State-of-Art in Polymer Solar Cells

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editor is inviting you to submit papers to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject “State-of-Art in Polymer Solar Cells”. Bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells (PSCs) as a new generation of solar cells have attracted extensive research interest because of their unique advantages in making large-area, flexible solar panels through low-cost solution-coating techniques compared to traditional crystalline photovoltaic systems. Over the last several decades, numerous research studies in materials chemistry and device engineering have yielded dramatic improvements in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of PSCs. Currently, the PCEs of state-of-the-art PSCs have increased to over 18%, implying that PSCs have strong potential for further practical applications.

In this Special Issue, we will focus on the state-of-the-art topics and progress in PSCs, including photoactive materials, interfacial materials, fabrication process, morphology control, degradation mechanism, large-scale manufacturing technology, etc. We hope that the Special Issue will attract more scientists to study this interesting field.

Dr. Wenchao Zhao
Guest Editor

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• organic photovoltaic
• conjugated polymers
• non-fullerene acceptors
• interfaces
• green solvents
• morphology
• flexible
• large-scale
• stability
• low-cost
• technology