Advances in Materials for Energy Generation and Storage Devices

Dear Colleagues,

Energy is currently an important global issue, given the likely decline in common resources (fossil fuels), along with the demand for high-performance energy systems. In this sense, renewable energy technologies have become the core elements of an accelerated energy transition to 2050, and their synergies are likewise important. The current drawbacks of the production systems of some renewable energies are their origin, which in some cases cannot be “on and off” when we want; therefore, there is a need to have the capacity to efficiently store the energy that cannot be used at the time of production.

The main of this Special Issue is to give an overview of innovation in PV and storage technology, covering all aspects of the value chain. Developing more efficient products by implementing advanced materials to constitute the next generation of energy and storage devices is also pursued. Topics of interest include:

• New alternative absorbers, based on safe and raw materials (nitrides, oxides, etc.);
• Transparent electrodes free of critical raw materials;
• Selective contacts for energy and storage devices;
• Implementation 2D materials to improve device performance;
• Uses of functional graphenic materials in PV and energy storage technologies;
• Advanced solar device concepts.

Prof. Dr. Fernando B. Naranjo
Dr. Susana Fernández
Guest Editors

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