Nano-Structured Materials for Solar Cells and Gas Sensors
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 517
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to give your contribution to
Special Issue "Nano-Structured Materials for Solar Cells and Gas Sensors"
Aim and Scope
Nanostructures imply the possibility of adjusting properties of materials for specific needs, in particular devices by variation of size, due to quantum size effects, and by changing the chemical composition of the surface, due to large surface-to-volume ratio.
This Special Issue aims to give a brief overview of the current state of the development of the nanostructured materials (semiconductors, metal oxides, and composite thin films) for use in photovoltaic conversion and gas sensors. This includes active and passive elements of solar cells and sensors, with an emphasis on properties of nano-structural materials, methods of deposition, and characterization concerning their specific roles in the final device. The expected contributions should cover a broad field of research, from theory, experiment, specific characterization methods, material properties related to specific structures, core-shell particles, alloys, thin films, and multi-layers, to device properties and perspectives.
Dr. Davor Gracin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nano-structured materials
- deposition methods
- characterization
- solar cells
- gas sensors
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