Organic Solar Cells and Photodetectors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 150
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Interests: photoelectric devices; flat panel display technology; microelectronics; printing electronics
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Dear Colleagues,
Organic solar cells are based on organic semiconductors, which are different from traditional silicon-based solar cells and have unique properties (such as tunable energy levels, low toxicity and solution processability). After decades of development, the conversion efficiency of organic solar cells has reached more than 17% after increasing year by year. At the same time, organic solar cells also have strong plasticity and manufacturability (such as semi-transparent organic solar cells). Compared with traditional silicon-based photodetectors, organic photodetectors have the advantages of higher photoelectric conversion efficiency, lower noise, faster response speed, higher sensitivity and wider spectral response range. The emerging QLED, PeLED and micro-LED devices in the field of optoelectronic devices can also be integrated into organic optoelectronic devices (such as fluorescent lifetime detectors) to improve their detection sensitivity and response speed. However, compared with their inorganic counterparts, the efficiency and stability of organic solar cells and organic photodetectors still have much room for improvement, necessitating further study and development to improve their performance. In addition, organic solar cells have attracted more and more attention due to their low cost, flexibility, large area application and other potential for use. Overall, organic photodetectors can be made into flexible devices and have excellent application potential.
In general, the Special Issue aims to summarize the basic knowledge on this are and point out the challenges related to organic solar cells and photodetectors.
Dr. Wei Xu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solar cell
- photoelectric detector
- photoelectric device
- sensor
- organic
