Recent Advances in Photovoltaic Materials and Devices
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 (1 November 2022)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy semiconductor materials; thin film materials and devices; photoelectric devices; photovoltaic devices; photodetectors; photoelectrochemical photoelectrodes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To meet the increasing energy demand of the global economy and the essential carbon-neutral goal of the society environment, it is important to accelerate the development and utilization of renewable energy. Photovoltaic devices which directly convert renewable solar energy into electric power have drawn tremendous research attention and achieved considerable advances. Various kinds of photovoltaic materials including silicon (crystalline-Si and amorphous Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), organic polymers, inorganic metal chalcogenide-based semiconductors, quantum dots (QDs), sensitizers/dyes, and organic/inorganic perovskites have emerged; the corresponding solar cells also present enormous growth in power conversion efficiency and the energy market share. Moreover, some alternative photovoltaic materials with the merits of low cost, earth abundant, low toxicity, superior stability, and excellent optoelectronic properties are also gaining growing relevance to broaden the scope of photovoltaic applications.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theoretical calculation/simulation, experimental research, and industrial application of all types of photovoltaic materials and devices.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Perovskite photovoltaic materials and devices;
- Organic photovoltaic materials and devices;
- Dye-sensitized photovoltaic materials and devices;
- Quantum dot photovoltaic materials and devices;
- Thin-film photovoltaic materials and devices;
- New photovoltaic concepts and materials;
- Photovoltaic technology and industrial applications.
Dr. Shuo Chen
Guest Editor
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