Photonic van der Waals integration from 2D materials to 3D nanomembranes

Y Meng, J Feng, S Han, Z Xu, W Mao, T Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The integration of functional nanomaterials and heterostructures with photonic architectures
has laid the foundation for important photonic and optoelectronic applications. The advent of …

Mechanically-guided 3D assembly for architected flexible electronics

R Bo, S Xu, Y Yang, Y Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Architected flexible electronic devices with rationally designed 3D geometries have found
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …

Flexible solar cells based on foldable silicon wafers with blunted edges

W Liu, Y Liu, Z Yang, C Xu, X Li, S Huang, J Shi, J Du… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Flexible solar cells have a lot of market potential for application in photovoltaics integrated
into buildings and wearable electronics because they are lightweight, shockproof and self …

Novel low-carbon energy solutions for powering emerging wearables, smart textiles, and medical devices

B Ramasubramanian, S Sundarrajan… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most major agendas to mitigate climate change is the transition to low-carbon
energy extraction. Furthermore, developing cutting-edge prototypes for wearable …

[HTML][HTML] Luminescence solar concentrators: a technology update

S Castelletto, A Boretti - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a technology summary and update on the latest research advances
in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). LSCs are optoelectronic devices based on a sun …

An experimental investigation of SiC nanofluid as a base-fluid for a photovoltaic thermal PV/T system

AHA Al-Waeli, K Sopian, MT Chaichan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The thermophysical properties of nanofluid composed of water and SiC nanoparticles
without the use of a surfactant as a coolant for a PV/T system was investigated. It was …

Black silicon: fabrication methods, properties and solar energy applications

X Liu, PR Coxon, M Peters, B Hoex, JM Cole… - Energy & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Black silicon (BSi) represents a very active research area in renewable energy materials.
The rise of BSi as a focus of study for its fundamental properties and potentially lucrative …

Dynamic kirigami structures for integrated solar tracking

A Lamoureux, K Lee, M Shlian, SR Forrest… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Optical tracking is often combined with conventional flat panel solar cells to maximize
electrical power generation over the course of a day. However, conventional trackers are …

Thirty years of luminescent solar concentrator research: solar energy for the built environment

MG Debije, PPC Verbunt - Advanced Energy Materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) over the past thirty‐odd years is
reviewed. The LSC is a simple device at its heart, employing a polymeric or glass …

High Responsivity, Large-Area Graphene/MoS2 Flexible Photodetectors

D De Fazio, I Goykhman, D Yoon, M Bruna, A Eiden… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We present flexible photodetectors (PDs) for visible wavelengths fabricated by stacking
centimeter-scale chemical vapor deposited (CVD) single layer graphene (SLG) and single …