New trends in solar cells / Masafumi Yamaguchi, Laurentiu Fara -- Physical limitations of photovoltaic conversion / Laurentiu Fara, Masafumi Yamaguchi -- Quantum well solar cells: physics, materials and technology / Magdalena Lidia Ciurea, Ana-Maria Lepadatu, Ionel Stavarache -- Quantum confinement modeling and simulation for quantum well solar cells / Laurentiu Fara, Mihai Razvan Mitroi -- Analytical models of bulk and quantum well solar cells and relevance of the radiative limit / James P. Connolly -- Hybrid solar cells: materials and technology / Corneliu Cincu, Aurel Diacon -- Polymer solar cells / Catalin Zaharia -- Organic solar cells modeling and simulation / Mihai Razvan Mitroi, Laurentiu Fara, Andrei Galbeaza Moraru -- Super high efficiency multi-junction solar cells and concentrator solar cells / Masafumi Yamaguchi -- Quantum dot solar cells / Yoshitaka Okada, Katsuhisa Yoshida, Yasushi Shoji -- Intermediate band solar cells: modeling and simulation / Pablo García-Linares [and others] -- Phononic engineering for hot carrier solar cells / Sana Laribi [and others] -- The luminescent solar concentrator: advances, optimization, and outlook / Rahul Bose, Keith W.J. Barnham, Amanda J. Chatten -- Prospects and strategy of development for advanced solar cells / Laurentiu Fara, Masafumi Yamaguchi.