Ab initio calculations of the electronic and optical properties of group IV semiconductor nanostructures embedded in different matrices

Chapter 1: Introduction to Photovoltaics and Potential Applications of Group IV Nanostructures""; ""Chapter 2: The Dielectric Function and Spectrophotometry: From Bulk to Nanostructures""; ""Chapter 3: Ab initio Calculations of the Electronic and Optical Properties of Silicon Quantum Dots Embedded in Different Matrices""; ""Chapter 4: Silicon Nanoclusters Embedded in Dielectric Matrices: Nucleation, Growth, Crystallization, and Defects""; ""Chapter 5: Excited-State Relaxation in Group IV Nanocrystals Investigated Using Optical Methods "" ""Chapter 6: Carrier Multiplication in Isolated and Interacting Silicon Nanocrystals""""Chapter 7: The Introduction of Majority Carriers into Group IV Nanocrystals""; ""Chapter 8: Electrical Transport in Si-Based Nanostructured Superlattices""; ""Chapter 9: Ge Nanostructures for Harvesting and Detection of Light""; ""Chapter 10: Application of Surface-Engineered Silicon Nanocrystals with Quantum Confinement and Nanocarbon Materials in Solar Cells""; ""Chapter 11: Prototype PV Cells with Si Nanoclusters""; ""Back Cover""