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Carbon Nanotubes for Solar Cells and Photovoltaics

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Solar cells have gained considerable attention recently owing to their effective and pollution-free approach for sustainable power production. As a result, research studies have been conducted over the past decades aiming to find solutions to develop novel materials to enhance the performance of these devices, along with reducing the cost of power production by solar cells. The incorporation of carbon nanotubes in solar cells has been reported to be a promising approach, due to their exceptional electrical and physical properties. In this chapter, first, we reviewed the principle of solar cells and the different roles of CNTs in these devices. Then, after a short explanation about each type of photovoltaic cell, the application and performance of CNTs in different parts of these devices are discussed. The roles of CNTs as transparent conducting electrodes, photocarrier generator, and carrier transport materials in different categories of solar cells including perovskite solar cells, organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, silicon solar cells, are presented in this chapter.

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