Solar Light Harvesting with Nanocrystalline Semiconductors

Introduces readers to nanocrystalline semiconductors for solar light energy conversion
Provides a general introduction to the photochemistry of semiconductor nanocrystals, detailed explanations of semiconductor nanophotocatalysis and nanocrystalline semiconductor-based solar cells, and examples for investigation and application of the described systems
Offers an honest and critical discussion on perspectives and limitations of photocatalytic processes for solar light conversion, including a historical account
A complete survey from the basics to the current research for everybody interested in the field of sustainable energy harvesting from solar light

Autorentext
Oleksandr Stroyuk is the Head of the Laboratory of Organic Photovoltaics and Electrochemistry at the L.V. Pysarzhevsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He studied chemistry at Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University, Faculty of Chemistry, with a specialization in analytical chemistry and chemical monitoring of environment. He obtained his M.Sc. from Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University in 1999, and then started his PhD studies at the L.V. Pysarzhevsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IPC). Afterwards he had positions as Researcher, Senior Researcher and Leading Researcher in the Photochemistry Department at IPC, and since October 2015 he is heading the Laboratory of Organic Photovoltaics and Electrochemistry.

Inhalt
Introduction to the Photochemistry of Semiconductor Nanocrystals.- Semiconductor Nanophotocatalysis for Solar Light Energy Conversion.- Solar Cells based on Nanocrystalline Semiconductors.- Methodological Aspects of Semiconductor Nanophotocatalysis.