Technology and Characterization of Thin Film for Solar Cells
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 2021) | Viewed by 8730
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Interests: development and applications of green energy systems; photovoltaic systems; thermal-collectors and hybrid systems; material and technology research of thin-film polycrystalline heterojunction, solar cells and modules; flexible photovoltaics and flexible optoelectronics; measurements and characterization of PV cells and devices; inorganic and polymer-based sensors and detectors; flexible devices based on carbon nanoforms
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Interests: development and applications of green energy systems; development of radiation detectors; development of new nanomaterials and their applications
Interests: development and application of thin-film solar cells; PVD technology; characterization of PV cells and devices; flexible organic semiconductors; green energy systems and energy management; technology transfer and startups development; clusters
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Guest Editors are inviting submissions for a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Technology and characterization of Thin Film Solar Cells”.
Photovoltaic devices are important renewable energy resources with the potential to tackle various global energy crises. Their use could reduce the consumption of fossil fuels for producing electricity. The basic advantages of solar cells are: availability of solar radiation energy, no negative impact on the environment, long-lasting and energy produced at the production site.
Currently, silicon solar cells are the most popular devices for converting light energy to electricity, but thin-film heterojunction solar cells comprise competitive, efficient, and cheap photovoltaic devices and are expected to replace traditional Si panels in the future.
Thin-film solar cells have many advantages compared with traditional silicon photovoltaic devices. A main advantage of thin-film solar cells is their lower thickness. The layers are even 200 times thinner than the layers of traditional silicon solar cells. Thin-film solar cells have the potential to reduce the material consumption and their production costs. They are lighter in weight, so they can be deposited on flexible substrates and integrated with many things.
Therefore, we welcome review and research papers for the development of thin-film photovoltaic materials and solar cells. Suitable topics include experimental and theoretical findings related to thin film photovoltaic materials, structures, devices, fabrication techniques and characterization.
The scope of the Special Issue involves, but is not limited to:
- Thin-film solar cells
- Solar cells
- Solar energy
- Nano-structured PV cells
- Thin-films for photovoltaic applications
- Nanotechnology for improvement of PV devices
- Quantum dot solar cells
- Organic PV materials and devices
- New concepts and device architectures for next-generation solar cells
Prof. Maciej Sibiński
Prof. Marian Cholewa
Dr. Grzegorz Wisz
Dr. Paulina Sawicka-Chudy
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- PV devices
- photovoltaic
- thin-film solar cells
- thin-films for photovoltaic applications
- device physics of solar cells
- nano-structured solar cells
- development of thin film solar technology
- materials structure and layers for solar cells
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