What is this collection about?
Organic solar cells have achieved breakthrough power conversion efficiencies exceeding 21% over the past five years, alongside advances in operational stability, green-solvent and solvent-tolerant scalable processing, and application-specific form factors, including flexible, semitransparent, indoor, and building-integrated photovoltaics. They can be implemented as single-junction devices or all-organic tandem solar cells, and can also be integrated with silicon, perovskite, and other absorber materials in hybrid tandem architectures.
With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Communications, Communications Materials, and Scientific Reports invite manuscripts that highlight advances in the synthesis, design, fabrication, and real-world testing of OSCs.
In this Collection we aim to bring together Molecular and materials design for high-efficiency organic solar cells, Device engineering and Scalable fabrication strategies, for both single-junction and tandem (including hybrid) photovoltaic architectures and invite Commentary from experts.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- High-performance donor–acceptor molecular design
- Morphology control and structure–property relationships
- Interfacial materials and contact engineering
- Charge-transfer, recombination, and energy-loss mechanisms
- Ultrafast spectroscopy and operando photophysics
- Tandem architectures
- Flexible, stretchable and wearable OSC
- Semi-transparent and building-integrated OSC
- Scalable coating and printing methods
- Green solvents and sustainable fabrication
- Large-area module design and fabrication
We welcome the submissions of primary research that fall into any of the above-mentioned categories. All the submissions will be subject to the same peer review process and editorial standard as regular Nature Communications, Communications Materials, and Scientific Reports articles.
Why is this collection important?
This Collection supports and amplifies research directly related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7, 11, and 12 – Affordable and Clean Energy, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Responsible Consumption and Production.
Why submit to a collection?
Collections like this one help promote high-quality science. They are led by In-House Editors who are experts in their fields and supported by a dedicated team of Commissioning Editors and Managing Editors at Springer Nature. Collection manuscripts typically see higher citations, downloads, and Altmetric scores, and provide a one-stop-shop on a cutting-edge topic of interest.
Who is involved?
This is a cross-journal Collection involving Nature Communications, Communications Materials, and Scientific Reports. Authors are welcome to submit to any of the participating journals. All manuscripts published in the collection are hosted on a dedicated nature portfolio portal, giving articles high visibility beyond the journal they are published in.
How can I submit my paper?
Visit the Collection page to find out more about this collection and submit your article.