform for photon manipulation

YB Kim, JW Cho, YJ Lee, D Bae, SK Kim - Light: Science & Applications, 2022 - nature.com
In optics, the refractive index of a material and its spatial distribution determine the
characteristics of light propagation. Therefore, exploring both low-and high-index …