Printable Solar Cells: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies Journal on the subject area of “Printable Solar Cells: Recent Advances and Future Prospects.” Printable solar cells (PSCs), such as organic solar cells, perovskite solar cells, and quantum dot solar cells, have recently shown unprecedented breakthroughs in both scientific and technological advancements. Because of their excellent functionalities, including their light weight, flexibility, and printability, they are expected to facilitate unique photovoltaic applications that can be hard to attain with conventional inorganic solar cells. Therefore, to achieve the practical implementation of these PSCs, intense research efforts into materials, device/module optimization, fabrication, printing technology, device/material stability and transparent electrodes for PSCs are required.

The topics of interest in this Special Issue include various component materials and optimization/fabrication methods for PSCs, such as organic solar cells, perovskite solar cells and quantum dot solar cells. The PSCs of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Organic solar cells
• Perovskite solar cells
• Quantum dot solar cells
• Photoactive materials
• Interfacial materials
• Charge transporting materials
• Interface engineering
• Printing technology
• Flexible and transparent electrodes
• Device/module optimization
• Device structures
• Device stability
• Material stability
• Module design

Res. Prof. Hongkyu Kang
Res. Prof. Soo-Young Jang
Prof. Heejoo Kim
Guest Editors

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• printable solar cells
• perovskite solar cells
• organic solar cells
• quantum dot solar cells
• printing technology
• flexible and transparent electrodes