Nanomaterials for Solar Cells
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2021) | Viewed by 359
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Non-renewable sources of energy are being exhausted at a rapid pace; consequently, research emphasis has been directed at the utilization of renewable sources of energy. For over three decades, many possibilities have been investigated on renewable energies to generate sustainable electricity for various uses. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have the potential of being an efficient method to directly convert sun energy into electrical energy. Many nanotechnology-related studies have been conducted in these fields to improve the energy conversion efficiency of DSSCs using new nanoscale approaches. Further, perovskite solar cells have been gaining much attention, and nanomaterials have been heavily used in these studies to improve the overall efficiencies. In addition to DSSCs and perovskite solar cells, several nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanowires, nanotubes, nanofilms, and nanocomposites) have been integrated into the other solar cells (thin film solar cells, organic solar cells, etc.) for the same purposes.
In this Special Issue, we are inviting scientists, engineers, and researchers to submit their original research work, short communication, and extended review manuscripts to publish in “Nanomaterials for Solar Cells” under Molecules. The manuscripts can be associated with synthesis, characterization, evaluation, modeling and simulation. In total, six–eight papers will be published in this work.
Thank you for your contributions.
Prof. Ramazan Asmatulu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nanomaterials
- Nanoparticles
- Solar cells
- Fabrication and characterization
- Renewable energy
- Environmental remidiation
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