Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong SAR, China.
Nanoscale. 2012 Apr 28;4(9):2783-96. doi: 10.1039/c2nr30437f. Epub 2012 Apr 3.
As the demand for renewable energy resource is growing rapidly worldwide, a variety of energy materials and technologies are being developed. In this review, we aim to summarize recent developments in the state-of-the-art research on energy harvesting technologies such as thin-film Si or Ge, CdTe, GaAs, organic, hybrid, and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) utilizing one-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials, mainly semiconductor nanowires, nanocones, nanotubes and nanofibers, which are prepared by vapor-liquid-solid method, colloidal lithography, template-guided growth, or electrospinning. Moreover, the future challenges (such as efficiency improvement and natural resource limitations) and prospects of nanostructured solar cells are proposed.
随着全球对可再生能源资源的需求迅速增长，各种能源材料和技术正在被开发。在这篇综述中，我们旨在总结利用一维（1D）纳米材料（主要是半导体纳米线、纳米锥、纳米管和纳米纤维）制备的薄膜 Si 或 Ge、CdTe、GaAs、有机、混合和染料敏化太阳能电池（DSSCs）等能量收集技术的最新研究进展，这些纳米材料是通过汽-液-固法、胶体光刻、模板引导生长或静电纺丝制备的。此外，还提出了纳米结构太阳能电池的未来挑战（如提高效率和自然资源限制）和前景。
