Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies, a Step before Commercialization
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 4381
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanostructured semiconductors; materials for third-generation photovoltaics and agrivoltaics; electrochromic materials; upscaling of energy devices
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Interests: third-generation photovoltaics, including perovskite, dye-sensitized and quantum dot solar cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The step that follows the fabrication and validation of novel emerging photovoltaic technologies at a laboratory scale is their utilization in industrial applications, for which a low cost, large area, high throughput and high solar-to-energy power conversion efficiency, long lifetime and low toxicity are crucial attributes. In recent years, dye- and quantum-dot-sensitized (with also organic–inorganic halide perovskite) solar cells have emerged as a promising cost-effective solar cell technology, mostly studied at small laboratory scales. Therefore, the development of protocols for these technologies to step towards their industrialization is of great importance. In this Special Issue, we encourage submissions by outstanding scholars involved in the technology of third-generation photovoltaics discussing key topics in the field of industrialization, also welcoming review articles concerning emerging subjects in this topic. We expect these papers to be widely read and highly influential within the field, and all are to be collected in this Special Issue for a printed edition book after the deadline, which will be well promoted.
In particular, topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following subject areas:
- Scale-up transfer from laboratory to industry;
- Interconnection issues and solutions;
- Topics on the capacity to fabricate large-area modules;
- Long-term stability for third-generation photovoltaic modules;
- Lifetime measurement and quantification protocols;
- Cost-performance and life-cycle assessment analysis;
- Toxicity issues and possible solutions;
- Future research directions.
Prof. Dr. Elias Stathatos
Dr. Polycarpos Falaras
Dr. Bidikoudi Maria
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging technologies
- perovskite solar cells
- organic photovoltaics
- dye-sensitized solar cells
- quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells
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