#Adinos - Advances in inorganic thin film semiconductors for solar energy conversion: From photovoltaics to solar fuels

Fueled by the rapid advancements in the field of chalcogenide and perovskite materials, many promising semiconductors have emerged with high optical absorption and excellent optoelectronic properties. These include novel and earth abundant chalcogenides, oxides, pnictides and defect-tolerant perovskite inspired materials. Development of these material systems are desirable for their applicability in thin film solar cells, tandem solar cells and photoelectrochemical devices for water splitting, CO2 reduction and ammonia synthesis. The symposium invites contribution involving novel PV concepts and materials development. Example material systems include but not limited to:

kesterite (Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 and derived compounds), sulfides and selenides (CuInGaS2, Sb2Se3, Sb2S3), oxides (BiFeO3, BiTiO3, Cu2O, BiVO4 etc.), nitrides (ZnSnN2, Cu3N), and emerging chalcogenides (BaZrS3, Cu3BiS3, AgBiS2, NaBiS2, CuSbS2, GeS, etc.)

• Rational design and synthesis approaches: high-throughput experimentation, combinatorial synthesis
• New insights on materials growth and properties: in-situ insights on growth and crystallization process, advance characterization
• Theory and computational studies on electronic structure and defects
• New phenomena: photoferroelectrics, ultrathin nanocrystal absorbers
• Device application: thin film solar cells, new device architectures for solar cells, solar water splitting and photoelectrocatalytic devices