Toward Computational Design of High-Efficiency Photovoltaics from First-Principles

Abstract

The objectives of the project are three-fold: (1) Development of first-principles simulator to understand the fundamental physical processes underlying the performance of the solar cells. (2) Identifying key physical quantities and materials parameters controlling the efficiency of the solar cells and translating the understanding to a set of materials design rules. (3) Providing theoretical guidance and computational screening for molecular design of materials to achieve high efficiency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 2016
Accession Number
AD1017245

Entities

People

  • G. Lu

Organizations

  • California State University, Northridge

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cells
  • Charge Carriers
  • Charge Transfer
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Efficiency
  • Electron Transfer
  • Electron Transitions
  • Energy Bands
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Solar Cells
  • Students

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design