Nanostructured Thin Film Materials for Magnetic and Photovoltaic Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 5340
Special Issue Editor
Interests: thin films of magnetic and semiconducting materials; energy materials; nanoscale physics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Current research in renewable and sustainable energy solutions focuses on developing new materials, either magnetic materials or semiconductors, which have shown potential for such applications. This includes thin films of photovoltaics for solar cells which will have fewer or no critical elements and will also help to reduce the costs of energy harvesting. Similarly, several materials with critical magnetic properties show potential for combining semiconducting and magnetic characteristics into a solution for reducing energy consumption. The next-generation goal for this research lies in applications such as hybrid vehicles, spintronics, low-cost solar energy production, and most importantly building a pathway to sustainable human civilization without any need of critical materials such as fossil fuels.
In the light of this research goal, this Special Issue focuses on the following:
- Studying nanostructured thin films for photovoltaic applications: novel synthesis techniques, new/improved photovoltaic properties, etc.
- Obtaining a deep understanding of thin-film photovoltaics with modified band structure achieved through doping or gating.
- Understanding the spin structure of thin-film magnetic materials for potential energy solutions.
- New magnetic nanostructured films with intriguing properties which can be exploited to build spintronic solutions to energy problems.
This Special Issue will be regarded as a benchmark for new-generation research on energy harvesting through the thin-film engineering and nanostructuring of related materials.
Dr. Bhaskar Das
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photovoltaic thin films
- magnetic thin films of metals and semiconductors
- energy harvesting through nanostructuring
- critical materials reduction
- sustainable energy solutions
