Solar Light Harvesting with Nanocrystalline Semiconductors

• Main Author: Stroyuk, Oleksandr (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry, 99
• Subjects: Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanochemistry.; Energy harvesting.; Semiconductors.; Catalysis.; Energy systems.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Energy Harvesting.; Energy Systems.

This book explains the use of nanocrystalline semiconductors in the harvesting of energy from solar light. It introduces promising methodology and technology which may help to increase the efficiency of light harvesting - one of the major challenges on the way toward sustainable energy generation. T...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to the Photochemistry of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
• Semiconductor Nanophotocatalysis for Solar Light Energy Conversion
• Solar Cells based on Nanocrystalline Semiconductors
• Methodological Aspects of Semiconductor Nanophotocatalysis.