Organic and Polymeric Thin Film Materials for Solar Cells
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2023) | Viewed by 3310
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Interests: epitaxial technology (MOCVD, LPE, and spray methods); compound semiconductors/fabrication and analysis of transparent conducting oxide semiconductors; fabrication of light-emitting diodes; fabrication of solar cells; nanomaterial processes; fabrication of sensor devices; fabrication of perovskite quantum dots; fabrication of perovskite optoelectronic devices (QLEDs, solar cells, and sensors)
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Dear Colleagues,
The massive consumption of traditional fossil energy has caused serious resource depletion and environmental pollution. One of the most urgent solutions is to find alternative renewable energy sources. Solar energy stands out because it is environmentally friendly and not subject to geographical restrictions. Solar cells are one of the most effective ways to use solar energy. Organic and polymeric solar cells have many competitive advantages, including convenient material chemical structure fine tuning, frontier orbitals (HOMOs and LUMOs), energy gap, material durability, as well as the low cost and versatility of solution-based large-scale industrial processing and manufacturing, including sophisticated polymer solution printing technology or roll-to-roll (R2R) film processing protocols. In addition, organic and polymeric semiconductors exhibit higher light absorption coefficients than their inorganic counterparts, which opens up possibilities for the production of extremely thin solar panels or films that can save a lot of material. The key success factors for organic and polymeric solar cells include improved photon capture through energy gap engineering, especially in the strongest solar radiation of 1–2 eV, and improved charge generation and transport through polymer morphology engineering, as it is now very clear that the photo-induced charge separation is severely affected by the size of the donor/acceptor domain, and the charge mobility is severely affected by the morphology of the polymer. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the progress and phenomena related to organic and polymeric thin film materials for solar cells. We look forward to authors’ contributions to describe their latest research in the form of original full articles, communications, or reviews on this topic.
Prof. Dr. Lung-Chien Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- organic solar cells
- polymeric materials
- polymer solar cells
- photovoltaic cells
- polymer blend films
- doped polymer films
- interface engineering
- solution processing
- device engineering optimization
- new materials and new device structures
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