Extensive literature and publications on intermediate band solar cells (IBSCs) are reviewed.
A detailed discussion is given on the thermodynamics of solar energy conversion in IBSCs …

Nanometre-scale semiconductor devices have been envisioned as next-generation
technologies with high integration and functionality. Quantum dots, or the so-called'artificial …

The intermediate band solar cell (IBSC) has drawn the attention of the scientific community
as a means to achieve high-efficiency solar cells. Complete IBSC devices have been …

Quantum dot solar cells, as a promising candidate for the next generation solar cell
technology, have received tremendous attention in the last 10 years. Some recent …

Traditional pin junction solar cells imbedded with quantum dots are attractive to achieve
chromatic light absorption enhancement. In this paper, multi-layer stacked GaAs and In 0.1 …

Quantum-dot (QD) intermediate-band (IB) materials are regarded as promising candidates
for high-efficiency photovoltaics. The sequential two-step two-photon absorption processes …

Droplet epitaxy was proposed to fabricate quantum dots in the early 1990s. Even though
many research efforts have been devoted to droplet epitaxy since then, it is only until …

We have investigated the structural and optical properties of Cr-doped ZnS (ZnS: Cr) thin
films (0–7.5 at.% Cr) for use in intermediate band solar cells. The films were grown on Si …

We show that independent size and morphology engineering of epitaxial quantum dots can
be obtained using a kinetically controlled quantum dot fabrication procedure, namely droplet …

The control over the spectral broadening of an ensemble of emitters, mainly attributable to
the size and shape dispersion and the homogenous broadening mechanisms, is crucial to …