New Trends in Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Technology

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will cover new trends in solar energy and photovoltaic technologies.

The energy of the future must necessarily be based on the large-scale use of solar energy, in its most diverse manifestations. The sun is a huge, inexhaustible, absolutely safe source of energy, equally owned by everyone and accessible to everyone. The bet on solar energy should be considered not only as a win–win, but in the long term and as an alternative choice for humanity. It is very important to present and develop new trends in the long-term perspective of the possibility of converting solar energy into electrical energy using solar cells on existing and new materials. These devices seem to be quite mature in scientific and technological terms today in order to be considered as a technical base for large-scale solar energy of the present and the future. It is by moving along this path that we will be able to build "smart" factories, cities, and villages, and digital factories; preserve and improve the quality of the habitat; ensure sustainable development of the environment; and provide humanity with energy, warmth, and food.

In this Special Issue, we expect critical review articles, original research and thematic analyses covering topical topics related to new trends in solar energy, new materials and technologies, methods for assessing quality, and forecasting the stability of solar energy systems, including intelligent "smart" computer modeling methods, including interdisciplinary methodologies. This Special Issue of the journal Energy titled "New Trends in Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Technologies" has been created to exchange ideas in the field of solar energy and photovoltaic technologies, as well as to disseminate knowledge among scientists, researchers, teachers, practitioners, and theoretical professionals to develop promising ideas needed to solve problems in the field of solar energy and photovoltaic technologies.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Physics and technology of thin-film solar cells;

Characterization and qualification of photovoltaic components;

Solar cells based on heterostructures;

Cascade solar cells;

Photovoltaic conversion of concentrated solar radiation;

Photovoltaic systems based on triple and multicomponent semiconductors;

Perovskite solar cells;

Laser power conversion;

Light transformations in photonics;

Other photovoltaic technologies;

Digital twins in solar energy;

New optical and electronic concepts for the solar cells of the next generation.

Dr. Vasily Rud
Guest Editor

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• solar cells
• semiconductors
• trends
• photovoltaic
• perovskites
• cascade photovoltaics
• solar cells concentrators
• photoconversions
• photonics
• lasers
• digital twins
• digital shadow
• technologies
• characterization
• photoelectrical parameters