Physical limits in electromagnetism

P Chao, B Strekha, R Kuate Defo, S Molesky… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Photonic devices play an increasingly important role in advancing physics and engineering.
Although improvements in nanofabrication and computational methods have driven …

Light trapping in thin silicon solar cells: A review on fundamentals and technologies

R Saive - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thin, flexible, and efficient silicon solar cells would revolutionize the photovoltaic market and
open up new opportunities for PV integration. However, as an indirect semiconductor, silicon …

Roadmap for optical metasurfaces

AI Kuznetsov, ML Brongersma, J Yao, MK Chen… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metasurfaces have recently risen to prominence in optical research, providing unique
functionalities that can be used for imaging, beam forming, holography, polarimetry, and …

[HTML][HTML] Tailored carbon materials (TCM) for enhancing photocatalytic degradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons

A Singh, J Dhau, R Kumar, R Badru, P Singh… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review explores the potential of tailored carbon materials (TCM) for
efficient photocatalytic degradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are …

Device architecture engineering: progress toward next generation perovskite solar cells

T Webb, SJ Sweeney, W Zhang - Advanced functional materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have quickly established themselves as
a promising technology boasting both high efficiency and low processing costs. The rapid …

Au/TiO2 2D‐Photonic Crystals as UV–Visible Photocatalysts for H2 Production

M Torras, P Molet, L Soler, J Llorca… - Advanced energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Noble metal decoration of wideband gap semiconductors enables the excitation of surface
plasmons in the visible range that upon relaxation generate hot carriers used for catalysis …

Recent advances in transparent electrodes and their multimodal sensing applications

M Althumayri, R Das, R Banavath, L Beker… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review examines the recent advancements in transparent electrodes and their crucial
role in multimodal sensing technologies. Transparent electrodes, notable for their optical …

Opportunities, challenges, and future prospects of the solar cell market

A Bouich, IG Pradas, MA Khan, YH Khattak - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The production and consumption of energy must be converted to renewable alternatives in
order to meet climate targets. During the past few decades, solar photovoltaic systems (PVs) …

Polariton decay in donor–acceptor cavity systems

CA DelPo, SUZ Khan, KH Park, B Kudisch… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Enhanced delocalization is beneficial for absorbing molecules in organic solar cells, and in
particular bilayer devices, where excitons face small diffusion lengths as a barrier to …

Prospects in Broadening the Application of Planar Solution‐Based Distributed Bragg Reflectors

E Palo, KS Daskalakis - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) are primarily used in lasers and
telecommunications. Liquid film deposition of DBRs holds great promise for expanding their …