Solar Cells and Photoelectrochemical Cells: Current Status, Challenges, and Future
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 5588
Special Issue Editor
Interests: donor-acceptor molecules; hole transporting materials; organic Synthesis; perovskite solar cells; photovoltaics; polymers; semiconductor materials; solar energy; solar fuels
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global climate change, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and the increasing energy demand are among the most burning issues facing humanity at present. Recently, fossil fuels, including solid-state coal, liquid-state petroleum and gaseous-state natural gas, have shown significant contributions to energy production. However, limited fossil fuel resources and the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere from burning these fuels have sparked the demand for alternative inexpensive renewable energy resources. Therefore, it is necessary to diversify the available energy sources, mainly renewable energies, including wind energy, biomass energy, solar energy, etc. Among the various technologies in the field of renewable energy, photovoltaic (PV) technology, which embraces the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity, has become one of the most significant fields. It is considered as a clean, sustainable, renewable energy conversion technology that can help us to meet the energy demands of the world’s growing population and reduce fossil fuel consumption. According to the solar generation report written by the EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association) and Greenpeace International, photovoltaic power generation will cover 9% of the world's demand in 2030. Therefore, solar energy has the ability to meet the increasing global energy demand and is a promising renewable resource because the sun can supply abundant and non-contaminated clean energy. Harvesting energy directly from sunlight using photovoltaic technology (based on artificial photosynthesis) significantly reduces atmospheric emissions, and avoiding the detrimental effects of these gases on the environment could represent an important solution to the population’s energy needs. In this context, photovoltaics and photo-catalysis are hot topics in current renewable energy research, which has been neglected until this point. Importantly, the generation of electrical energy from sunlight using photovoltaic and photo-catalysis technology offers low production cost, eco-friendly, and large-scale industrial applications.
This Special Issue is entitled “Solar Cells and Photoelectrochemical Cells: Current Status, Challenges, and Future”. For this Special Issue, we would like to invite researchers to contribute original research articles, communications, full papers, perspectives and review articles that indicate the importance of solar cells and photoelectrochemical cells.
Dr. Naresh Duvva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- green energy
- solar energy conversion including photovoltaics
- solar fuel production, storage, and distribution
- solar chemistry
- energy efficiency
- renewable energy
- photovoltaic systems
- artificial photosynthesis
- energy materials and devices
- photocatalysis
- photoelectrochemical cells
- dye degradation
- dye sensitized (DSSC) and organic solar cells
- perovskite solar cells
- flexible and transparent solar cells
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