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Low-Cost Perovskite Solar Cells Employing Dimethoxydiphenylamine-Substituted Bistricyclic Aromatic Enes as Hole Transport Materials

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Sanghyun Paek, Giulia Grancini, Kasparas Rakstys

The synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic performance of series of novel molecular hole transport materials (HTMs) based on bistricyclic aromatic enes (BAEs) are presented. The new derivatives were obtained following a simple and straightforward pro ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

Fully Aromatic Self-Assembled Hole-Selective Layer toward Efficient Inverted Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells with Ultraviolet Resistance

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao

Ultraviolet-induced degradation has emerged as a critical stability concern impeding the widespread adoption of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), particularly in the context of phase-unstable wide-band gap perovskite films. This study introduces a novel appro ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Molecularly Engineered Phthalocyanines as Hole-Transporting Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells Reaching Power Conversion Efficiency of 17.5%

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Giulia Grancini, Kyung Taek Cho, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Paul Gratia, Olga Trukhina

Easily accessible tetra-5-hexylthiophene-, tetra-5-hexyl-2,2'-bisthiophene-substituted zinc phthalocyanines (ZnPcs) and tetra-tert-Bu ZnPc are employed as hole-transporting materials in mixed-ion perovskite [HC(NH2)2]0.85(CH3NH3)0.15Pb(I0.8 ...

2017

Effect of Annealing Temperature on Film Morphology of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Pervoskite Solid-State Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Thomas Moehl, Peng Gao, Nicolas Tétreault, Amalie Dualeh

Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites have attracted attention as successful light harvesting materials for mesoscopic solid-state solar cells and led to record breaking efficiencies. The photovoltaic performance of these devices is greatly dependent on the ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Sterically demanded unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines for dye-sensitized solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Aswani Yella

Three new sterically demanding unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines have been designed and synthesized as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. All three unsymmetrical phthalocyanines have been completely characterized by elemental analyses, mass spect ...

Elsevier2013

Glutathione Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Pb2+ Ions in Rainwater Polluted by Leaking Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao

In the past few years, the advent of lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has revolutionized the prospects of the third- generation photovoltaics and the reported power conversion efficiency (PCE) has been updated to 22%. Nevertheless, two main challe ...

American Chemical Society2016

Facile synthesis of a bulky BPTPA donor group suitable for cobalt electrolyte based dye sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Thomas Wesley Holcombe

An efficient synthesis of N-(2 ',4 '-bis(hexyloxy)-[1,1 '-biphenyl]-4-yl)-N-(4-bromophenyl)-2 ',4 '-bis(hexyloxy)-[ 1,1 '-biphenyl]-4-amine (BPTPA donor, 5) was developed based on a new 4-step synthetic route. The BPTPA donor is used to quickly access two ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Extended pi-Bridge in Organic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: the Longer, the Better?

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Chenyi Yi, Peng Gao, Hoi Nok Tsao

The elongation of pi-conjugated bridges between the donor (D) and the acceptor (A) represents a feasible strategy towards enhancement of light-harvesting in both breadth and depth of organic D-pi-A dyes suitable for nanocrystalline TiO2-based dye-sensitize ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2014

Nanocrystalline Rutile Electron Extraction Layer Enables Low-Temperature Solution Processed Perovskite Photovoltaics with 13.7% Efficiency

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Aswani Yella, Leo-Philipp Heiniger

We demonstrate low-temperature (70 degrees C) solution processing of TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3 based solar cells, resulting in impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 13.7%. Along with the high efficiency, a strikingly high open circuit potential (V-OC) of 1 ...

American Chemical Society2014

High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells Employing a S,N-Heteropentacene-based D-A Hole-Transport Material

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Gao, Dongqin Bi, Marius Franckevicius

We developed a new donor--acceptor-type hole-transport material (HTMs) incorporating S,N-heteropentacene as -spacer, triarylamine as donor, and dicyanovinylene as acceptor. In addition to appropriate frontier molecular orbital energies, the new HTM showed ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2016

Trash into Treasure: δ-FAPbI3 Polymorph Stabilized MAPbI3 Perovskite with Power Conversion Efficiency beyond 21%

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang, Peng Gao, Emad Oveisi, Peng Gao

Effective passivation and stabilization of both the inside and interface of a perovskite layer are crucial for perovskite solar cells (PSCs), in terms of efficiency, reproducibility, and stability. Here, the first formamidinium lead iodide (δ-FAPbI3) polym ...

Wiley2018

Silolothiophene-linked triphenylamines as stable hole transporting materials for high efficiency perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Gao, Sanghyun Paek, Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate, Peng Gao, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Fabrizio Giordano

In this work, we synthesized novel hole transporting materials (HTMs) and studied their impact on the stability of perovskite-based solar cells (PSCs). The steady-state maximum power output of devices in working condition was monitored to assess the stabil ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Triazatruxene-Based Hole Transporting Materials for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Antonio Abate, Peng Gao, Gwénolé Jean Jacopin, Kasparas Rakstys

Four center symmetrical star-shaped hole transporting materials (HTMs) comprising planar triazatruxene core and electron-rich methoxy-engineered side arms have been synthesized and successfully employed in (FAPbI(3))(0.85)(MAPbBr(3))(0.15) perovskite solar ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Enhanced Charge Collection with Passivation Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Gao, Jingshan Luo, Kyung Taek Cho, Yonghui Lee, Jiyoun Seo, Minkyu Son

The Al2O3 passivation layer is beneficial for mesoporous TiO2-based perovskite solar cells when it is deposited selectively on the compact TiO2 surface. Such a passivation layer suppressing surface recombination can be formed by thermal decomposition of th ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2016

A hybrid lead iodide perovskite and lead sulfide QD heterojunction solar cell to obtain a panchromatic response

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Lioz Etgar, Peng Qin

We report for the first time on co-sensitization between CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite and PbS quantum dots (QDs) in a heterojunction solar cell to obtain a panchromatic response from the visible to near IR regions. Following the deposition of the sensitizers on a ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Sub-Nanometer Conformal TiO2 Blocking Layer for High Efficiency Solid-State Perovskite Absorber Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Aswani Yella, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Matthew Thomas Mayer

A mere 2 nm conformal titanium dioxide overlayer coated by atomic layer deposition is shown to act as a blocking layer for high-efficiency solid-state perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) absorber-based solar cells. Surpassing the existing multilayer passivation, this ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

A molecularly engineered hole-transporting material for efficient perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Rosario Scopelliti, Peng Gao, Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Sadig Aghazada

Soln.-processable perovskite solar cells have recently achieved certified power conversion efficiencies of over 20%, challenging the long-standing perception that high efficiencies must come at high costs. One major bottleneck for increasing the efficie ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Christian Ludwig, Peng Gao, Emad Oveisi, Sanghyun Paek, Kyung Taek Cho, Kasparas Rakstys, Yonghui Lee, Paul Gratia, Peng Qin

Molecularly engineered novel dopant-free hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) combined with mixed-perovskite (FAPbI(3))(0.85)(MAPbBr(3))(0.15) (MA: CH3NH3+, FA: NH=CHNH3+) that exhibit an excellent power conversion efficiency of 18 ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

Dithieno[2,3-d;2 ',3 '-d ']benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b ']-dithiophene based organic sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Hoi Nok Tsao

We report two novel D-pi-A type organic dyes with a coplanar dithieno[2,3-d; 2',3'-d']benzo[1,2 b;4,5-b']dithiophene (DTBDT) as pi-spacer for dye-sensitized solar cells. A best device performance with a power conversion efficiency of 6.32% is achieved, mak ...

RSC Publishing2014

Mixed-Organic-Cation Perovskite Photovoltaics for Enhanced Solar-Light Harvesting

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Norman Pellet, Joachim Maier

Hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite APbX(3) pigments, such as methylammonium lead iodide, have recently emerged as excellent light harvesters in solid-state mesoscopic solar cells. An important target for the further improvement of the performa ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014