Nanostructured Energy Devices: Advances and Discoveries in Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells and Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

Nanostructured energy devices based on organic and perovskite materials show great potential for low-cost, lightweight, flexible photovoltaic power generation and sensing applications. These emerging energy materials possess a combination of excellent optoelectronic properties, multifunctionality, materials abundance, low-temperature solution processibility, scalable manufacturability, and environmental benignity, making them promising contributors to a more decarbonized energy future. Benefiting from the intense research on material properties, deposition techniques, and device innovation, the field of organic and perovskite energy devices has progressed rapidly in the past few years.

This special issue of Materials aims at covering the latest technical advances and scientific discoveries in organic and halide perovskite solar cells, sensors, and other optoelectronic applications. We encourage the submission of manuscripts involving experimental and theoretical investigations of nanostructured organic and perovskite thin films and optoelectronic devices. Of particular interest are nanostructured materials synthesis, nanoscale materials characterization, new designs of materials and devices, and new routes to optimize device performance.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Zhaoning Song
Guest Editor

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• nanostructured materials fabrication
• energy devices
• functional coatings
• applied materials and interfaces
• organic materials
• perovskites
• optoelectronic devices
• solar cells
• sensors