05671nam 2200709Ia 450 991100661690332120200520144314.09781601197733160119773X97818481615421848161549(CKB)1000000000766344(EBL)1193268(SSID)ssj0000072590(PQKBManifestationID)11972094(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000072590(PQKBWorkID)10102490(PQKB)11428388(MiAaPQ)EBC1193268(WSP)00000399 (Perlego)845554(EXLCZ)99100000000076634420090315d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNanostructured and photoelectrochemical systems for solar photon conversion /editors, Mary D. Archer, Arthur J. NozikLondon Imperial College Press ;Singapore ;Hackensack, NJ World Scientific Pub. Co.c20081 online resource (780 p.)Series on photoconversion of solar energy ;v. 3Description based upon print version of record.9781860942556 1860942555 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; About the authors; Preface; Overview M. D. Archer; 1.1 Themes; 1.2 Historical perspective; 1.3 Extremely thin absorber (ETA) cells; 1.4 Organic solar cells; 1.5 Dye-sensitised solar cells (Grätzel cells); 1.6 Regenerative solar cells; 1.7 Future prospects; App. The vacuum scale of electrode potential and the concept of the 1A solution Fermi level; 1A.1 SHE and SCE scales of electrode potential; 1A.2 Absolute electrode potentials; 1A.3 Absolute electrode potential of the SHE; 1A.4 The solution Fermi level; 1A.5 Vacuum scale of electrode potential; References2 Fundamentals in photoelectrochemistry R. J. D. Miller and R. Memming2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Photophysics of semiconductors and semiconductor particles; 2.2.1 Field effects; 2.3 Carrier relaxation; 2.3.1 Bulk three-dimensional semiconductors; 2.3.2 Layered semiconductors: quasi-two-dimensional systems; 2.3.3 Quasi-one-dimensional semiconductors; 2.3.4 Nanoscale-structured semiconductors; 2.3.5 Midgap state effects: surface-state trapping; 2.4 Charge transfer at the semiconductor-electrolyte interface; 2.4.1 Energy levels at the semiconductor-liquid interface; 2.4.2 Majority-carrier processes2.4.3 Minority-carrier processes2.4.4 The quasi-Fermi level concept for electron-transfer processes; 2.4.5 Interfacial charge-transfer dynamics; 2.4.6 Dye sensitisation; 2.5 Conversion of solar energy; 2.5.1 Electrochemical photovoltaic cells; 2.5.2 Photoelectrolysis of water; 2.5.3 Conversion efficiencies; 2.5.4 Competition between redox reactions and anodic decomposition; 2.6 Photocatalysis; 2.7 Summary; Editorial note; References; 3 Fundamentals and applications of quantum-confined structures A. J. Nozik; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Quantisation effects in semiconductor nanostructures3.2.1 Synthesis of semiconductor nanostructures3.2.2 Energy levels in quantum wells, superlattices and quantum dots; 3.3 Optical spectroscopy of quantum wells, superlattices and quantum dots; 3.3.1 Quantum wells and superlattices; 3.3.2 Quantum dots; 3.4 Hot electron and hole cooling dynamics in quantum-confined semiconductors; 3.4.1 Quantum wells and superlattices; 3.4.2 Quantum dots; 3.5 High conversion efficiency via multiple exciton generation in quantum dots; 3.5.1 Cooling dynamics in quantum dots; 3.5.2 Electron-hole pair (exciton) multiplication in quantum dots3.5.3 Theory of multiple exciton generation3.5.4 Thermodynamic calculations of conversion efficiency in MEG QD solar cells; 3.6 Quantum dot solar cell configurations; 3.6.1 Photoelectrodes composed of quantum dot arrays; 3.6.2 Quantum dot-sensitised nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells; 3.6.3 Quantum dots dispersed in organic semiconductor polymer matrices; 3.7 Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Fundamentals and applications in electron-transfer reactions M. D. Archer; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Historical perspective; 4.3 Thermodynamics of ET and PET reactions4.4 Classical Marcus theoryIn this book, expert authors describe advanced solar photon conversion approaches that promise highly efficient photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells with sophisticated architectures on the one hand, and plastic photovoltaic coatings that are inexpensive enough to be disposable on the other. Their leitmotifs include light-induced exciton generation, junction architectures that lead to efficient exciton dissociation, and charge collection by percolation through mesoscale phases. Photocatalysis is closely related to photoelectrochemistry, and the fundamentals of both disciplines are covereSeries on photoconversion of solar energy ;v. 3.PhotoelectrochemistryNanostructured materialsSolar energyPhotocatalysisPhotoelectrochemistry.Nanostructured materials.Solar energy.Photocatalysis.621.47Archer Mary D1825293Nozik Arthur J.1936-1801471MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911006616903321Nanostructured and photoelectrochemical systems for solar photon conversion4392835UNINA