Intelligent Materials for Solar Cells
1Advanced Photovoltaics Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
2Polymer and Color Chemistry Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
3King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Intelligent Materials for Solar Cells
Description
Globally, the growth rate of the human population is increasing; therefore, the huge demand of energy to fulfill its requirements like vehicles, TVs, computers, ACs, and so forth causes global warming. Therefore, CO2-free energy is an emergent issue. In this context, solar energy is an alternate of fossil fuels. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), organic thin-film solar cells, quantum dot solar cells, Schottky solar cells, inorganic-organic heterojunction solar cells, and many others have been developed as an efficient, low-cost technology during the last years. In order to improve the performance of solar cells, the sensitizer should absorb photons in the near-IR region as well as over the entire visible region of the solar spectrum, and long-term stability is another serious issue. The purpose of the proposed special issue is to provide all information about light- harvesting materials for bench as well as industrial researcher at one place.
This special issue will contain high-quality research work addressing the latest innovations in nanomaterials research focused on solar cells and synthetic nanomaterials considering the importance of light-harvesting materials to be a core concept in the design of novel generation of solar cells and smart nanomaterials. The special issue is aiming at a broad audience of readers in the field of material sciences, chemistry, physics, and biology. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Dye-sensitized solar cells: organic dye and metal complexes
- Quantum dots solar cells
- Flexible solar cells: polymers
- Light-harvesting conjugated polymers
- Light harvesting and photocatalysis
- Light-harvesting nanomaterials and solar energy conversion
- Bulk heterojunction solar cells (PCBM/P3HT)
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