Many of the recent advances in enhancing the thermoelectric figure of merit are linked to
nanoscale phenomena found both in bulk samples containing nanoscale constituents and in …

This is a graduate level textbook in nanoscale heat transfer and energy conversion that can
also be used as a reference for researchers in the developing field of nanoengineering. It …

The conversion of sunlight into electricity has been dominated by photovoltaic and solar
thermal power generation. Photovoltaic cells are deployed widely, mostly as flat panels, …

This review is an update of a previous review (AJ Minnich, et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2009,
2, 466) published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in …

All-perovskite tandem solar cells hold the promise of surpassing the efficiency limits of single-junction
solar cells 1 , 2 – 3 ; however, until now, the best-performing all-perovskite tandem …

Bulk polymers are generally regarded as thermal insulators, and typically have thermal
conductivities on the order of 0.1 W m −1 K −1 (ref. 1 ). However, recent work 2 , 3 , 4 suggests …

As a ubiquitous solar-thermal energy conversion process, solar-driven evaporation has
attracted tremendous research attention owing to its high conversion efficiency of solar energy …

Currently, steam generation using solar energy is based on heating bulk liquid to high
temperatures. This approach requires either costly high optical concentrations leading to heat loss …

The dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) in bismuth antimony telluride (BiSbTe)
bulk alloys has remained around 1 for more than 50 years. We show that a peak ZT of 1.4 at …

This paper presents analysis of the optical absorption in silicon nanowire arrays that have
potential applications in solar cells. The effects of wire diameter, length, and filling ratio on the …