Soft-matter Thin-film Solar Cells

Soft-Matter Thin Film Solar Cells: Physical Processes and Device Simulation provides a guide to modern innovations and developments in solar photovoltaic cells. Edited and written by global authorities in their respective fields, this book explores newly developed materials and incorporates numerical and computational experiments in materials research. It provides a top-level look into the research and utilization of a novel class of photovoltaic material. Some key topics covered in this book include: •Origin, theoretical studies, and device simulation for perovskite solar cells •Charge recombination, transfer states, and energy losses in organic solar cells •Device physics in organic solar cells and drift diffusion simulations Soft-Matter Thin Film Solar Cells: Physical Processes and Device Simulation is relevant for investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Materials scientists and engineers in the solar energy sector, policy makers and analysts, and other industry experts will also find this book an invaluable resource.