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Research on advanced energy conversion devices such as solar cells
has intensified in the last two decades. A broad landscape of
candidate materials and devices were discovered and systematically
studied for effective solar energy conversion and utilization. New
concepts have emerged forming a rather powerful picture embracing
the mechanisms and limitation to efficiencies of different types of
devices. The Physics of Solar Energy Conversion introduces the main
physico-chemical principles that govern the operation of energy
devices for energy conversion and storage, with a detailed view of
the principles of solar energy conversion using advanced materials.
Key Features include: Highlights recent rapid advances with the
discovery of perovskite solar cells and their development. Analyzes
the properties of organic solar cells, lithium ion batteries, light
emitting diodes and the semiconductor materials for hydrogen
production by water splitting. Embraces concepts from
nanostructured and highly disordered materials to lead halide
perovskite solar cells Takes a broad perspective and
comprehensively addresses the fundamentals so that the reader can
apply these and assess future developments and technologies in the
field. Introduces basic techniques and methods for understanding
the materials and interfaces that compose operative energy devices
such as solar cells and solar fuel converters.
Research on advanced energy conversion devices such as solar cells
has intensified in the last two decades. A broad landscape of
candidate materials and devices were discovered and systematically
studied for effective solar energy conversion and utilization. New
concepts have emerged forming a rather powerful picture embracing
the mechanisms and limitation to efficiencies of different types of
devices. The Physics of Solar Energy Conversion introduces the main
physico-chemical principles that govern the operation of energy
devices for energy conversion and storage, with a detailed view of
the principles of solar energy conversion using advanced materials.
Key Features include: Highlights recent rapid advances with the
discovery of perovskite solar cells and their development. Analyzes
the properties of organic solar cells, lithium ion batteries, light
emitting diodes and the semiconductor materials for hydrogen
production by water splitting. Embraces concepts from
nanostructured and highly disordered materials to lead halide
perovskite solar cells Takes a broad perspective and
comprehensively addresses the fundamentals so that the reader can
apply these and assess future developments and technologies in the
field. Introduces basic techniques and methods for understanding
the materials and interfaces that compose operative energy devices
such as solar cells and solar fuel converters.
The book provides an explanation of the operation of photovoltaic
devices from a broad perspective that embraces a variety of
materials concepts, from nanostructured and highly disordered
organic materials, to highly efficient devices such as the lead
halide perovskite solar cells. The book establishes from the
beginning a simple but very rich model of a solar cell, in order to
develop and understand step by step the photovoltaic operation
according to fundamental physical properties and constraints. It
emphasizes the aspects pertaining to the functioning of a solar
cell and the determination of limiting efficiencies of energy
conversion. The final chapters of the book establish a more refined
and realistic treatment of the many factors that determine the
actual performance of experimental devices: transport gradients,
interfacial recombination, optical losses and so forth. The book
finishes with a short review of additional important aspects of
solar energy conversion, such as the photonic aspects of spectral
modification, and the direct conversion of solar photons to
chemical fuel via electrochemical reactions.
This book explores the conversion for solar energy into renewable
liquid fuels through electrochemical reactions. The first section
of the book is devoted to the theoretical fundamentals of solar
fuels production, focusing on the surface properties of
semiconductor materials in contact with aqueous solutions and the
reaction mechanisms. The second section describes a collection of
current, relevant characterization techniques, which provide
essential information of the band structure of the semiconductors
and carrier dynamics at the interface semiconductor. The third, and
last section comprises the most recent developments in materials
and engineered structures to optimize the performance of
solar-to-fuel conversion devices.
This book explores the conversion for solar energy into renewable
liquid fuels through electrochemical reactions. The first section
of the book is devoted to the theoretical fundamentals of solar
fuels production, focusing on the surface properties of
semiconductor materials in contact with aqueous solutions and the
reaction mechanisms. The second section describes a collection of
current, relevant characterization techniques, which provide
essential information of the band structure of the semiconductors
and carrier dynamics at the interface semiconductor. The third, and
last section comprises the most recent developments in materials
and engineered structures to optimize the performance of
solar-to-fuel conversion devices.
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