Solar Energy Conversion: The Beginner's Guide | 2022
Solar energy conversion systems based on silicon-based semiconductors have been widely employed all over the world in recent years, and photovoltaic and artificial photosynthetic systems using conventional materials and architectures have grown increasingly mature. However, because of the significant pollution created by crystalline silicon modules during the manufacturing process, as well as the relatively poor theoretical conversion efficiency of silicon-based semiconductors, a number of unique photovoltaic materials and technologies have been proposed. Organic and perovskite solar cells, in particular, have gotten a lot of interest. Since the solar spectrum's receptive range expanded from ultraviolet to visible around the turn of the century, the sun's photosynthetic activities have piqued the interest of researchers in physics, chemistry, materials, and energy. Because of the ongoing development of catalytic theory, the rising number of material systems, the increase in quantum efficiency, and the expansion of the application range, photosynthesis has become a major area of catalytic chemistry and energy materials.
