Solar energy and clean energy: trends and developments 2014

Abstract

Solar energy and other clean energy are emerging and growing rapidly in the globe nowadays. Solar energy with less carbon emission is renewable and clean energy for our living environment. Solar energy can be converted to electricity in photovoltaic (PV) devices, solar cells, or solar thermal/electric power plants. It is a current trend that solar energy becomes the important renewable energy. This special issue addresses the role of the development of solar energy. The themes include dyesensitized solar cells (DSSCs), organic solar cells (OSCs), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), zinc, crystalline silicon solar cells, light-emitting diode (LED), semiconductor sensors, photovoltaic generation system (PVGS), solar cell applications, solar cell, and LED development trend. From 60 submissions, 33 papers are published in this special issue. Each paperwas reviewed by at least two reviewers and revised according to review comments.