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Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2015) | Viewed by 5274

Special Issue Editors

Department of Solar Energy, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 152, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-343, Korea
Interests: solar cell research; perovskite solar cell; dye sensitized solar cell; sealing technology of solar cells; stability improvement of solar cell; stable electrolyte for dye sensitized solar cell; measurement of solar cell efficiency
Department of Solar Energy, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 152, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-343, Korea
Interests: new inoganic-organic hybrid materials for perovskite solar cells; environmentally friendly manufacturing of solar cell; structure and property relationship of thin film solar cells

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite solar cells have witnessed an unprecedently rapid progress in increasing power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 3.8%, by Kojima et al. in 2009, to over 20% certified record, by Seok et al. in 2015. Despite the remakable rate of PCE improvement of perovskite solar cells, many critical issues related in this field have yet to be solved. Among them, understanding of their fundamental optoelectronic properties (charge generation, transport, and recombination) is still in its infancy. In addition, their stability and reliability has to be tackled for large-scale deployment. Moreover, new alternatives to commonly used Pb-based perovksites are recommended in terms of environmental issues.

This Special Issue will be focused on recent efforts addressing the above issues, in particular the thermal, photo, and humidity stability of perovskite materials, their related degradation mechanisms, and new environmentally-benign alternatives, along with a working principle of devices.

Dr. Chi-Hwan Han
Dr. Sungjun Hong
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • stability and reliability
  • molecular dynamics
  • new materials for solar cells
  • device configuration and hysteresis
  • module of perovskite solar cells

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Photovoltaic Systems with and without Radiation Concentrators for Temperate and Tropical Regions
by Vania Reis de Souza Sant’Anna, Delly Oliveira Filho, Miguel Angel Egido, Aristides Ribeiro, Adílio Flauzino Lacerda Filho and Augusto Cesar Fonseca Ferreira
Energies 2015, 8(11), 12505-12529; https://doi.org/10.3390/en81112316 - 04 Nov 2015
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The industrial development of solar photovoltaic technology has attracted investors and influenced governments to establish public policies for the sector. The present research consisted of studying, building and testing low concentration solar radiation systems for photovoltaic energy conversion. The study used optical nonimaging [...] Read more.
The industrial development of solar photovoltaic technology has attracted investors and influenced governments to establish public policies for the sector. The present research consisted of studying, building and testing low concentration solar radiation systems for photovoltaic energy conversion. The study used optical nonimaging parameters for the V-trough type radiation concentrator constructed of anodized aluminum, to reflect and to cool. Designed to concentrate radiation by about two times and consisting of a set of photovoltaic modules connected in parallel, they were modeled in the Laboratory of Energy Area in the Department of Agricultural Engineering of the Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil, at the coordinates 20°45′14′′ S latitude, 42°52′53′′ W longitude and altitude 648.74 m. They were installed to the geographic North, with the same slope as the local latitude. For comparative analysis, it was determined the electrical characteristics for evaluation of the prototype’s performance with and without radiation concentration, the final productivity for cities in tropical and temperate regions and economic analysis for the system. It was concluded that the prototypes allowed for a gain of energy with concentration, about 31.3% more, and therefore a productivity gain for the analyzed cities in, kWh·kWp−1. Full article
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