Material challenges for solar cells in the twenty-first century: directions in emerging technologies. Issue 1 (31st December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Almosni, Samy; Delamarre, Amaury; Jehl, Zacharie; Suchet, Daniel; Cojocaru, Ludmila; Giteau, Maxime; Behaghel, Benoit; Julian, Anatole; Ibrahim, Camille; Tatry, Léa; Wang, Haibin; Kubo, Takaya; Uchida, Satoshi; Segawa, Hiroshi; Miyashita, Naoya; Tamaki, Ryo; Shoji, Yasushi; Yoshida, Katsuhisa; Ahsan, Nazmul; Watanabe, Kentaro; Inoue, Tomoyuki; Sugiyama, Masakazu; Nakano, Yoshiaki; Hamamura, Tomofumi; Toupance, Thierry; Olivier, Céline; Chambon, Sylvain; Vignau, Laurence; Geffroy, Camille; Cloutet, Eric; Hadziioannou, Georges; Cavassilas, Nicolas; Rale, Pierre; Cattoni, Andrea; Collin, Stéphane; Gibelli, François; Paire, Myriam; Lombez, Laurent; Aureau, Damien; Bouttemy, Muriel; Etcheberry, Arnaud; Okada, Yoshitaka; Guillemoles, Jean-François;
• Is Part Of: Science and technology of advanced materials. Volume 19:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 336
• Page End: 369
• Publication Date: 2018-12-31
• Subjects: Photovoltaics -- semiconductors -- nanotechnologies -- energy conversion -- efficiency -- luminescence -- devices; 50 Energy Materials -- 206 Energy conversion / transport / storage / recovery -- 209 Solar cell / Photovoltaics -- 502 Electron spectroscopy -- 505 Optical / Molecular spectroscopy; Materials -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; 620.112
• DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2018.1433439
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1468-6996

Abstract

Abstract: Photovoltaic generation has stepped up within the last decade from outsider status to one of the important contributors of the ongoing energy transition, with about 1.7% of world electricity provided by solar cells. Progress in materials and production processes has played an important part in this development. Yet, there are many challenges before photovoltaics could provide clean, abundant, and cheap energy. Here, we review this research direction, with a focus on the results obtained within a Japan–French cooperation program, NextPV, working on promising solar cell technologies. The cooperation was focused on efficient photovoltaic devices, such as multijunction, ultrathin, intermediate band, and hot-carrier solar cells, and on printable solar cell materials such as colloidal quantum dots. Abstract :