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From a top-level view, what exactly are people working on in solar these days? Efficiency? Cost? Both?
What are the parameters people really have to vary? Crystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous? Binary, ternary, quaternary compounds? Crystal structure (I have heard perovskites are a hot topic)? Substrate purity and variety? Lower dimensional structures (quantum dots, nanowires, thin films, etc.)?
What are some must read papers of the last... say 5 or 10 years? What are some seminal papers that everyone in this field must know?
What are your personal opinions of solar R&D and where it's headed? Is there money to be made? Are there known areas where there are bound to be interesting scientific things to discover?
I'm not really that familiar with any of the organic / dye-sensitized solar cells or how they work. Besides cost and maybe lower toxicity of the reactants, I don't really see why anyone would pursue them. Any ideas?
Hope to see some good discussion. Thanks in advance. :)
What are the parameters people really have to vary? Crystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous? Binary, ternary, quaternary compounds? Crystal structure (I have heard perovskites are a hot topic)? Substrate purity and variety? Lower dimensional structures (quantum dots, nanowires, thin films, etc.)?
What are some must read papers of the last... say 5 or 10 years? What are some seminal papers that everyone in this field must know?
What are your personal opinions of solar R&D and where it's headed? Is there money to be made? Are there known areas where there are bound to be interesting scientific things to discover?
I'm not really that familiar with any of the organic / dye-sensitized solar cells or how they work. Besides cost and maybe lower toxicity of the reactants, I don't really see why anyone would pursue them. Any ideas?
Hope to see some good discussion. Thanks in advance. :)