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microscopy, 81, 85, 101, 155-157, 176, 182
molecular processes, 5, 156
multiple exciton generation, 92, 93
nanoscience, xi, xii, 5, 6, 67, 75, 88, 111,
161, 182
nanostructure, 25, 27, 61, 62, 68, 69, 75, 78,
81, 92, 97, 99, 103, 104, 109, 111, 112,
115, 142, 146, 156, 157, 163, 166, 172,
223
nanotechnology, 5, 67, 88, 115, 125, 161,
197
photocatalysis, 43, 46, 51, 83
photoelectrochemistry (PEC), 16, 26, 28-31
photoelectrodes, 29, 117-119, 161, 162
photoelectrolysis, 29, 31, 46, 117-119
photon management, 75, 77, 79
photoreduction, 44, 47, 119, 137
photosynthesis, x, xii, 3, 33-35, 37, 38, 41,
42, 48-52, 92, 121, 123, 125, 127, 128,
130, 139, 141-143, 145, 146, 158, 175,
182
photovoltaic (PV), ix, 13, 15-17, 20, 21, 30,
34, 58, 60, 64, 77, 91-99, 101-106, 113-
118, 136, 145, 156-158, 161, 165, 166,
171, 181, 182, 187, 189, 208, 213, 221
power production, 13, 16, 36, 62, 197
reflector, 58, 69, 164, 174, 189, 214-218
renewable fuels, 3
scanning probe, 5, 85, 101, 176, 182
self-assembly, xi, 5, 43, 49, 50, 127, 130,
139, 140-142, 171-174, 176, 177, 182
260
self-repair, 6, 40, 51, 145-147, 182
semiconductors, x, 15, 16, 21, 24, 28, 30,
46, 47, 61, 62, 77, 93, 97, 98, 103, 109,
110, 117-119, 140, 141, 166, 169, 171,
181, 182, 197, 222
silicon (Si), 13-16, 18, 20-22, 24, 64, 91, 95,
99, 109, 145, 161, 181, 189-196, 224
solar cells, ix, x, 13-15, 19-24, 26, 28, 30,
62, 63, 91, 92-96, 98, 101, 105, 109-115,
142, 145, 146, 166, 171-175, 177, 187,
189-197, 208, 221, 225
solar conversion, x, 3, 5, 6, 76, 82, 91, 99,
141, 142, 145, 182, 183, 209
solar fuels, ix, x, 4, 5, 19, 33-35, 37, 40, 48-
50, 52, 67, 127, 130, 132, 135, 136, 139,
141, 143, 144, 145, 149, 151, 199, 221
solar reactor, 66, 70, 152, 153, 221
solar thermal system, ix, xi, 4, 57, 58, 60,
66, 69, 164, 213-216
spectroscopy, x, 40, 77, 130, 132, 137, 156
thermoelectric, xi, 60-62, 67, 68, 75, 82,
161-163, 166, 167, 213, 222, 223, 225
thermophotovoltaic, 60, 62, 63, 68, 99, 161,
164, 167, 224, 225
thin-film material, 21, 63, 173
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), ix, 4, 5,
13, 36, 60, 169, 204, 213, 218
water oxidation, 40, 44, 46, 50, 130, 138,
139, 142, 143
water-splitting, 6, 47, 51, 65, 67, 117, 118,
127, 135, 140, 142, 146, 147, 149, 150, 158,
175