Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab-144411, India
2. Department of Chemistry,
UPES, Dehradun-248007, India
Abstract
Abstract:
Energy generation and utilization have always been a prerequisite for human society, however,
in the 21st century and after the pandemic of COVID-19 situations, the importance and demand for energy
storage devices have been stretched to the next level. Smart energy storage devices are required to
cover this indispensable demand so that the desired energy can judiciously be delivered whenever required.
For this immense effort, a variety of materials, viz. carbonaceous materials, transition metal composites,
conducting polymers, etc., are being employed by the scientific community, which are equipped
with advanced performance, flexibility, tunability, portability, and cost-effectiveness. Apart from these
specific features, these energy harvesting materials are associated with inherent properties such as high
electrical and optical conductivity, which place them as a potential contender to be used in energy harvest
and storage devices. These energy storage devices can be based on the electrochemical, electrical, and
optical properties of these conductive materials. To be particular, in this review, the study is targeted at
optically conductive materials. The optical conductivity of a material depends upon the band gap present
in the conductive material under investigation, the lower the band gap, the higher the chance of optical
conductivity. This band gap of the material depends upon factors such as the material used, dopant, solvent
applied, etc. This review brings the detail of optically conductive materials, understanding the factors
affecting the optical conductivity and the methods to enhancing it so that the variety of applications such
as solar cells, optoelectronics, photoelectronic, etc., can be improved.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
General Engineering,General Materials Science
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