Polymers Solar Cells: Prospects and Challenges
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 542
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers solar cells; perovskite (structure); energy conversion efficiency; acceptor
Interests: environmental and energy materials; aviation materials; biological materials; conductive polymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Compared with traditional fossil fuels, solar energy is inexhaustible clean energy. Realizing the efficient use of solar energy is an important way to solve energy problems and reduce environmental pollution. Over the past few years, solar cell technology has developed rapidly and has become extremely common in human production and life. Polymer solar cells (PSCs) are attractive due to their advantageous characteristics, including the thin-film architecture and low material consumption arising from their high absorption coefficient, the use of abundant organic polymer solar cell materials, and the utilization of efficient solution processes. Moreover, PSCs possess other advantages, including light weight, mechanical flexibility, and high transparency. For these reasons, research on the synthesis of new materials, fabrication of devices, and optimization of morphology for obtaining high-efficiency PSCs is a hot topic that is rapidly evolving in organic, polymer, as well as photoelectric physics.
This Special Issue is devoted to the most recent research on these topics, covering all the aspects concerning new photoelectric materials, polymer-based devices, and practical application. Both original contributions and comprehensive reviews are welcome.
Dr. Jinglong Cai
Prof. Dr. Yu Xie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymers solar cells
- non-fullerene organic acceptors
- polymer-based materials
- polymer-based devices
- structural modification
- materials characterization
- theory and simulation
- physics of polymer-based devices
- fabrication of devices
- optimization of morphology
- charge transport network
- synthetic methods
