Solar Cells and Symmetry
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 2162
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the past decade, organic–inorganic hybrid–perovskite (OHIP) materials have emerged as potential optoelectronic materials in the fields of solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, and lasers. The efficiency of perovskite solar cells has surpassed 25%. These topics will concern in particular:
High symmetry materials, those with cubic symmetry, showing the highest conductivity, the smallest bandgap, and producing the best-performing photoelectric devices. Meanwhile, both structural features and bandgap have been found to be dependent on the crystal symmetry and chemistry of perovskites.
Molecular shape and symmetry can influence the dipole moment, solubility, optical absorption, energy level, molecular packing, film morphology and stability.
Artificial symmetry breaking is important in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells with a conventional device structure. For example, by introducing a titanium suboxide, the influence of the cathode work function can be diminished, thereby extracting the same level of open circuit voltage regardless of metal work function.
In order to induce an efficient drift of charge carriers, a symmetry breaking condition is essential both in conventional single solar cells and in BHJ solar cells. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight, as fully as possible, all aspects of symmetry’s influence on solar materials’ intrinsic properties and solar devices’ performances.
Submit your paper and select the Journal “Symmetry” and the Special Issue “Solar Cells and Symmetry” via: MDPI submission system. Our papers will be published on a rolling basis and we will be pleased to receive your submission once you have finished it.
Prof. Dr. Molang Cai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solar cell
- molecular design
- symmetry
- photovoltaic performance
- single crystal
- halide perovskite
