Future Solar Energy Devices

Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand and I will move the world”. The future
technologies based maybe all on light will let as perhaps say: “Give me the light
and the world will turn”.
This book gives a personal view on materials science, electronics, photonics and
future solar energy devices. Based on the similarities between electronics and
photonics and on the new advancements on solar energy and photonics devices, this
book tries to expose the new trends in science and future research axis.
If we have materials, light, life and intelligence, we can construct a world.
Looking back on the achievements of the last hundred years we remark that on the
basis one material: “sand” or “silicon dioxide” the common efforts of human beings
led to a huge and unimaginable development. All electronics, informatics and
communication networks are based on electronic devices made with silicon which
is extracted from sand and optical fibre networks which are fabricated from silicon
dioxide.