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Significance of pi-bridge contribution in pyrido[3,4-b]pyrazine featured D-A-pi-A organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yelin Hu, Fabrizio Giordano, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhongjin Shen

The 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) pi-bridge is one of the most commonly used building blocks for sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). We investigated its influence on the molecular structure, the photophysical and electrochemical properti ...

Chinese Chemical Soc2017

Identifying and suppressing interfacial recombination to achieve high open-circuit voltage in perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Konrad Domanski, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba, Elham Halvani Anaraki, Silver Hamill Turren Cruz

With close to 100% internal quantum efficiency over the absorption spectrum, photocurrents in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are at their practical limits. It is therefore imperative to improve open-circuit voltages (VOC) in order to go beyond the current 1 ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Function Follows Form: Correlation between the Growth and Local Emission of Perovskite Structures and the Performance of Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Gwénolé Jean Jacopin, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Neha Arora

Understanding the relationship between the growth and local emission of hybrid perovskite structures and the performance of the devices based on them demands attention. This study investigates the local structural and emission features of CH3NH3PbI3, CH3NH ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Giant five-photon absorption from multidimensional core-shell halide perovskite colloidal nanocrystals

Michael Graetzel, Nripan Mathews, Qiang Xu

Multiphoton absorption processes enable many technologically important applications, such as in vivo imaging, photodynamic therapy and optical limiting, and so on. Specifically, higher-order nonlinear absorption such as five-photon absorption offers signif ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Room temperature formation of organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites: design of nanostructured and highly reactive intermediates

Michael Graetzel, Dan Li, Hong Zhang

Recently, organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites have been intensively studied for use in solar cells because of their low cost and high performance. Most of the efficient perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) need layer-dependent high-temperature treatment fo ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Dopant-free star-shaped hole-transport materials for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Chenyi Yi, Xiong Li, Dongqin Bi, Fei Zhang, Shilong Wang

Two star-shaped TPA-based small-molecule materials (Z1012 and Z1013) were designed and synthesized in this paper. These molecules show high hole mobility and suitable energy levels for CH3NH3PbI3-based perovskite solar cells. Photovoltaic cells based on th ...

Elsevier2017

New Insight into the Formation of Hybrid Perovskite Nanowires via Structure Directing Adducts

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Norman Pellet, Jiyoun Seo, Andrey Petrov

We report a facile preparation approach of MAPbBr(3), MAPbCl(3), or FAPbBr(3) (where MA = CH3NH3+ and FA = CH(NH2)(2)(+)) perovskite nanowires via sequential synthesis of MAPbI(3) and FAPbI(3) nanowires with chemically controlled composition and morphologi ...

American Chemical Society2017

Ultrathin Buffer Layers of SnO2 by Atomic Layer Deposition: Perfect Blocking Function and Thermal Stability

Michael Graetzel, Ladislav Kavan, Ludmilla Steier

This study pinpoints the advantages of ultrathin electron 15 selective layers (ESL) of SnO2 fabricated by atomic layer deposition (ALD). These layers recently caught attention in planar perovskite solar cells and appear as powerful alternatives to other ox ...

American Chemical Society2017

Intrinsic and interfacial kinetics of perovskite solar cells under photo and bias-induced degradation and recovery

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Daniel Prochowicz

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a potential candidate for high efficiency low-cost photovoltaic technology. However, the intrinsic and interfacial responses of PSCs under photo and bias-induced degradation and recovery have not been clearly u ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Perovskite solar cells with CuSCN hole extraction layers yield stabilized efficiencies greater than 20%

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Norman Pellet, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Neha Arora

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with efficiencies greater than 20% have been realized only with expensive organic hole-transporting materials. We demonstrate PSCs that achieve stabilized efficiencies exceeding 20% with copper(I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) as the ho ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2017

Influence of Ionic Liquid Electrolytes on the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jean-David Décoppet

New binary ionic liquid electrolytes based on 1-methyl-1-butylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluromethylsulfonyl)imide, 1-butylpyridinium bis(trifluromethylsulfonyl)imide, 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium bis(trifluromethylsulfonyl)imide, 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium tetr ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

Atomically Altered Hematite for Highly Efficient Perovskite Tandem Water-Splitting Devices

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Chenyi Yi, Nripan Mathews

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells are attractive for storing solar energy in chemical bonds through cleaving of water into oxygen and hydrogen. Although hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) is a promising photoanode material owing to its chemical stability, suitable band ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2017

Slow cooling and highly efficient extraction of hot carriers in colloidal perovskite nanocrystals

Michael Graetzel, Nripan Mathews, Mingjie Li

Hot-carrier solar cells can overcome the Schottky-Queisser limit by harvesting excess energy from hot carriers. Inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals are considered prime candidates. However, hot-carrier harvesting is compromised by competitive relaxation p ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

High performance carbon-based printed perovskite solar cells with humidity assisted thermal treatment

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Syed Ghufran Hashmi, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar

We report humidity assisted thermal exposure (HTE) as a post-treatment method for carbon based printed perovskite solar cells (CPSCs). The method does not only improve the interfaces of different layers of the printed stack, but also provides a pathway to ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Over 20% PCE perovskite solar cells with superior stability achieved by novel and low-cost hole-transporting materials

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Norman Pellet, Chenyi Yi, Xiong Li, Jingshan Luo, Dongqin Bi, Fei Zhang, Hongwei Zhu, Shilong Wang, Ziyun Wang

The exploration of alternative low-cost molecular hole-transporting materials (HTMs) for both highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is a relatively new research area. Two novel HTMs using the thiophene core were designed and synthesized ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

An Unsymmetrical, Push-Pull Porphyrazine for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

An unsymmetrical, push-pull porphyrazine derivative bearing an isoindole-4-carboxylic acid moiety (TT112) is synthesized and incorporated in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The device, which constitutes the first example of a porphyrazine-sensitized so ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

A solvent- and vacuum-free route to large-area perovskite films for efficient solar modules

Michael Graetzel, Fei Ye

Recent advances in the use of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites for optoelectronics have been rapid, with reported power conversion efficiencies of up to 22 per cent for perovskite solar cells1-9. Improvements in stability have also enabled testing over ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Isomer-Pure Bis-PCBM-Assisted Crystal Engineering of Perovskite Solar Cells Showing Excellent Efficiency and Stability

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Norman Pellet, Chenyi Yi, Xiong Li, Jingshan Luo, Dongqin Bi, Fei Zhang, Shilong Wang

A fullerene derivative (alpha-bis-PCBM) is purified from an as-produced bis-phenyl-C-61-butyric acid methyl ester (bis-[60]PCBM) isomer mixture by preparative peak-recycling, high-performance liquid chromatography, and is employed as a templating agent for ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Perovskite solar cell - electrochemical double layer capacitor interplay

Michael Graetzel, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Michael Saliba, Silver Hamill Turren Cruz

We demonstrate that by a proper design of a system comprising a perovskite solar cell (PSC) coupled to an electrochemical double-layer capacitor (EDLC), it is possible to simultaneously improve both the PSC and EDLC performance and outperform each single u ...

Elsevier2017

Pyridyl- and Picolinic Acid Substituted Zinc(II) Phthalocyanines for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Aravind Kumar Chandiran

A series of tri-tert-butyl zinc(II) phthalocyanines (Pcs) substituted with pyridyl, carboxyl, or picolinic acid anchoring groups on the periphery were prepared. Photovoltaic (PV) studies on these dyes were carried out revealing some interesting features. I ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2017

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