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Formation of High-Performance Multi-Cation Halide Perovskites Photovoltaics by delta-CsPbI3/delta-RbPbI3 Seed-Assisted Heterogeneous Nucleation

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Linfeng Pan, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Zaiwei Wang, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Bowen Yang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette

The performance of perovskite solar cells is highly dependent on the fabrication method; thus, controlling the growth mechanism of perovskite crystals is a promising way towards increasing their efficiency and stability. Herein, a multi-cation halide compo ...

2021

The Rise of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: From Molecular Photovoltaics to Emerging Solid-State Photovoltaic Technologies

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Stojanovic, Natalie Flores Diaz, Yuhang Liu, Jovana Milic, Yameng Ren, Zhongjin Shen, Lukas Pfeifer

Over the past three decades, dye-sensitized solar cells (i. e. Gratzel cells) have evolved from a pioneering concept of molecular photovoltaics to large-scale industrial deployment. In this review article, we provide a historical overview of the developmen ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

A combined molecular dynamics and experimental study of two-step process enabling low-temperature formation of phase-pure α-FAPbI3

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Paramvir Ahlawat, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Haizhou Lu

It is well established that the lack of understanding the crystallization process in a two-step sequential deposition has a direct impact on efficiency, stability, and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells. Here, we try to understand the solid-solid ph ...

2021

Cyclopentadiene-Based Hole-Transport Material for Cost-Reduced Stabilized Perovskite Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies Over 23%

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Michael Bauer, Yuhang Liu, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hongwei Zhu

Hole transport materials (HTM) are an important component in perovskite solar cells (PSC). Despite a multitude of HTMs developed in recent years, only few of them lead to solar cells with efficiencies over 20%. Therefore, it is still a challenge to develop ...

2021

NiCuCoS3 chalcogenide as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen and oxygen evolution

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

Herein, a newly developed non-noble metal water splitting catalyst based on NiCuCoS3 was reported. Water splitting catalysts are largely developed with noble-based transition metals to lower the energy requirement for the overall water splitting reactions. ...

ELSEVIER2021

Transparent and Colorless Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Exceeding 75% Average Visible Transmittance

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yameng Ren

Most photovoltaic (PV) technologies are opaque to maximize visible light absorption. However, see-through solar cells open additional perspectives for PV integration. Looking beyond maximizing visible light harvesting, this work considers the human eye pho ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Interfacial Passivation Engineering of Perovskite Solar Cells with Fill Factor over 82% and Outstanding Operational Stability on n-i-p Architecture

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Bowen Yang, Yeonju Kim, Jiajia Suo

Tremendous efforts have been dedicated toward minimizing the open-circuit voltage deficits on perovskite solar cells (PSCs), and the fill factors are still relatively low. This hinders their further application in large scalable modules. Herein, we employ ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Thermodynamic stability screening of IR-photonic processed multication halide perovskite thin films

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Sandy Sanchez Alonso, Natalie Flores Diaz, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Brian Irving Carlsen

We report a material screening study for phase transitions of multication hybrid halide perovskite films. Two hundred sixty-six films processed with flash infrared annealing were optically and structurally characterized. This data was compiled into a datab ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

Synergistic Effect of Fluorinated Passivator and Hole Transport Dopant Enables Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with an Efficiency Near 24%

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Linfeng Pan, Yuhang Liu, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Yameng Ren, Hongwei Zhu, Olivier Ouellette

Long-term durability is critically important for the commercialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The ionic character of the perovskite and the hydrophilicity of commonly used additives for the hole-transporting layer (HTL), such as lithium bis(trif ...

2021

Carboxymethyl cellulose nanocomposite beads as super-efficient catalyst for the reduction of organic and inorganic pollutants

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

Carboxymethyl cellulose/copper oxide-nickel oxide (CMC/CuO-NiO) nanocomposite beads were prepared by facile, simple and environmentally friendlymethod. Initially, CuO-NiOwas prepared and applied for the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP). The resu ...

ELSEVIER2021

A Fully Printable Hole-Transporter-Free Semi-Transparent Perovskite Solar Cell

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

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have gained tremendous attention owing to their promising photovoltaic performance, surpassing all the alternative technologies based on solution-processed materials. PSCs displaying record efficiencies contain hole transporti ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Ti-1-graphene single-atom material for improved energy level alignment in perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Zaiwei Wang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hongwei Zhu

Carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) are widely accepted as stable, cost-effective photovoltaics. However, C-PSCs have been suffering from relatively low power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) due to severe electrode-related energy loss. Herein, we r ...

2021

A molecular photosensitizer achieves a Voc of 1.24 V enabling highly efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells with copper(II/I)-based electrolyte

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yiming Cao, Marko Stojanovic, Etienne Christophe Socie, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Yameng Ren, Dan Zhang

To develop photosensitizers with high open-circuit photovoltage (Voc) is a crucial strategy to enhance the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of co-sensitized solar cells. Here, we show a judiciously tailored organic photosensitizer, coded MS5, featuring th ...

Nature Research2021

Carbazol-phenyl-phenothiazine-based sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yi Ding, Wei Huang, Dan Ren, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Zhongjin Shen, Yunfei Jiao, Lukas Pfeifer

Heteroaromatic units are commonly used as pi-spacers for sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Here, we investigated the influence of the pi-spacer on the photophysical properties, electrochemical properties and photovoltaic performance of car ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

Combined Precursor Engineering and Grain Anchoring Leading to MA-Free, Phase-Pure, and Stable alpha-Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites for Efficient Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Carole Graetzel, Linfeng Pan, Yuhang Liu, Dan Ren, Jing Gao, Hongwei Zhu, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette

alpha-Formamidinium lead iodide (alpha-FAPbI(3)) is one of the most promising candidate materials for high-efficiency and thermally stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) owing to its outstanding optoelectrical properties and high thermal stability. However, ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2021

Naphthalenediimide/Formamidinium-Based Low-Dimensional Perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Vincent Henri Guillaume Dufoulon, Marko Mladenovic, Dominik Józef Kubicki, David Lyndon Emsley, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Paramvir Ahlawat, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Jovana Milic, George Cameron Fish, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Aditya Mishra, Thomas Schneeberger

Low-dimensional hybrid perovskites have emerged as promising materials for optoelectronic applications. Although these materials have already demonstrated enhanced stability as compared to their three-dimensional perovskite analogues, their functionality h ...

2021

Low-Cost Dopant Additive-Free Hole-Transporting Material for a Robust Perovskite Solar Cell with Efficiency Exceeding 21%

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Linfeng Pan, Yuhang Liu, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Yameng Ren, Hongwei Zhu, Zhongjin Shen

Developing hole-transporting materials (HTMs) with appropriate molecular configuration and charge mobility is important to improve perovskite solar cell (PSC) photovoltaic performance and their feasibility for commercialization. In this work, a novel pyram ...

2021

Guanine‐Stabilized Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Amita Ummadisingu, Marko Mladenovic, Dominik Józef Kubicki, David Lyndon Emsley, Linfeng Pan, Paramvir Ahlawat, Yuhang Liu, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren, Li Hong, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado

Formamidinium (FA) lead iodide perovskite materials feature promising photovoltaic performances and superior thermal stabilities. However, conversion of the perovskite α‐FAPbI3 phase to the thermodynamically stable yet photovoltaically inactive δ‐FAPbI3 ph ...

2020

Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Henry Snaith, Konrad Domanski, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Antonio Abate, Michael Saliba, Monica Marcela Lira Cantu, Haibing Xie, Kai Zhu

Improving the long-term stability of perovskite solar cells is critical to the deployment of this technology. Despite the great emphasis laid on stability-related investigations, publications lack consistency in experimental procedures and parameters repor ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2020

Tailored Amphiphilic Molecular Mitigators for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with 23.5% Efficiency

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Xiong Li, Xiaofei Dong, Linfeng Pan, Zaiwei Wang, Yuhang Liu, Brian Irving Carlsen, Dan Ren, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado, Bowen Yang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hongwei Zhu, Shilong Wang

Passivation of interfacial defects serves as an effective means to realize highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, most molecular modulators currently used to mitigate such defects form poorly conductive aggregates at the perovs ...

Wiley2020

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