Nanostructured Photovoltaic Thin Films for Energy Harvesting and Conversion
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2023) | Viewed by 534
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Interests: nanomaterials; optical spectroscopy; microscopy
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Interests: thin films; coatings; polymers; surface modification of dielectrics; electrically conductive chalogenide layers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We can all see the urge to decrease the usage of conventional energy resources such as fossil fuels, due to the harmful emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming. With its vast potential as an abundant renewable energy, solar energy has been harvested through various technologies including photovoltaics. Nanostructured photovoltaic thin-film-based solar modules have been vastly produced and used owing to their stability, versatility and high efficiency. Nanostructured materials such as organics and halide perovskites are attractive types of thin-film solar cells as they are scalable and of a low cost. Furthermore, photovoltaics based on scalable nanostructured thin films have found numerous applications, e.g., catalysis, solar harvesting windows, etc.
The scope of this Special Issue is to highlight the trends of the progress of nanostructured photovoltaic thin films as well as the future potential of renewables based on this type of photovoltaic. The fabrication and the characterization of solar cells based on different types of nanostructured photovoltaic thin films, such as DSSC and OPV will be of great interest. The modeling approaches of such devices are to be included, as the device optimization profits from the theoretical modeling.
Dr. Martina Gilić
Dr. Neringa Petrašauskienė
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photovoltaics
- solar cells
- photodetectors
- nanostructured thin films
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