Semiconductor Structures for Energy Conversion Devices and Advanced Electronics

Dear Colleagues,

Energy conversion devices and advanced electronics have been essential to our society due to the persisting global energy crisis. Novel semiconductor structures such as reduced dimensional materials and nanocrystals have attracted much attention owing to their exotic optical and electronic properties. Recently, semiconductor quantum dots and 2D hybrid perovskite materials have demonstrated their capability to increase the efficiency and stability of photovoltaics and light-emitting devices. To control and optimize semiconductor structures and to explore their new applications, fundamental understandings of their growing mechanism and optical and electronic properties are necessary.

Synthetic and photophysical studies are crucial to developing emerging semiconductor structures. This includes the novel synthetic advancement of nanocrystals and multi-dimensional semiconductor materials, surface characterization and modifications, advanced spectroscopy studies on structural/optical/electronic properties of semiconductor structures, and the fabrication of new device structures.

This Special Issue of Nanoenergy Advances will report research and review articles on the development and study of syntheses, properties, and applications of semiconductor structures at both fundamental and device levels.

Dr. Yitong Dong
Dr. Lina Quan
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nanoenergy Advances is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• multi-dimensional materials
• nanocrystals
• synthesis and surface modifications
• light–matter interaction in semiconductors
• spectroscopy
• quantum materials
• lead-free materials