Advances of Perovskite Solar Cells—2nd Edition
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials for Energy Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 1131
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optoelectronic materials and devices; semiconductor nanocrystals; halide perovskite
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Dear Colleagues,
Following the successful first edition of this Special Issue of Crystals, we are pleased to announce that submissions to its second edition, entitled "Advances of Perovskite Solar Cells—2nd Edition", are now being accepted.
For perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to become a cost-effective photovoltaic technology, their efficiency, stability, and industrialization are the basic merits to consider. Among these aspects, working stability can become a large obstacle for the development of PSCs, which is mainly due to the light sensitivity of the device. In the past few years, there have been significant advances in studies on the crystal growth process, photo/moisture/oxygen/heat-induced degradation, performance optimization, and the device structure design of perovskite solar cells in terms of both mechanisms and solutions. However, how do environmental factors affect the formation/degradation of the perovskite lattice? Which is more suitable for commercial development: component engineering or pure-phase perovskite? How can perovskite devices achieve long-term development in the silicon market? These are currently open questions, as well as hot and timely topics. The present Special Issue on perovskite solar cells may become a status report summarizing the progress achieved in the last five years.
Dr. Jing Wei
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- perovskite
- commercial development
- interface engineer
- crystal growth
- device stability
- degradation
- structure design
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