Charge Carrier Generation Management in Photovoltaics

This thesis, titled “Charge Carrier Generation Management in Photovoltaics” introduces novel insights into integrating nanoscale light management with the generation and extraction of charge carriers for improved photovoltaics. We emphasize the importance of spatial control of absorption for the electronic solar cell performance. And we investigate how absorption-enhancing nanostructures influence the electronic integrity of solar cells for a wide range of established as well as novel photovoltaic technologies.