Materials for Solar Photovoltaic Applications, Volume II
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 827
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar cells; quantum dots; plasmonics; perovskite materials; topological quantum effects in condensed matter
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Interests: quantum nano-plasmonics; photovoltaics; metallization of solar cells; perovskite solar cells; plasmonic photovoltaic effect
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Topical Collection is the continuation of our previous Special Issue, “Materials for Solar Photovoltaic Applications”. In the first volume of the Special Issue, we successfully put together many publications of the latest research, creating an extremely useful reference for scholars in the field.
In this second volume of the Special Issue, we want to continue exploring state-of-the-art research on Materials for Solar Photovoltaic Applications.
Photovoltaics is a rapidly developing domain of science and technology, in view of the strongly desired common sustainable energy sources of crucial importance for the protection of global climate. Research towards the enhancement of solar cell efficiency is one of the most important directions in modern physics and technology. New materials and a variety of construction concepts for solar cells, including widely used Si cells, thin-film cells, dye cells and other chemical organic cells, perovskite cells, plastic cells, metalized cells, tandem cells and others, have potential for the optimization of future flexible and economically competitive solutions for large-scale solar plants for energetics and for special applications such as cosmic technology. This Special Issue of Materials entitled Materials for Solar Photovoltaic Applications aims to gather a worldwide review of current attempts in science and technology toward harnessing solar energy in an optimized and effective manner suitable for potential commercial usage.
The Special Issue will cover the following issues (not exclusively):
- Solar cells—conventional materials (Si, CIGS, etc.) and new ones;
- Various solar cell concepts—semiconductor solar cells, chemical organic solar cells, dye solar cells, thin film and plastic solar cells;
- Perovskite solar cells—efficiency and new low-cost methods of production;
- Tandem solar cells;
- Metallization of solar cells toward better efficiency;
- Theory of photovoltaic effect—quantum corrections for the metallic component plasmon effect, multilayer solar cells, multicolor solar cells, and others;
- Large-scale solar cell plants for global energetics—efficiency and durability;
- Solar cells for special applications—such as for satellites or small-scale low-cost applications in developing countries;
- Studies of the optimization of solar cell solutions by numerical systems (COMSOL and similar)—development of numerical tools;
- Other issues related to photovoltaics.
The authors of full research papers, communications, and review papers are invited to contribute their works to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Lucjan Jacak
Dr. Witold A. Jacak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar cell green -energy
- photovoltaic mechanisms and materials
- new concepts and architectures for solar cells
- plasmons for photovoltaics
- efficiency and durability of practical photovoltaic solutions
- perovskite solar cells
