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Enhancing lifetime, forecasting, and economic benefits of photovoltaic technologies undergoing UV-induced degradation with optical filtering

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Ultraviolet-induced degradation (UV-ID) of various PV cell types was analyzed under optical UV filters with different cutoff wavelengths. Cell types studied included interdigitated back contact (IBC), passivated emitter and rear totally diffused (PERT), an ...

2025

All-perovskite tandem solar cells achieving >29% efficiency with improved (100) orientation in wide-bandgap perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Virginia Carnevali, Nikolaos Lempesis, Mingyang Wei, Vladislav Slama, Lorenzo Agosta

Monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells present a promising approach for exceeding the efficiency limit of single-junction solar cells. However, the substantial open-circuit voltage loss in the wide-bandgap perovskite subcell hinders further improveme ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2025

Unraveling the Role of Electron-Withdrawing Molecules for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Likai Zheng, Mingyang Wei

Electron-withdrawing molecules (EWMs) have exhibited remarkable efficacy in boosting the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the underneath mechanisms governing their positive attributes remain inadequately understood. Herein, we conduct ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2025

Visualising ionic screening in perovskite solar cells: a bumpy ride along the J–V curve

Frank Nüesch

The J–V bump and hysteresis in perovskite solar cells are studied combining measurement and simulation, linking them to spatial collection efficiency changes from ionic charge accumulation, as visualised in external quantum efficiency (EQE) spectra. ...

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)2025

Facile and Low-Cost Design Alternative of Spiro-OMeTAD as p-Type Semiconductor for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

A simple diphenylamine-based hole transporting material V1553 was synthesized and incorporated into a perovskite solar cell, which showed remarkable power conversion efficiency close to 23%. The investigated HTM was synthesized via one-step catalyst-free c ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2025

Buried SnI2 Induces Gradient Heterojunctions in Sn–Pb Perovskite Solar Cells

Chenxu Zhao

Tin–lead (Sn–Pb) mixed perovskite solar cells (PSCs) offer the potential for higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) than their pure lead counterparts. However, the lack of a well-defined Sn/Pb compositional profile results in disordered internal electric ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Self-dispatching a renewable energy community by means of battery energy storage systems

Mario Paolone, Francesco Gerini, Matthieu Benoit C. Jacobs

Renewable energy communities, where citizens, businesses, and institutions produce, consume, store, and share energy, are increasingly pivotal in energy markets. The use of shared community batteries introduces the challenge of adapting control strategies ...

2025

Design Trade-offs of Second Harmonic Minimization in Solid-State Transformers

Amin Darvishzadeh, Drazen Dujic

In two-stage solid-state transformers (SSTs) equipped with LLC DC/DC converters for galvanic isolation, fixed-frequency open-loop operation of LLC stages has been a straightforward and prevailing design choice. Meanwhile, with a closed-loop-operated LLC co ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)2025

Development and characterization of N2O-plasma oxide layers for high-temperature p-type passivating contacts in silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Sofia Libraro, Audrey Marie Isabelle Morisset, Julien Hurni, Ezgi Genç, David Fernando Reyes Vasquez

Full-area passivating contacts based on SiOx/poly-Si stacks are key for the new generation of industrial silicon solar cells substituting the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) technology. Demonstrating a potential efficiency increase of 1 to 2% compa ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2024

Micro-homogeneity of lateral energy landscapes governs the performance in perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yong Ding

Suppression of energy disorders in the vertical direction of a photovoltaic device, along which charge carriers are forced to travel, has been extensively studied to reduce unproductive charge recombination and thus achieve high-efficiency perovskite solar ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Carbazole Treated Waterproof Perovskite Films with Improved Solar Cell Performance

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Ursula Röthlisberger, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Lukas Pfeifer, Virginia Carnevali, Nikolaos Lempesis, Vladislav Slama, Yeonju Kim, Haizhou Lu, Jaeki Jeong

Surface passivation has been widely employed to suppress non-radiative charge recombination and prevent interfacial charge accumulation in perovskite photovoltaics. In this report, carbazole modified with ammonium iodide connected via alkyl chains of diffe ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 5)

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

This 5th annual "Emerging PV Report" highlights the latest advancements in the performance of emerging photovoltaic (e-PV) devices across various e-PV research areas, as documented in peer-reviewed articles published since August 2023. Updated graphs, tabl ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2024

Processing factors affecting roughness, optical and mechanical properties of nanocellulose films for optoelectronics

Tiffany Abitbol

This work aims to understand how nanocellulose (NC) processing can modify the key characteristics of NC films to align with the main requirements for high-performance optoelectronics. The performance of these devices relies heavily on the light transmittan ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2024

Cation reactivity inhibits perovskite degradation in efficient and stable solar modules

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Kangning Zhao, Keith Gregory Brooks, Roland Christopher Turnell-Ritson, Jan Romano de Gea

Perovskite solar modules (PSMs) show outstanding power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), but long-term operational stability remains problematic. We show that incorporating N,N-dimethylmethyleneiminium chloride into the perovskite precursor solution formed d ...

2024

Reliability and Long-term Performance of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Modules

Ebrar Özkalay

Solar photovoltaics (PV) is one of the most competitive renewable energy technologies in order to meet the increasing global energy demand and decrease CO2 emissions by competing effectively with fossil fuels. One of the important applications of PV energy ...

EPFL2024

Stabilization of highly efficient perovskite solar cells with a tailored supramolecular interface

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, David Lyndon Emsley, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Aditya Mishra, Michael Allan Hope, Anurag Krishna, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Chenxu Zhao, Zhiwen Zhou

The presence of defects at the interface between the perovskite film and the carrier transport layer poses significant challenges to the performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Addressing this issue, we introduce a dual host-guest (DHG) ...

Nature Research2024

Tailored Supramolecular Interactions in Host–Guest Complexation for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Likai Zheng, Mingyang Wei, Wenzhe Niu

Host-guest complexation offers a promising approach for mitigating surface defects in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Crown ethers are the most widely used macrocyclic hosts for complexing perovskite surfaces, yet their supramolecular interactions and funct ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2024

Effects of Photon Recycling and Luminescent Coupling in All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Assessed by Full Opto-electronic Simulation

Simon Jérôme Zeder

The impact of photon recycling (PR) and of luminescent coupling (LC) on the photovoltaic performance of all-perovskite tandem solar cells is analyzed by the means of optical and full opto-electronic device simulation. Optical processes are assessed using a ...

2024

Dopant-Free Pyrene-Based Hole Transporting Material Enables Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Zhaofu Fei, Bin Ding, Yong Ding, Keith Gregory Brooks

Dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) is significant to the stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, we developed a novel star-shape arylamine HTM, termed Py-DB, with a pyrene core and carbon-carbon double bonds as the bridge units. Compa ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2024

Heteroatom Engineering of a Dibenzo[g,p]Chrysene-Based Hole Transporting Material Provides High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Bin Ding, Yong Ding, Keith Gregory Brooks

Hole-transporting materials (HTMs) are indispensable for realizing efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, a novel dibenzo[g,p]chrysene-based HTM, termed FTPE-OSMe, is synthesized with peripheral methoxy- and methylthio-groups, which co ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024