The recent rise of semiconductor nanowires opens new opportunities for realizing high
efficiency photovoltaic devices at low cost due to the unique one-dimensional structure with …

Materials with core-shell structures have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to
their unique properties and wide applications in energy storage and conversion systems …

Nuclear energy is considered a suitable and eco-friendly alternative for combating the rising
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from excessive fossil fuel consumption. Betavoltaic …

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) radial junction solar cells, built over a dense
matrix of Si nanowires (SiNWs), benefit from strong light trapping. This allows the use of a …

Incorporation of nanostructures is a recent trend in the photovoltaic community, aimed at
improving light absorption and consequently cell efficiency. In this regard, semiconductor …

Hierarchical structures combining micropyramids and nanowires with appropriate control of
surface carrier recombination represent a class of architectures for radial pn junction solar …

Anion-controlled chemistry in ZnO films is essential to obtain stable charge–carrier transport
and to prevent degradation in the performance of the transparent contact layer in solar cells …

Nanowire solar cells hold several advantages over planar solar cells, such as reduced
reflection, facile strain relaxation, extreme light trapping, increased defect tolerance, etc …

Compared with traditional battery and super capacitor materials, nanomaterials can
significantly improve ion transport and electron conductivity. There are many features to the …

Written by the leading names in this field, this book introduces the technical properties,
design and fabrication details, measurement results, and applications of three-dimensional …