Advances in Perovskites: Growth, Characterization and Optoelectronic Devices

Dear Colleagues,

During the past few years, perovskites have emerged as “star materials” in optoelectric devices with great potential in practical applications. The symmetric/asymmetric nature of the crystal lattice not only affects the energy band structure, phonon frequency, and defect states of perovskites, but also plays a key role in device performance. Therefore, the study of the symmetric/asymmetric nature and the crystal quality is important. In this Special Issue on "Advances in perovskites: growth, characterization, and optoelectronic devices", we will mainly focus on the recent advances in the area of perovskites including: 1, new methods for growing the inorganic and hybrid perovskites; 2, the optical characteristic, morphology, and crystal structure of the as-synthesized perovskites; 3, anion/cation exchange/arrangement and crystal symmetric/asymmetric; 4, the stability of perovskites in different environments; 5, fabrication of optoelectronic devices including photodetector, solar cells, laser diodes, and light-emitting diodes. We also welcome the theoretical works calculated by DFT or Comsol, by such we can deeply understand the basic physical and chemical mechanisms within the material preparations and device performances.

All interested researchers are kindly invited to contribute to this Special Issue with their original research articles, short communications, and review articles. Please note that all submitted papers must be within the general scope of the Symmetry journal.

Dr. Longxing Su
Guest Editor

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