Priority Research Directions
Revolutionary Photovoltaic Devices: 50% Efficient Solar Cells ........... 91
Maximum Energy from Solar Photons at Low Cost: Designed
Plastic Photovoltaic Structures....................................................... 101
Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion: Low Cost and
High Efficiencies .................................................................................. 109
Fuels from Water and Sunlight: New Photoelectrodes for
Efficient Photoelectrolysis .............................................................. 117
Leveraging Photosynthesis for Sustainable Solar Production
of Biofuels ...................................................................................... 121
Using a Bio-inspired Smart Matrix to Optimize Energy Landscapes
for Solar Fuels Production.............................................................. 127
Solar-powered Catalysts for Energy-rich Fuels Formation .................. 135
Bio-inspired Molecular Assemblies for Integrating Photon-to-fuels
Pathways........................................................................................ 139
Achieving Defect-tolerant and Self-repairing Solar Conversion
Systems ......................................................................................... 145
Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production............................................... 149
New Experimental and Theoretical Tools to Enable
Transformational Research ............................................................ 155
Solar Energy Conversion Materials by Design .................................... 161
Materials Architectures for Solar Energy: Assembling Complex
Structures....................................................................................... 171