Novel Nanomaterials for Thin-Film Solar Cells
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Solar Energy and Solar Cells".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 278
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Interests: thin-film solar cells; novel materials for photovoltaic devices
Interests: thin-film solar cells; energy materials and devices; surface coating technologies
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials are of considerable interest due to their unique properties and nanoscale size, which enable them to catalyze the development in new technologies and applications. With the increase in global energy demand resulting from human activity, there is a new focus on developing everyday applications of thin-film solar cells with flexible, lightweight, low-cost, and scalable features. Thin-film solar cells have recently undergone significant progress in improving device performance and stability, which mainly results from the rapid development of nanomaterials and related technologies to facilitate the design of new device architecture and nanoscale materials.
This Special Issue, entitled “Novel Nanomaterials for Thin-Film Solar Cells”, aims to highlight recent advances in the fields of nanomaterials, nanostructures, and nanotechnologies. We welcome experimentally innovated preparation, characterization and theoretical studies of thin-film solar cells based on (but not limited to) amorphous Si, CIGS, CdTe, CZTS, Sb2Se3, organic/inorganic/hybrid perovskite, dye-sensitization, organic polymers/molecules, quantum dots, and earth-abundant materials. We will accept original research articles and reviews on the following subjects:
- The innovative preparation of nanomaterials for electron transport materials, hole transport materials, and absorbent materials in thin-film solar cells;
- The investigation of nanomaterials in light absorption, carrier transport, and collection for thin-film solar cells;
- The investigation of nanomaterials for thin-film solar cells under different illuminations;
- Theoretical and computational studies of nanomaterials for thin-film solar cells.
Prof. Dr. Yi-Cheng Lin
Guest Editor
Dr. Chih-Liang Wang
Assistant Guest Editor
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Keywords
- third- and fourth-generation solar cells and photovoltaic devices
- innovative manufacturing and processing nanotechnologies
- organic and inorganic nanostructures and nanocomposites
- methods of detecting the optical properties of materials, including light trapping and texturizing
- surface nanotechnology for photovoltaic devices
- perovskite/chalcopyrite/kesterite
- thin-film solar cells
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