Polymer Films for Photovoltaic Applications, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Membranes and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1016
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic materials and conjugated polymers; thin films and nanotechnology; materials characterization; optical spectroscopy; absorption edge parameters; electronic transitions; thermo-optical properties; doping; polymer films in optoelectronic structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on polymer thin films and polymer blend films in photovoltaic (PV) structures. Organic materials are widely used in optoelectronic devices (e.g., organic solar cells (OSCs)), mainly due to the low cost of production (thin films may be deposited at low temperatures on a large surface on flexible substrates). However, polymer compounds in OSC systems also have certain limitations, such as low efficiency and a short lifetime of devices, resulting from insufficient thermal and time stability. Polymers, which may be utilized in PV systems, should exhibit the appropriate optical properties (e.g., a wide range of absorption and low energy gap), good durability and stability (not undergoing any phase transitions or degradation in the temperature range in which the system is working), and relevant electronic structure (good alignment of molecular orbitals of donor and acceptor compounds in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells).
This Special Issue covers all fields related to polymer films for photovoltaic applications, but special attention will be given to the following aspects:
- Synthesis and suitable modification of polymer structure to obtain polymer thin films for PV devices;
- Influence of film deposition (thermal vacuum evaporation (TVE), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), spin coating, spray, etc.) on the properties of polymer films;
- Thermo-optical properties of polymer thin films and blends of polymer films as potential parts of PV systems;
- Influence of doping or protonation of polymer thin films and blend polymer films on their properties;
- Polymer thin films as active layers in PV solar cells—correlation of chemical structure and PV properties;
- BHJ solar cells with polymer blend films—the choice of blend film composition to obtain the best PV parameters.
Authors are welcome to submit their latest research in the form of original full articles, communications, or reviews on this topic.
Prof. Dr. Bożena Jarza̧bek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer thin films
- polymer blend films
- doped polymer films
- thermo-optical properties
- organic solar cells
- BHJ photovoltaic structures
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