New Materials and Concepts for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (17 November 2021) | Viewed by 3163
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ability to produce energy from reliable, affordable, sustainable and safe sources is critical to address the economic and environmental challenges the world is currently facing. Solar energy is arguably the most abundant source of renewables, yet the energy production from photovoltaics (PV) only accounts for less than 10% of all renewables, and despite decades of materials research and development, single-junction crystalline silicon-based solar cells still dominate. The diurnal nature of PV also requires storage, and batteries have recently emerged as an “ideal” partner for PV, but matching the storage needs of large-scale PV plants using only batteries will be a challenging task. As more countries are setting drastic deadlines to completely eliminate the use fossil fuels, a more diverse energy portfolio, which goes beyond silicon-based PV and battery storage solutions, is necessary to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized world. The purpose of this Special Issue is specifically to present recent advances in materials design and concepts for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage. We invite original manuscripts presenting the latest progress in this area, with special reference to the following topics:
- Theory-driven solar materials design;
- New concepts for solar fuels production;
- Low-cost material processing for photovoltaics;
- Device integration for standalone photoelectrochemical water splitting;
- Emerging solar absorbing materials;
- Passivation layers for durable (photo)electrochemistry;
- Light management and trapping for enhanced photo-conversion efficiency;
- Development of catalytic materials for (photo)electrochemistry.
Dr. Nicolas M. Gaillard
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photovoltaics
- photoelectrochemistry
- solar fuels
- thin film solar absorbers
- plasmonics
- tandem devices
- water splitting
- surface passivation
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