Laser generated nanoparticles based photovoltaics

C Petridis; K Savva; E Kymakis; E Stratakis

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2016.09.065

Laser generated nanoparticles based photovoltaics

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2017 Mar 1:489:28-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.09.065. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Authors

C Petridis¹, K Savva², E Kymakis³, E Stratakis⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Crete, Greece; Center of Materials Technology and Photonics, University of Applied Sciences Crete, Greece.
² Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece; Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71004 Crete, Greece.
³ Center of Materials Technology and Photonics, University of Applied Sciences Crete, Greece; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Crete, Greece.
⁴ Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece. Electronic address: istratak@iesl.forth.gr.

PMID: 27697290
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.09.065

Abstract

The exploitation of nanoparticles (NP), synthesized via laser ablation in liquids, in photovoltaic devices is reviewed. In particular, the impact of NPs' incorporation into various building blocks within the solar cell architecture on the photovoltaic performance and stability is presented and analysed for the current state of the art photovoltaic technologies.

Keywords: Laser ablation in liquids; Nanoparticle based solar cells; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaics; Physically synthesized nanoparticles; Plasmonics.