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Elimination of buried interfacial voids for efficient perovskite solar cells

Establishing optimal interfacial contact is crucial for enhancing the efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, formation of voids at buried interface of perovskite films often hinders this critical objective. Our investigation reveals that the ...

Elsevier2024

A crystal capping layer for formation of black-phase FAPbI3 perovskite in humid air

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mingyang Wei

Black-phase formamidinium lead iodide (α-FAPbI3) perovskites are the desired phase for photovoltaic applications, but water can trigger formation of photoinactive impurity phases such as δ-FAPbI3. We show that the classic solvent system for perovskite fabr ...

2024

Understanding and decoupling the role of wavelength and defects in light-induced degradation of metal-halide perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Anurag Krishna

Light-induced degradation in metal halide perovskites is a major concern that can potentially hamper the commercialization of perovskite optoelectronic devices. The phenomena viz. ion migration, phase segregation, and defect intolerance are believed to be ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2023

Understanding and Mitigating the Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on a Nickel Oxide Hole Transport Material during Damp Heat Testing

Christophe Ballif, Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Mounir Driss Mensi, Yongpeng Liu, Christian Michael Wolff, Marion Solange Madeleine Dussouillez

The development of stable materials, processable on alarge area,is a prerequisite for perovskite industrialization. Beyond the perovskiteabsorber itself, this should also guide the development of all otherlayers in the solar cell. In this regard, the use o ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Unveiling facet-dependent degradation and facet engineering for stable perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer

A myriad of studies and strategies have already been devoted to improving the stability of perovskite films; however, the role of the different perovskite crystal facets in stability is still unknown. Here, we reveal the underlying mechanisms of facet-depe ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2023

Optoelectronic or photovoltaic device with metal halide perovskite film treated by passivating agent

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Lukas Pfeifer, Anurag Krishna, Essa Awadh R Alharbi

This invention relates to an optoelectronic or photovoltaic device comprising a perovskite or metal halide perovskite film treated by one or more compounds of formula (I): ((R1-NH(R2)-R3)+)nW (I), wherein n is an integer selected from 1, 2, or 3; R1, R2, R ...

2023

Competition between Carrier Injection and Structural Distortions in Electron-Doped Perovskite Nickelate Thin Films

Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Bernat Mundet

The discovery of superconductivity in doped infinite-layer nickelate thin films has brought increased attention to the behavior of the doped perovskite phase. Despite this interest, the majority of existing studies pertain to hole-doped perovskite rare-ear ...

WILEY2023

Engineering SYK Interactions in Disordered Graphene Flakes under Realistic Experimental Conditions

Oleg Yazyev, Yifei Guan, Marta Agnieszka Brzezinska

We model interactions following the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) framework in disordered graphene flakes up to 300 000 atoms in size (-100 nm in diameter) subjected to an out-of-plane magnetic field B of 5-20 Tesla within the tight-binding formalism. We investi ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2023

Optimization of X-mode electron cyclotron current drive in high-electron-temperature plasma in the EAST tokamak

Joan Decker, Chunmin Zhang, Fang Liu

A discharge with electron temperature up to 14 keV has been achieved in EAST. Analysis of the electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) efficiency at high electron temperature under EAST parameters is presented using C3PO/LUKE code. Simulation results show t ...

2023

Kinetics and energetics of metal halide perovskite conversion reactions at the nanoscale

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger

Metal halide to perovskite phase conversion is a facile approach for synthesizing high-quality perovskite semiconductors for optoelectronic applications. Here, these reactions are investigated at the nanoscale via in-situ x-ray scattering, revealing links ...

SPRINGERNATURE2022

Phase Engineering and Alkali Cation Stabilization for 1T Molybdenum Dichalcogenides Monolayers

Dou Du

The technological barriers of the dimensional engineering and interfacial instability seriously hinder the scalable production of metallic (1T) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) monolayers. In this article, a facile and fast electron injection strateg ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Tensor-Based Numerical Method For Stochastic Homogenization

Quentin Olivier Martin Ayoul--Guilmard

This paper addresses the complexity reduction of stochastic homogenization of a class of random materials for a stationary diffusion equation. A cost-efficient approximation of the correctors is obtained using a method designed to exploit quasi-periodicity ...

SIAM PUBLICATIONS2022

Updates on CEA Design and Experimental Activities on EU DEMO TF System

Yi Zhang

In the framework of EU design activities for dimensioning the future fusion DEMOnstration reactor (DEMO), in-depth analyses were conducted in EUROfusion context, aiming to define the design of the DEMO magnets system. For the last DEMO baseline, CEA has pr ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Unlocking the potential of boronsilicate glass passivation for industrial tunnel oxide passivated contact solar cells

Reuben Yeo Jueyuan

In this work, we present a breakthrough in boronsilicate glass (BSG) passivated industrial tunnel oxide passivated contact (i-TOPCon) solar cells. We find that a high-temperature firing process significantly improves the front side BSG passivation quality; ...

2021

A universal signature in the melting of metallic nanoparticles

Kevin Rossi

Predicting when phase changes occur in nanoparticles is fundamental for designing the next generation of devices suitable for catalysis, biomedicine, optics, chemical sensing and electronic circuits. The estimate of the temperature at which metallic nanopa ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

Programmable Huygens' metasurfaces for active optical phase control

Hatice Altug, Andreas Tittl, Aleksandrs Leitis

IEEE2021

Miniaturized Metamaterial Filters Compatible with Standard Waveguide Technology

Romain Christophe Rémy Fleury, Maliheh Khatibi Moghaddam

In this paper, we study the behavior of miniaturized high-order waveguide filters, constructed by loading a hollow metallic waveguide with resonant pins, to form a locally-resonant metamaterial. Such composite pin-pipe structure supports a guided-mode with ...

IEEE2021

Simultaneous Reciprocal and Real Space X-Ray Imaging of Time-Evolving Systems

Goran Lovric

Imaging the (sub)micron scale over large areas with high temporal resolution becomes increasingly necessary for the development and investigation of novel materials under realistic operation conditions. Small angle x-ray scattering imaging methods provide ...

American Physical Society (APS)2021

Ab Initio Electron-Phonon Interactions in Correlated Electron Systems

Nicola Marzari, Iurii Timrov, Matteo Cococcioni

Electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions are pervasive in condensed matter, governing phenomena such as transport, superconductivity, charge-density waves, polarons, and metal-insulator transitions. First-principles approaches enable accurate calculations of e- ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2021