Exciton and Charge Carrier Dynamics in Materials for Photovoltaics

This research focuses on the investigation of the opto-electronic properties of a variety of organic and inorganic materials of interest for photovoltaics. Fundamental knowledge on the parameters that play an important role in the process of charge photogeneration is achieved by application of a number of experimental methods, the most relevant...

Photoconductivity of Quantum Dot Films Towards Third-Generation Solar Cells

Colloidal semiconductor nanoparticles, also called quantum dots, have unique opto-electronic properties that make them promising candidates for many applications such as solar cells, light–emitting diodes, lasers, or biological imaging. One of the most interesting features is that the bandgap energy can be tuned by changing the particle size....