Sustainable Material Solutions for Solar Energy Technologies. Processing Techniques and Applications. Solar Cell Engineering

Table of Contents

Section I Trends in materials development for solar energy applications

1. Bismuth-based nanomaterials for energy applications

2. Emergent materials and concepts for solar cell applications

3. Novel dielectrics compounds grown by atomic layer deposition as sustainable materials for chalcogenides thin-films photovoltaics technologies

4. First principles methods for solar energy harvesting materials

Section II Sustainable materials for photovoltaics

5. Introduction to photovoltaics and alternative materials for silicon in photovoltaic energy conversion

6. An overview on ferroelectric photovoltaic materials

7. Nanostructured materials for high efficiency solar cells

8. Crystalline-silicon heterojunction solar cells with graphene incorporation

9. Tin halide perovskites for efficient lead-free solar cells

Section III Sustainable materials for photocatalysis and water splitting

10. Photocatalysis using bismuth-based heterostructured nanomaterials for visible light harvesting

11. Recent advances in 2D MXene-based heterostructured photocatalytic materials

12. Atomic layer deposition of materials for solar water splitting

Section IV Sustainable materials for thermal energy systems

13. Solar selective coatings and materials for high-temperature solar thermal applications

14. Applications of wastes based on inorganic salts as low-cost thermal energy storage materials

15. Nanoencapsulated phase change materials for solar thermal energy storage

Section V Sustainable carbon-based and biomaterials for solar energy applications

16. Carbon nanodot integrated solar energy devices

17. Solar cell based on carbon and graphene nanomaterials

18. Sustainable biomaterials for solar energy technologies

19. Bioinspired solar cells: contribution of biology to light harvesting systems

Authors

Mariana Amorim Fraga Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal de S�o Paulo - UNIFESP, Brazil. Mariana Amorim Fraga is a Visiting Professor at the Universidade Federal de S�o Paulo - UNIFESP, Brazil. She has published 48 articles in SCI journals, 14 book chapters and 3 edited books. Her research interests are in the materials science and engineering areas, mainly in the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for the development of sensors, electronic devices and energy technologies She serves as an editorial board member of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Smart Materials in Medicine, Materials Research Express and Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of SPIE and ACS. Delaina A. Amos Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, USA. Delaina Amos received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1989. She later obtained a MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California Berkley in 1992 and 1996 where she was both a GEM MS fellow and among the first class of GEM Engineering PhD Fellows. After completing a one-year industrial post-doctoral assignment at Eastman Kodak, Dr. Amos joined the research staff at Eastman Kodak in 1997. Dr. Amos held a variety of roles at Kodak including research scientist, R&D team leader, technical liaison, and intellectual property co-leader. While at Kodak, work that she was involved in went into creating the new platform of pigment-based inks for the Kodak consumer printer lines. Dr. Amos joined the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Louisville in June 2010 as an Associate Professor. Savas S�nmezoglu Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey. Savas Sonmezoglu is a Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University; a faculty member since 2012. His research focuses on the synthesis of inorganic nano-materials for solar cells applications such as perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters. He also serves as editorial board member and peer reviewer for various international journals. Velumani Subramaniam Professor, Mexican Government Research Center, CINVESTAV, Mexico City and Visiting Research Fellow, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. Velumani Subramaniam is currently a Professor at the Mexican Government Research Center, CINVESTAV, Mexico City and also serving as visiting Research Fellow at Texas A & M University, College Station, USA. He earned his M.Sc. in Solid State Physics, as well as aM.Phil and Ph.D. in Thin Film Physics from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. His current duties include teaching, research and administration. He is presently working on novel micro- and nanostructured materials for harvesting renewable energy and also for biomedical applications. In the past 30 years, he's established various new programs, courses, won prestigious projects from different funding agencies and industries. He has visited more than 25 countries as Director for International Relations (signed 80 MoU`s) and to deliver plenary/invited talks and lectures; he has thus attained a global vision on technical education and administration. He has published 160+ papers in peer-reviewed international journals, serves as an Editor (JMSE, Springer) and has guest edited 12 special journal issues for several publishers (i.e. Elsevier and Springer). Velumani serves as an editorial board member and peer reviewer for bumerous reputed international journals; he has served as visiting professor in Univ. of Twenty, Holland; University of Le Mans, France; and SKKU, ROK.