The physical properties of bismuth replacement in lead halogen perovskite solar cells: CH3NH3Pb1−xBixI3 compounds by ab-initio calculations by C. Soykan, H. Gocmez

“…The selection of elements used in the design of solar cells is crucial in terms of environmental pollution and legalization problems due to the fact that both solar energy conversion efficiency as high as possible and toxic effects when dissolved in water. …”
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Use of Chalcogenide-Semiconductor-Sensitized Titania to Directly Charge a Vanadium Redox Battery by Tatiana Santos Andrade, Anastasios Keramidas, Panagiotis Lianos

“…Unmediated charging of a battery using solar radiation is a very attractive project of solar energy conversion and storage. In the present work, solar energy was converted into electricity using a photocatalytic fuel cell operating with a chalcogenide-semiconductor-sensitized nanoparticulate titania photoanode and an air-cathode functioning by oxygen reduction. …”
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Structure and Physical Properties of Polymer Composite Films Doped with Fullerene Nanoparticles by R. M. Ahmed, S. M. El-Bashir

“…The spectroscopic properties of such films recommended their application in photonics and solar energy conversion.…”
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Silicon Electrodeposition for Microelectronics and Distributed Energy: A Mini-Review by Andrey Suzdaltsev

“…The review covers factors determining the choice of composition of molten salts, typical silicon precipitates obtained by electrolysis of molten salts, assessment of the possibility of using electrolytic silicon in microelectronics, representative test results for the use of electrolytic silicon in the composition of lithium-ion current sources, and representative test results for the use of electrolytic silicon for solar energy conversion. This paper concludes by noting the tasks that need to be solved for the practical implementation of methods for the electrolytic production of silicon, for the development of new devices and materials for energy distribution and microelectronic application.…”
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Hybrid photosynthesis-powering biocatalysts with solar energy captured by inorganic devices by Tian Zhang, Pier-Luc Tremblay

“…Recently, hybrid photosynthetic technologies with the potential of significantly increasing the efficiency of solar energy conversion to products have been developed. In these systems, the reduction of CO2 into biofuels or other chemicals of interest by biocatalysts is driven by solar energy captured with inorganic devices such as photovoltaic cells or photoelectrodes. …”
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ANALYTICAL THEORY OF ELECTRON-SPIN-ECHO MODULATIONS IN CORRELATED RADICAL PAIRS by Zwanenburg, G, Hore, P

“…A theoretical treatment of the effects of electron-electron coupling on electron-spin-echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectra of spin-correlated radical pairs (species which occur as intermediates in a variety of chemical reactions and in the initial steps of photosynthetic solar energy conversion) is presented. The exchange and dipolar interactions between the two unpaired electrons in the radical pair are found to have no effect on the ESEEM spectra if their strength is small compared to the difference in EPR frequencies of the two electrons. …”

Photochemical electron transfer between methylene blue and quinones by Misni, M., Dennis, M., Peter, V., Alex, H.

“…This slow back electron transfer is favourable to the use of this system for energy storage via photosynthetic solar energy conversion.…”

Photocatalytic properties of SrTiO₃ – Impact of (Co-)doping with Sc, Cr, Co, Ir and La by Azeem Ghulam Nabi, Maryam Hayat, Shahbaz Khan, Salman Nazir, Akhtar Hussain, Aman-ur-Rehman, Gregory A. Chass, Devis Di Tommaso

“…The optical properties of doped SrTiO3 are crucial for solar energy conversion due to their correlation with their efficacy to absorb and convert sunlight to energy. …”
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Roadmap on optical energy conversion by Boriskina, Svetlana V, Green, Martin A, Catchpole, Kylie, Yablonovitch, Eli, Beard, Matthew C, Okada, Yoshitaka, Lany, Stephan, Gershon, Talia, Zakutayev, Andriy, Tahersima, Mohammad H, Sorger, Volker J, Naughton, Michael J, Kempa, Krzysztof, Dagenais, Mario, Yao, Yuan, Xu, Lu, Sheng, Xing, Bronstein, Noah D, Rogers, John A, Alivisatos, A Paul, Nuzzo, Ralph G, Gordon, Jeffrey M, Wu, Di M, Wisser, Michael D, Salleo, Alberto, Dionne, Jennifer, Bermel, Peter, Greffet, Jean-Jacques, Celanovic, Ivan, Soljacic, Marin, Manor, Assaf, Rotschild, Carmel, Raman, Aaswath, Zhu, Linxiao, Fan, Shanhui, Chen, Gang

“…For decades, progress in the field of optical (including solar) energy conversion was dominated by advances in the conventional concentrating optics and materials design. …”
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Nanostructure sensitization of transition metal oxides for visible-light photocatalysis by Hongjun Chen, Lianzhou Wang

“…To better utilize the sunlight for efficient solar energy conversion, the research on visible-light active photocatalysts has recently attracted a lot of interest. …”
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Th Generation of Typical Meteorological Year for Tripoli, Libya by Yosof M. Khalifa, Farag S. Alargt

“…Thus TMY generated will be very useful tool for optimal design and performance evaluation of solar energy conversion systems, heating, wind, and other renewable energy systems to be located in this part of Libya.…”
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Violation of fluctuation-dissipation relations for electron transfer in nonpolar solvents by Gerdenis Kodis, Ian R. Gould, Dmitry V. Matyushov

“…Nonpolar materials are increasingly employed as media for electron transfer, particularly in applications related to solar energy conversion. What should be the mechanism of activation for electron tunneling in the absence of rotating permanent dipoles considered in standard theories is not clear. …”
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Shaping of Panel Materials in Light Direction Design by Urzędowski A., Wójcicka-Migasiuk D.

“…The paper presents the methodology of the analysis of the materials used in solar energy conversion, and an elaborated example with simulations of obtained results. …”
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Enhancing solar spectrum utilization in photosynthesis: exploring exciton and site energy shifts as key mechanisms by Kõu Timpmann, Margus Rätsep, Arvi Freiberg

“…Understanding the unique native adaptation mechanisms offers promising prospects for advancing sustainable energy technologies of solar energy conversion.…”
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On the Chemical Origin of the Gap Bowing in (GaAs)_{1&#8722;<it>x</it>}Ge_2<it>x</it> Alloys: A Combined DFT&#8211;QS<it>GW</it> Study by Van Schilfgaarde Mark, Korkin Anatoli, Giorgi Giacomo, Yamashita Koichi

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Motivated by the research and analysis of new materials for photovoltaics and by the possibility of tailoring their optical properties for improved solar energy conversion, we have focused our attention on the (GaAs)_{1<b>&#8722;</b> <it>x</it>}Ge_2<it>x</it> series of alloys. …”
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Copper Coordination Complexes for Energy-Relevant Applications by Iacopo Benesperi, Reena Singh, Marina Freitag

“…Copper coordination complexes have emerged as a group of transition metal complexes that play important roles in solar energy conversion, utilization and storage, and have the potential to replace the quintessential commonly used transition metals, like Co, Pt, Ir and Ru as light sensitizers, redox mediators, electron donors and catalytic centers. …”
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Research Progress on Visible-light Responding ZnO-based Nanocomposite Photocatalyst by ZHAO Yan-ru, MA Jian-zhong, LIU Jun-li

“…With the developing of basic research and application, ZnO-based nanocomposite photocatalyst will be widely used in the fields of high efficiency catalyst, environmental purification, solar energy conversion and so on.…”
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Optical modeling of organic electronic devices by Celebi, Kemal

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Effect of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) on power systems by Ng, Joshua Yu Han

“…Solar energy is considered one of the main sources of renewable energy and rooftop PV is one of the main forms of solar energy conversion that is used in Singapore due to her size and density. …”
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Perovskite photovoltachromic cells for building integration by Cannavale, A, Eperon, G, Cossari, P, Abate, A, Snaith, H, Gigli, G

“…This multifunctional device is capable of producing electrical power by solar energy conversion as well as undergoing a chromic transition from neutral-color semi-transparent to dark blue-tinted when irradiated with solar light, without any additional external bias. …”