Materials and Properties for Solar Cell Application
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 71
Special Issue Editor
Interests: semiconductor device physics; thin film fabrication; data analysis; characterization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing world population has led to a growing demand for consumer goods and energy. The main sources of energy, such as carbon-emitting fossil fuels, have contributed to global warming and climate change. To mitigate these effects, renewable energies, such as solar cells (photovoltaic cells), are increasingly being considered as an alternative energy source. These solar cells play a crucial role in generating clean and renewable energy by converting sunlight into electrical energy. This Special Issue specifically focuses on the fabrication and characterization of various materials for different types of solar cells including Si, Perovskites, III-V, CdTe, CIS, CIGS, Kesterite solar cells, organic photovoltaics, dye-sensitized solar cells, and other chalcogenide-based solar cells. Additionally, topics of interest include emerging contacts, buffers, transparent conducting oxides, and wide band gap semiconductors.
Dr. Manoj Jamarkattel
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- materials
- solar cells
- characterization
- contacts
- buffers
- passivation
- semiconductor
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