Titanium Oxide Films for Energy Applications
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2019) | Viewed by 274
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Interests: organic electronics; perovskite LEDs and PVs; metal oxides; polyoxometalates; molecular nanomaterials
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Interests: interface engineering; organic solar cells; organic light-emitting diodes; perovskite solar cells; transition metal oxide thin films
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the era of rapidly-increasing energy demands and dwindling conventional energy sources, there is a pressing need to develop alternate energy materials or tailor the properties of the already existing ones. One such material with exciting properties is titanium dioxide (TiO2), which exists in one of its three polymorphs, anatase, rutile and brookite. TiO2 is a material with high chemical stability and strong catalytic activity, which has been applied in promising energy technologies, including dye-sensitized solar cells, supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries, photocatalysts, and gas sensors. It is of high importance to tailor the intrinsic properties and chemical stoichiometry of TiO2 for optimum performance in any energy related application. Substantial progress has seen and continues to see the light toward the development and optimization of novel and efficient synthesis methods of TiO2, as well as the development of state-of-the-art energy related devices.
In this Special Issue of Metals, we invite investigators to contribute original research and review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the electronic and optical properties of TiO2 films and their crucial role in achieving highly efficient energy related devices. We are particularly interested in articles that aim to clarify the influence of the metal oxide component on the device performance.
Dr. Maria Vasilopoulou
Dr. Anastasia Soultati
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Recent advances in synthesis of TiO2 nanomaterials
- Role of optical and electronic properties of TiO2
- Modification of TiO2 films to control their electronic structure
- TiO2-based composites for energy applications
- Role of TiO2 in potential applications in emerging energy technologies
