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Materials for Solar Cell Applications: An Overview of TiO2, ZnO, Upconverting Organic and Polymer-Based Solar Cells

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The present chapter gives an overview of third-generation solar cells with special emphasize on important synthesis protocol for ZnO, TiO2, and rare earth-based upconverting materials for their utilization in the field of solar cells. Moreover, we have discussed working principle and basic requirements for organic-based solar cells, which is in major focus of research worldwide. This is booming research field and has enormous scope to serve humankind to combat energy scarcity and futuristic application for harvesting the solar energy.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Federal University of Goias, Goiania, GO, Brazil

    Navadeep Shrivastava

  2. Institute of Chemistry, Development of Inorganic Materials with Rare Earths (DeMITeR), Laboratory of Photoluminescent Materials (LAMAF), Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, 38400-902, Brazil

    Helliomar Barbosa

  3. Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    Khuram Ali

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

    S. K. Sharma

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Shrivastava, N., Barbosa, H., Ali, K., Sharma, S.K. (2020). Materials for Solar Cell Applications: An Overview of TiO2, ZnO, Upconverting Organic and Polymer-Based Solar Cells. In: Sharma, S., Ali, K. (eds) Solar Cells. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36354-3_3

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