Hollow Nanostructures for Application in Solar Cells

Hollow Nanostructures for Application in Solar Cells

Peetam Mandal, Abha bhargava and Mitali Saha

Hollow nanostructures are nanoscale materials with interior cavities, high volumetric load capacity ratio and high porosity. This new generation structure has gained huge momentum in the field of energy storage and photovoltaics due to such promising physical and chemical features. This chapter highlights contributions of various works where hollow nanostructures of metals and carbonaceous materials had been used in solar cell over the last few years. The harnessing of efficiency with structural modifications in the hollow structures over the years was shown in various works. The effect of structure engineering on the performance of solar cell has been explained in detail where voids in metallic hollow nanostructure enhance light scattering and high charge recombination. Simultaneously, carbonaceous hollow nanostructured materials are considered to be the latest photoelectrode materials and designated to be alternatives for metallic hollow nanostructures counterpart due to their high feedstock availability and fabrication charges.

Keywords
Solar Cells, Hollow Nanostructures, Carbonaceous Hollow Nanostructures, Metallic Electrodes, Photovoltaics

Published online 11/15/2020, 19 pages

Citation: Peetam Mandal, Abha bhargava and Mitali Saha, Hollow Nanostructures for Application in Solar Cells, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 88, pp 129-147, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901090-5

Part of the book on Materials for Solar Cell Technologies I

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