Sustainable Material Solutions for Solar Energy Technologies

<p>Section I - Trends in materials development for solar energy applications</p> <p>1. Bismuth-based nanomaterials for energy applications</p> <p>2. Emergent materials and concepts for solar cell applications</p> <p>3. Novel dielectrics compounds grown by atomic layer deposition as sustainable materials for chalcogenides thin-films photovoltaics technologies</p> <p>4. First principles methods for solar energy harvesting materials</p> <p>Section II - Sustainable materials for photovoltaics</p> <p>5. Introduction to photovoltaics and alternative materials for silicon in photovoltaic energy conversion</p> <p>6. An overview on ferroelectric photovoltaic materials</p> <p>7. Nanostructured materials for high efficiency solar cells</p> <p>8. Crystalline-silicon heterojunction solar cells with graphene incorporation</p> <p>9. Tin halide perovskites for efficient lead-free solar cells </p> <p>Section III - Sustainable materials for photocatalysis and water splitting</p> <p>10. Photocatalysis using bismuth-based heterostructured nanomaterials for visible light harvesting</p> <p>11. Recent advances in 2D MXene-based heterostructured photocatalytic materials</p> <p>12. Atomic layer deposition of materials for solar water splitting</p> <p>Section IV - Sustainable materials for thermal energy systems</p> <p>13. Solar selective coatings and materials for high-temperature solar thermal applications</p> <p>14. Applications of wastes based on inorganic salts as low-cost thermal energy storage materials</p> <p>15. Nanoencapsulated phase change materials for solar thermal energy storage</p> <p>Section V - Sustainable carbon-based and biomaterials for solar energy applications</p> <p>16. Carbon nanodot integrated solar energy devices</p> <p>17. Solar cell based on carbon and graphene nanomaterials</p> <p>18. Sustainable biomaterials for solar energy technologies</p> <p>19. Bioinspired solar cells: contribution of biology to light harvesting systems</p>