Despite the rapid development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) over the past few years, the
conversion of solar energy into electricity is not efficient enough or cost-competitive yet. The …

Recent advances and the current status of challenging light-harvesting nanomaterials, such
as semiconducting quantum dots (QDs), metal nanoparticles, semiconductor–metal …

Plasmonic effects have been proposed as a solution to overcome the limited light absorption
in thin-film photovoltaic devices, and various types of plasmonic solar cells have been …

High-performance photovoltaic cells use semiconductors to convert sunlight into clean
electrical power, and transparent dielectrics or conductive oxides as antireflection coatings …

Plasmon resonances in metal nanostructures have been extensively harnessed for light
trapping in mesoporous solar cells (MSCs), including dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) …

Several recent major advances in the design of dyes and electrolytes for dye-sensitized
solar cells have led to record power-conversion efficiencies. Donor–pi–acceptor dyes …

Metal oxide semiconductors hold great promise for applications in energy conversion and
storage, environmental remediation, optoelectronics, memory, light emission and other …

Polymer-fullerene-based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells have many advantages,
including low-cost, low-temperature fabrication, semi-transparency, and mechanical …

Recent advances in molecular organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have shown 10% power
conversion efficiency (PCE) for single‐junction cells, which put them in direct competition …

Metallic nanoparticles such as silver and gold show localized surface plasmon resonances
(LSPRs), which are associated with near-field enhancement effects in the vicinity of …