Perovskite-Based Solar Cells
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2015) | Viewed by 5569
Special Issue Editors
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
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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