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Fluorination of Organic Spacer Impacts on the Structural and Optical Response of 2D Perovskites

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Giulia Grancini, Inés Garcia Benito

Low-dimensional hybrid perovskites have triggered significant research interest due to their intrinsically tunable optoelectronic properties and technologically relevant material stability. In particular, the role of the organic spacer on the inherent stru ...

2020

Band-bending induced passivation: high performance and stable perovskite solar cells using a perhydropoly(silazane) precursor

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Aron Joel Huckaba, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Mo Li

Surface passivation of the perovskite photo absorber is a key factor to improve the photovoltaic performance. So far robust passivation strategies have not yet been revealed. Here, we demonstrate a successful passivation strategy which controls the Fermi-l ...

2020

Analysis of Photocarrier Dynamics at Interfaces in Perovskite Solar Cells by Time-Resolved Photoluminescence

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Giulia Grancini

The power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells is drastically affected by photocarrier dynamics at the interfaces. Experimental measurements show quenching of the photoluminescence (PL) signal from the perovskite layer when it is capped with a h ...

2018

Vibrational Response of Methylammonium Lead Iodide: From Cation Dynamics to Phonon-Phonon Interactions

Giulia Grancini

The dynamic evolution of the vibrational interactions in the prototypical CH3NH3PbI3 was studied through a comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigation with a focus on the interactions between the organic cations and the inorganic cage. To date ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2016

Spatial Charge Separation as the Origin of Anomalous Stark Effect in Fluorous 2D Hybrid Perovskites

Jacques-Edouard Moser, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Marine Eva Fedora Bouduban, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Giulia Grancini, Inés Garcia Benito, Alexander Fedorovskiy

2D hybrid perovskites (2DP) are versatile materials, whose electronic and optical properties can be tuned through the nature of the organic cations (even when those are seemingly electronically inert). Here, it is demonstrated that fluorination of the orga ...

2020

PbI2–HMPA Complex Pretreatment for Highly Reproducible and Efficient CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Emad Oveisi, Peng Gao, Peng Gao, Yonghui Lee, Sanghyun Paek, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang

Interfacial engineering of the meso-TiO2 surface through a modified sequential deposition procedure involving a novel PbI2–HMPA complex pretreatment is conducted as a reproducible method for preparing MAPbI3 based perovskite solar cells providing the highe ...

2016

A Facile Preparative Route of Nanoscale Perovskites over Mesoporous Metal Oxide Films and Their Applications to Photosensitizers and Light Emitters

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Emad Oveisi, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Iwan Zimmermann, Aron Joel Huckaba, Giulia Grancini, So-Min Yoo

By two‐step sequential Pb2+ adsorption and reaction with methylammonium‐iodide (MAI) or ‐bromide (MABr) at a low concentration level of 0.06–0.10 m over mesoporous TiO2 or ZrO2 film, a well‐defined nanoscale CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) photosensitizer or CH3NH3PbB ...

2018

Non‐Planar and Flexible Hole‐Transporting Materials from Bis‐Xanthene and Bis‐Thioxanthene Units for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Iwan Zimmermann, Giulia Grancini

Two new hole‐transporting materials (HTMs), BX‐OMeTAD and BTX‐OMeTAD , based on xanthene and thioxanthene units, respectively, and bearing p ‐methoxydiphenylamine peripheral groups, are presented for their use in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The novelty ...

Wiley-VHCA AG2019

Water-Repellent Low-Dimensional Fluorous Perovskite as Interfacial Coating for 20% Efficient Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Andreas Stephan Lesch, Kyung Taek Cho, Iwan Zimmermann, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang

Hybrid perovskite solar cells have been capturing an enormous research interest in the energy sector due to their extraordinary performances and ease of fabrication. However, low device lifetime, mainly due to material and device degradation upon water exp ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2018

Bi-functional interfaces by poly(ionic liquid) treatment in efficient pin and nip perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Antonio Abate, Giulia Grancini, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Christian Michael Wolff

Approaches to boost the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells often address one singular problem in a specific device configuration. In this work, we utilize a poly(ionic liquid) (PIL) to introduce a multi-functional interlayer to improve the ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

Two-Step Thermal Annealing: An Effective Route for 15 % Efficient Quasi-2D Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Giulia Grancini, Albertus Adrian Sutanto

Low-dimensional perovskites (LDP) are nowadays recognized as promising materials for the realization of highly performing photovoltaic cells. However, issues related to film morphology, composition, crystal quality and material homogeneity limit the device ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

One-Year stable perovskite solar cells by 2D/3D interface engineering

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Iwan Zimmermann, Giulia Grancini

Despite the impressive photovoltaic performances with power conversion efficiency beyond 22%, perovskite solar cells are poorly stable under operation, failing by far the market requirements. Various technological approaches have been proposed to overcome ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Large guanidinium cation mixed with methylammonium in lead iodide perovskites for 19% efficient solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Giulia Grancini

Organic–inorganic lead halide perovskites have shown photovoltaic performances above 20% in a range of solar cell architectures while offering simple and low-cost processability. Despite the multiple ionic compositions that have been reported so far, the p ...

2017

Copper sulfide nanoparticles as hole-transporting-material in a fully-inorganic blocking layers n-i-p perovskite solar cells: Application and working insights

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Giulia Grancini

One of the challenges in the field of perovskite solar cells (PSC) is the development of inorganic hole-transporting-materials (HTM) suitable for solution-processed deposition, in order to have cheaper, more stable and scalable devices. Herein, we report t ...

2019

Femtosecond Charge-Injection Dynamics at Hybrid Perovskite Interfaces

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Michael Saliba, Giulia Grancini

With a power conversion efficiency (PCE) exceeding 22%, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have thrilled photovoltaic research. However, the interface behavior is still not understood and is a hot topic of research: different processes occur over a hierarchy of ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Highly efficient perovskite solar cells with a compositionally engineered perovskite/hole transporting material interface

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Giulia Grancini

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have experienced an outstanding advance in power conversion efficiency (PCE) by optimizing the perovskite layer morphol., compn., interfaces, and charge collection efficiency. To enhance PCE, here we developed a new method i.e ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2017

Beneficial Role of Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electron Extraction in Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Giulia Grancini

In this work we systematically investigated the role of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs). By mixing rGO within the mesoporous TiO2 (m-TiO2) matrix, highly efficient solar cells with power conversion efficiency values up ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2016

Optimization of Stable Quasi-Cubic FAxMA1-xPbI3 Perovskite Structure for Solar Cells with Efficiency beyond 20%

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang

Complex compositional engineering of mixed halides/mixed cations perovskites has recently fostered a rapid progress in perovskite solar cell technol. Here we demonstrate that when 10% of formamidinium (FA+) is simply added into methylammonium lead iodide ...

2017

Auto-passivation of crystal defects in hybrid imidazolium/methylammonium lead iodide films by fumigation with methylamine affords high efficiency perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Emad Oveisi, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Erfan Shirzadi, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang

Hybrid perovskite solar cells have attracted tremendous interest in the photovoltaic community. Despite their high defect tolerance, reducing the trap density by material engineering and surface modification is still critical to further boost performance. ...

Elsevier2019

CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite single crystals: surface photophysics and their interaction with the environment

Giulia Grancini

Here we identify structural inhomogeneity on a micrometer scale across the surface of a CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite single crystal. At the crystal edge a local distortion of the crystal lattice is responsible for a widening of the optical bandgap and faster phot ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015