Photoenergy Conversion-Enhanced Perovskite Solar Cells

Chaper 1. INTRODUCTION FOR PHOTON ENERGY CONVERSION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
1.1 The Growing Global Energy Crisis and the Role of PVs
1.2 Emergence of Perovskite Photovoltaics
1.3 Challenges in Spectral Response and Photon Management of Perovskite Photovoltaics
1.4 Photon Management Strategies: Addressing Energy Losses in PSCs
1.5 The Scope of This Work
1.6 Structure of the Book

Chapter 2. UC FOR LIGHT SPECTRUM EXPANSION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
2.1 UC intergrated in electron transporting layers
2.2 UC intergrated in hole transporting layers
2.3 UC intergrated in perovskite photoactive layer
2.4 UC applied outside device structure of PSCs
2.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 3. DOWN-CONVERSION/DOWN-SHIFTING FOR HIGH-ENERGY UV UTILIZATION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
3.1 Basic in Down-conversion/Down-shifting improved solar cells
3.2 REs-based DC phosphors
3.3 Semiconductor oxides
3.4 Organic fluorescent materials for DS in PSCs
3.5 Nanocrystals or quantum dots
3.6 Carbon materials
3.7 Chapter Summary

Chapter 4. SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FOR LIGHT-HARVESTING IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
4.1 Basic mechanisms in surface plasmon resonance
4.2 Metals nanostructures
4.3 Metal@Dielectric composites
4.4 Metal alloys
4.5 Other nanostructures
4.6 Chapter summary

Chapter 5. TANDEM STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL COMPLEMENTARITY IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
5.1 Working Principle of tandem solar cells
5.2 All-perovskite tandem solar cell
5.3 Perovskite/organic tandem solar cell
5.4 Perovskite/quantum dot or Perovskite/dyes tandem solar cell
5.5 All-perovskite triple-junction solar cells
5.6 Perovskite/Perovskite/Perovskite triple-junction solar cell
5.7 Perovskite/Perovskite/Silicon triple-junction solar cell
5.8 Perovskite/Perovskite/Organic configurations triple-junction solar cell
5.9 Chapter summary

Chapter 6. TEXTURING FOR LIGHT-TRAPPING IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
6.1 Texturing on glass or transparent conductive oxide
6.2 Electron transport layers with periodic nanostructures
6.3 texturing of perovskite films
6.4 interface between the hole transport layer and the metal back electrodes
6.5 Chapter summary

Chapter 7. ANTI-REFLECTION FOR PHOTON RECYCLING UTILIZATION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
7.1 Anti-reflection in incident side
7.2 Anti-reflection in tandem solar cells
7.3 Anti-reflection for colorful PSCs
7.4 Chapter summary

Chapter 8. LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS FOR LIGHT CONCENTRATION
8.1 Introduction to Luminescent Solar Concentrators
8.2 Challenges and Innovations in LSC Efficiency
8.3 Pb-based perovskite Nanocrystals in LSCs
8.4 Pb free-perovskite nanocrystals in LSCs
8.5 Chapter summary

Chapter 9. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES FOR PHOTON ENERGY CONVERSION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
9.1 Conclusion
9.2 Perspectives