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Optical Thin Film and Solar Cells

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2022) | Viewed by 2316

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Leiping Duan

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College of Engineering & Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Interests: perovskite solar cells; organic solar cells; semi-transparent and flexible optoelectronics; indoor photovoltaics; internet of things and building integrated photovoltaic
Dr. Ashraf Uddin

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School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Interests: organic solar cells; photovoltaic device physics, design and characterisation; dye-sensitised solar cells; organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite photovoltaics; new concepts of photovoltaics; semi-transparent photovoltaics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Optical thin films and solar cells play critical roles in addressing societal demands that include increasing global energy consumption, the growing demand for sustainable clean energy, the transition to the digitization and the Internet of Things, and developing multifunctional applications such as colorful optoelectronic devices, agrivoltaics, and heat control. Herein, we launch this new Special Issue of Coatings that will collect original research articles and review papers. The contributions will focus on the fundamentals, optimization, and applications of optical thin films and solar cells including, but not limited to, multifunctional thin films, silicon and thin-film solar cells, semi-transparent and flexible optoelectronics, indoor and building-integrated photovoltaics, and the Internet of Things.

We look forward to receiving your contribution.

Dr. Leiping Duan
Dr. Ashraf Uddin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly 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 2600 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.

Keywords

  • solar cells
  • thin films
  • Internet of Things
  • optoelectronics
  • semi-transparent

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Chemical Bath Deposited Orthorhombic SnS Films for Solar Cell Applications
by Carlos Ocampo-Ortega, Ines Riech, Arturo Abelenda, Ricardo Mis-Fernández, Patricia Rodríguez-Fragoso and Julio Mendoza-Alvarez
Coatings 2022, 12(2), 283; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12020283 - 21 Feb 2022
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Abstract
Tin sulfide (SnS) thin films were deposited by the chemical bath deposition technique. The used procedure allows us to obtain orthorhombic SnS in 3.5 h and achieve thicknesses of 390 nm. We study the influence of deposition times, percentage of Sn precursor, and [...] Read more.
Tin sulfide (SnS) thin films were deposited by the chemical bath deposition technique. The used procedure allows us to obtain orthorhombic SnS in 3.5 h and achieve thicknesses of 390 nm. We study the influence of deposition times, percentage of Sn precursor, and post-annealing on the structural and optical properties. The X-ray diffraction measurements of SnS films prepared at a deposition time of 3 h showed orthorhombic structure with characteristic peaks of SnS2. However, increasing the deposition time and the Sn precursor, the orthorhombic SnS phase in these samples becomes predominant. Thin-film morphologies and thicknesses were identified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). An increase in bandgap from 1.41 eV to 1.56 eV was observed by increasing Sn precursor. The optical properties remain constant after air annealing of 285 °C. Low-temperature photoluminescence spectra show emission bands at 2.5 eV attributed to the presence of SO2. Other deep level transitions were observed at about 0.9 eV, probably due to oxygen. Full article
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