"Emerging Solar Energy Materials" ed. by Sadia Ameen, M. Shaheer Akhtar, Hyung-Shik Shin

This book provides the fundamental understanding of the functioning of solar cellsand the materials for the effective utilization of energy resources. The main objective of writing this book is to create a comprehensive and easy-to-understand source of information on the advances in the rapidly growing research on solar cells.

Emerging Solar Energy Materials comprises 12 chapters written by the experts in the solar cell field and is organized with the intention to provide a big picture of the latest progress in the solar cell field and at the same time give an in-depth discussion on fundamentals of solar cells for interested audiences. In this book, each part opens with a new author's essay highlighting their work for contribution toward solar energy. Critical, cutting-edge subjects are addressed, including: Photovoltaic device technology and energy applications; Functional solar energy materials; New concept in solar energy; Perovskite solar cells; Dye-sensitized solar cells; Organic solar cells; Thin-film solar cells.

The book is written for a large and broad readership including researchers and university graduate students from diverse backgrounds such as chemistry, physics, materials science, and photovoltaic device technology. The book includes enough information on the basics to be used as a textbook undergraduate coursework in engineering and the sciences.


Contents
Preface
1 Solar Modulation Utilizing V02-Based Thermochromic Coatings for Energy-Saving Applications
2 Nanopyramid Structures with Light Harvesting and Self-Cleaning Properties for Solar Cells
3 Fabrication of ZnO Thin Film through Chemical Preparations
4 Porous Carbon Materials as Supreme Metal-Free Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
5 New Organic Polymers for Solar Cells
6 A BIM-Based Study on the Sunlight Simulation in Order to Calculate Solar Energy for Sustainable Buildings with Solar Panels
7 Some Essential Issues and Outlook for Industrialization of Cu-lll-VI2 Thin-Film Solar Cells
8 Plasmonic Resonances and Their Application to Thin-Film Solar Cell
9 Hybrid Silicon Nanowires for Solar Cell Applications
10 Microstructure Engineering of Metal-Halide Perovskite Films for Efficient Solar Cells
11 Pathways Towards High-Stable, Low-Cost and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
12 High-Quality Perovskite Film Preparations for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells