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Enhancing the Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Chemical Bath Deposition of SnO2 Electron Transport Layers and 3D/2D Heterojunctions

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Hiroyuki Kanda, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Liping Zhong, Xiaoxin Gao, Shun Tian, David Fernando Reyes Vasquez, Yanyan Fang

Chemical bath deposition (CBD) is an effective technique used to produce high-quality SnO2 electron transport layers (ETLs) employed in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). By optimizing the CBD process, high-quality SnO2 films are obtained with minimal oxygen v ...

2024

Transport and Interfacial Injection of d-Band Hot Holes Control Plasmonic Chemistry

Omer Can Karaman, Giulia Tagliabue, Fateme Kiani Shahvandi, Alan Richard Bowman, Milad Sabzehparvar

Harnessing nonequilibrium hot carriers from plasmonic metal nanostructures constitutes a vibrant research field with the potential to control photochemical reactions, particularly for solar fuel generation. However, a comprehensive understanding of the int ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Design and development of a low-cost imidazole-based hole transporting material for perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Low-cost and facile synthesis routes of hole-transporting materials (HTMs) are promising approaches to minimize the total cost of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) on both laboratory and commercial scales. Herein, we report 2-(3-nitrophenyl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-im ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2023

Strategic PV expansion and its impact on regional electricity self-sufficiency: Case study of Switzerland

Alina Ursula Rosa Walch

Solar photovoltaics (PV) will play an important role in decarbonising the energy system. To date, most assessments of PV transition pathways focus on least-cost aspects, without neither considering the time needed to achieve a substantial PV deployment, no ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2023

Timing performance of radiation hard MALTA monolithic pixel sensors

Francesco Piro

The MALTA family of Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (DMAPS) produced in Tower 180 nm CMOS technology targets radiation hard applications for the HL-LHC and beyond. Several process modifications and front-end improvements have resulted in radiation ...

2023

Efficient Cu2O Photocathodes for Aqueous Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate and Syngas

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Kevin Sivula, Mounir Driss Mensi, Dan Ren, Yongpeng Liu, Jing Gao, Linfeng Pan, Jun Li, Meng Xia

Photoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (PEC-CO2R) represents a promising approach for producing renewable fuels and chemicals using solar energy. However, attaining even modest solar-to-fuel (STF) conversion efficiency often necessitates the use of ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

High-pressure investigations in CH3NH3PbX3 (X = I, Br, and Cl): Suppression of ion migration and stabilization of low-temperature structure

László Forró, Endre Horvath, Márton Kollár

Hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites represent a promising next-generation photovoltaic material with drawbacks for structure stability and composition concerns. Demonstrations of ion migration and molecular dynamics suggest room for structural cont ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2022

Exploring new avenues for perovskite photovoltaics: Molecular functionalization of layered lead-halide perovskites and defect mitigation in lead-free double perovskites

Barbara Alexandra Primera Darwich

Halide perovskites have seen, over the past years, a tremendous increase in photovoltaic power conversion efficiencies as device working mechanisms are unveiled. Lead halide perovskites are at the forefront of halide perovskite research given their intrigu ...

EPFL2022

Dataset for "Van der Waals Epitaxy of Co10–xZn10–yMnx+y Thin Films: Chemical Composition Engineering and Magnetic Properties"

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Dirk Grundler, Jean-Baptiste Leran, Rajrupa Paul, Andrea Mucchietto, Mohammad Hamdi, Ping Che, Anna Kúkol'ová

Raw data associated to the manuscript “van der Waals Epitaxy of Co10–xZn10–yMnx+y Thin Films: Chemical Composition Engineering and Magnetic Properties", J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c00452 Abstract: To ...

Zenodo2021

Tapered Cross-Section Photoelectron Spectroscopy of State-of-the-Art Mixed Ion Perovskite Solar Cells: Band Bending Profile in the Dark, Photopotential Profile Under Open Circuit Illumination, and Band Diagram

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Iwan Zimmermann

The purpose of this article is twofold. On the one hand the method of spacial resolved photoemission spectroscopy on small angle tapered cross-sections (TCS) of complete devices is introduced to analyze simultaneously the chemical and electronic structure. ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

From Single-Crystals to High-Throughput : Concepts for Rational Perovskite Photovoltaics Research

Jeannette Medina Kadro

Perovskite solar cells have undergone increase in power-conversion efficiencies at an unprecedented pace. Since their emergence in academic research in 2009, thousands of scientific papers have been published on their unique properties, variations cell arc ...

EPFL2018

Interplay of annealing temperature and doping in hole selective rear contacts based on silicon-rich silicon-carbide thin films

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Matthieu Despeisse, Monica Morales Masis, Philipp Friedrich Hermann Löper, Philippe Wyss, Gizem Nogay, Oscar Esteban Rucavado Leandro, Josua Andreas Stückelberger

We present a detailed optimization of a hole selective rear contact for p-type crystalline silicon solar cells which relies on full-area processes and provides full-area passivation. The passivating hole-contact is based on a layer stack comprising a chemi ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

Amorphous Ternary Charge-Cascade Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics

Kevin Sivula, Liang Yao, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Xavier Adrian Jeanbourquin, Xiaoyun Yu, Muhammad Aiman Bin Rahmanudin Hamdan, Melissa Catherine Olson

Ternary bulk heterojunctions with cascade-type energy-level configurations are of significant interest for further improving the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells. However, controlling the self-assembly in solution-processed ternary ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

Donor design and modification strategies of metal-free sensitizers for highly-efficient n-type dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) cannot be developed without the research on sensitizers. As the key of light harvesting and electron generation, thousands of sensitizers have been designed for the application in DSSC devices. Among them, organic sensiti ...

Higher Education Press2016

Atomic Scale Observation of Chemical and Electronic Properties of Metal-Oxide Surfaces

Christian Alexander Stephan Dette

To meet the future global energy demand - an estimated additional 10 terawatts (TWs) per year in 2050 - a diversification of energy sources and fuels is needed. Solar energy represents a prominent alternative energy source. An important material for these ...

EPFL2016

Highly efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells by solution-processed tin oxide

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Michael Saliba, Antonio Abate, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Konrad Domanski, Ludmilla Steier

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are one of the most promising lab-scale technologies to deliver inexpensive solar electricity. Low-temperature planar PSCs are particularly suited for large-scale manufacturing. Here, we propose a simple, solution-processed te ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Optoelectronic Devices Based on Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Oriol López Sánchez

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), tungsten diselenide (WSe2) and tungsten disulfide (WS2), have shown in the last years remarkable physical properties. These direct badgap three-atoms thick monolayers, wi ...

EPFL2016

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

Control and Study of the Stoichiometry in Evaporated Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Joël Teuscher, Nicolas Tétreault

Herein, we present the precise stoichiometric control of methlyammonium lead iodide perovskite thin-films using high vacuum dual-source vapor-phase deposition. We found that UV/Vis absorption and emission spectra were inadequate for assessing precisely the ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2015

Mesoporous TiO2 Beads Offer Improved Mass Transport for Cobalt-Based Redox Couples Leading to High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Thomas Moehl, Fabrizio Giordano, Leo-Philipp Heiniger

Overcoming ionic diffusion limitations is essential for the development of high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells based on cobalt redox mediators. Here, improved mass transport is reported for photoanodes composed of mesoporous TiO2 beads of varying po ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2014