Recent Advances in Solar Energy Materials and Energy Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 366
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar energy system; solar cell material; synthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Against the backdrop of the increasing interest in renewable energy, photovoltaics has multiple public benefits, including low cost electricity (solar and wind being the two lowest cost electricity sources according to Lazard 2019) [1], the increasing resilience of the electrical grid, environmental benefits, and job creation. In addition, photovoltaics can be integrated into a diverse array of applications with scales ranging from nW to MW, enabling near term applications, such as distributed UAVs and sensor networks, but also offers novel applications such as biomedical monitoring, providing ultra-early detection of diseases. Overall, PV is a disruptive energy source with multiple benefits, from increasing the sustainability of electricity generation to the realization of new applications.
To secure such benefits and accelerate photovoltaic research, this Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews addressing solar energy material research and their applications.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Novel solar materials;
- New technologies (e.g., nanostructure) to enhance light harvest;
- Heterostructure growth and characterization;
- Hydrogenation in solar materials;
- Computational modeling for solar cells;
- Levelized cost of electricity of solar energy;
- Solar energy applications;
- PV modules;
- PV reliability.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
References:
- Levelized Cost of Energy and Levelized Cost of Storage 2019 Available online: https://www.lazard.com/perspective/lcoe2019 (accessed on 15 June 2021).
Dr. Chaomin Zhang
Dr. Xiaodong Meng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photovoltaics
- characterization
- computational modelling
- hydrogenation
- light trapping
- nanostructures
- heterostructures
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