Flexible, Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 571
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photoelectric functional materials and devices; in organic/perovskite solar energy; photosensitizer treatment of cancer cells; photocatalytic treatment of organic matter and metal ions in wastewater
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Worldwide concern over the consequences of traditional energy usage is driving the development of devices for clean energy conversion such as fuel cells and solar cells. Design of polymeric materials that address a number of issues including high ionic conduction under reduced humidity conditions, fuel crossover, the balance between water uptake / dimensional stability and proton conduction, chemical stability, the catalyst—PEM interface, ionomer, and fuel cell durability are needed. Polymer solar cells have been considered as an attractive and promising approach to solve energy and environment issues, due to their light-weight, low-cost, flexibility, rapid energy payback time, and high-throughput roll-to-roll manufacturing.
This Special Issue on “Flexible, Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells” aims to reflect the progress and phenomena related to organic electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, photo-sensors, thin film transistors, and light-emitting diodes, etc. We look forward to your contribution describing your recent promising research.
Prof. Dr. Tao Liu
Dr. Libin Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar cell
- polymer electrolytes
- gel-polymer electrolytes
- organic batteries
- flexible transparent electrode
- batteries
- synthesis
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