Thin-Film Solar Cell: Mechanism, Property and Application
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 (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 3985
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy semiconductor materials; thin film materials and devices; photoelectric devices; photovoltaic devices; photodetectors; photoelectrochemical photoelectrodes
Interests: energy semiconductor materials; thin film materials and devices; photoelectric devices; photovoltaic devices; photodetectors; photoelectrochemical photoelectrodes
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Dear Colleagues,
Solving the increasingly prominent energy shortage and environmental pollution is an urgent need to achieve sustainable development. As a kind of inexhaustible renewable energy, the development and utilization of solar energy have important scientific significance to alleviate energy problems and environmental problems. The efficiency improvement mechanism of thin film photovoltaic devices is one of the main topics in the field of renewable energy. Thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) technology offers more versatility than silicon (Si) due to its compelling features of being lightweight and compatible with flexible and rigid substrates and compatibility with opaque and translucent architectures. Some inorganic thin-film solar cells such as Cu(In, Ga)Se2 and CdTe have reached advanced and mature processes, and the new Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 thin-film solar cells have also attracted people's interest due to their abundant element reserves and non-toxic advantages. Perovskite solar cells, organic solar cells and dye-sensitized thin-film cells based on nanomaterials have also been extensively studied. The research on thin-film solar cells, especially the research on the photoelectric conversion performance, mechanism and future applications, has far-reaching significance for the development of this field.
This Special Issue focuses on the latest experimental advances and theoretical studies of TFPV devices, outlining various strategies to improve the performance of solar cells. It aims to engage academic and industrial researchers to foster current knowledge of TFPV materials and devices and to develop new ideas for device efficiency improvements and future applications. We invite authors to contribute original research articles and review articles covering the current progress on TFPV. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Nanomaterials and nanostructures in TFPV materials;
- Nanoscale defects and phase regulation in TFPV materials;
- Optimization of power conversion efficiency of TFPV devices;
- Efficiency improvement mechanism of TFPV devices;
- The wide applications of TFPV materials and devices.
Dr. Guangxing Liang
Dr. Shuo Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar energy conversion
- photovoltaic semiconductor materials
- thin-film photovoltaic materials and properties
- thin-film photovoltaic devices
- power conversion efficiency
- performance optimization
- efficiency improvement mechanism
- future applications of thin-film photovoltaic materials and devices
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