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Maltose as an Ecofriendly Modifier of the Buried Interface for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Hong Zhang

A new concept of modifying the buried interface with ecofriendly material to improve the photovoltaic performance of inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is proposed. A low-cost and ecofriendly maltose with multihydroxyl groups is facilely chosen for the ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

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

Michael Graetzel, 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

Supramolecular Modulation for Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jovana Milic, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Ghewa Alsabeh

Hybrid perovskites are emerging as top contenders in the next generation of photovoltaics, yet their stability under operational conditions remains a significant challenge. Specifically, degradation occurs at the interface with charge transport layers in p ...

2024

Discussion on: “Experimental observations of saltwater up-coning” by. Werner, A.D., Jakovovic, D., Simmons, C.T., 2009. Journal of Hydrology 373, 230–241

David Andrew Barry, Hong Zhang

Elsevier Science Bv2012

Method of modifying the structure of perovskite films

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Hong Zhang

A method of modifying the structure of a perovskite film prepared on a substrate, wherein an organic or inorganic salt crown ether complex is applied on a free surface of the so-prepared perovskite film. A perovskite solar cell, wherein a perovskite layer ...

2022

A Smooth CH3NH3PbI3 Film via a New Approach for Forming the PbI2 Nanostructure Together with Strategically High CH3NH3I Concentration for High Efficient Planar-Heterojunction Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Hong Zhang, Hongwei Zhu

The photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) is extremely dependent on the morphology and crystallization of the perovskite film, which is affected by the deposition method. In this work, a new approach is demonstrated for forming the PbI ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2015

From marine plants to photovoltaic devices

Michael Graetzel, Hong Zhang

We demonstrated that extracts from sea tangle can serve as a sensitizer, redox couple, as well as a counter electrode material, or even can be fabricated into an "all-natural solar cell". Especially, the carbon counter electrode from sea tangle has achieve ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Perovskite Photovoltaics: The Significant Role of Ligands in Film Formation, Passivation, and Stability

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Hong Zhang

Due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties, metal halide perovskites have been intensively studied in recent years. The latest certificated efficiency of 23.3% recently achieved in perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) enables them to be used as a very pr ...

Wiley2019

A universal co-solvent dilution strategy enables facile and cost-effective fabrication of perovskite photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Sandy Sanchez Alonso, Linfeng Pan, Paramvir Ahlawat, Viacheslav Bolnykh, Dan Ren, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Hong Zhang, Anurag Krishna

Cost management and toxic waste generation are two key issues that must be addressed before the commercialization of perovskite optoelectronic devices. We report a ground-breaking strategy for eco-friendly and cost-effective fabrication of highly efficient ...

Nature Research2022

Interfacial Modulation through Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures for Efficient and Hole Conductor-Free Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi, Jovana Milic, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Laura Piveteau

Perovskite solar cells have led the new surge of solar energy research. However, their instability is a pressing issue mostly attributed to the perovskite interface with charge-selective transport layers. In this work, diethylammonium iodide (DEAI) surface ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Françoise Gisou van der Goot Grunberg, Li Jin, Andreas Kern, Maurizio Molinari, Jun Ren, Wei Chen, Jian Zhang, Yi Sun, Ke Liu, Yang Sun, Wei Liu, Peng Wang, Fan Zhang, Jian Wang, Li Zhang, Giuseppe Russo, Hong Zhang, Liang Xu, Jun Li, Jian Yang, Chong Liu, Ke Li

Taylor & Francis Inc2016

Highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells achieved by simultaneous defect engineering and formation kinetic control

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hong Zhang

The formation of high quality (good morphology and low defect concentrations) perovskite films is crucial for realizing high-performance perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). Low-temperature processed perovskite films tend to have a high density of defect states ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

Multimodal host–guest complexation for efficient and stable perovskite photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Mladenovic, David Lyndon Emsley, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Paramvir Ahlawat, Zaiwei Wang, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren, Aditya Mishra, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Zhaowen Dong, Jinming Guo, Michael Allan Hope, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette, Zhiwen Zhou

Formamidinium lead iodide perovskites are promising light-harvesting materials, yet stabilizing them under operating conditions without compromising optimal optoelectronic properties remains challenging. We report a multimodal host–guest complexation strat ...

Nature Research2021

Orientation‐Engineered Small‐Molecule Semiconductors as Dopant‐Free Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Hong Zhang, Zhiwen Zhou

Crystallized p-type small-molecule semiconductors have great potential as efficient and stable hole transporting materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to their relatively high hole mobility, good stability and tunable HOMOs depending on th ...

2021

Benzylammonium‐Mediated Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Phase Stabilization for Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Dominik Józef Kubicki, David Lyndon Emsley, Zaiwei Wang, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Aditya Mishra, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang

There is an ongoing surge of interest in the use of formamidinium (FA) lead iodide perovskites in photovoltaics due to their exceptional optoelectronic properties. However, thermodynamic instability of the desired cubic perovskite (α-FAPbI3) phase at ambie ...

2021

Comment on “Experimental observations of saltwater up-coning”

David Andrew Barry, Hong Zhang

2012