Photovoltaics Materials Science
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2021)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: solar photovoltaics; materials science; thin films; solar energy materials; module construction, reliability; manufacturing, thin-film deposition; renewable energy technologies; material characterization
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Increasingly sophisticated device architectures are being employed to improve the performance of silicon, perovskite, and chalcogenide solar photovoltaic devices. Recent advances in passivation layers and carrier selective contacts for silicon, absorber composition, and charge transport layers for perovskites, selenium alloying, and group V doping for CdTe have been demonstrated. These have been enabled by investigations into the underlying microstructure and composition of these devices. Understanding and controlling the material properties are critical to further improving device efficiencies. This Special Issue highlights cutting-edge research in solar cell materials science, which is driving the next generation of devices. Submissions covering all aspects of solar cell material science and cell technologies are encouraged. Investigations focusing on novel interfaces, structures, compositions, and advanced simulation techniques are of particular interest.
Prof. Dr. Kurt L. Barth
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- interface
- doping
- passivation
- alloys
- composition
- grain boundaries
- microstructure
- materials science
- precursor
- microscopy
- imaging
- DFT
- perovskite
- silicon
- CdTe
- chalcogenide
- halide
