Nanostructures in Photovoltaics Ryne P. Raffaelle
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics. Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry. Nanostructures and Nanomaterials (FTh3C). The application of nanostructures to photovoltaics combines a field of almost limitless possibilities with a problem of vital urgency. Attend 'Optical Nanostructures for Photovoltaics' on Materials Today – the gateway for amorphous materials events. Nanoscience and Nanostructures for Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels. Nanostructures for Photovoltaics and Energy Storage. Kick-Off Meeting of the ECMI Special Interest Group. Optimization of Nanostructures for Enhanced Light Trapping in Thin-film Photovoltaics. Raffaelle is a Professor of Physics and Microsystems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Light trapping based on diffraction gratings is also mentioned. Thomas Krauss will discuss these and related questions with the goal of informing future research into nanostructures for photovoltaics. Yet, they indicate the promising potential of such nanostructures for PV devices. In this thesis it is discussed the effect of the low dimensionality on several physical properties of hybrid nanostructures for new generation photovoltaics.