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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

Towards stable perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells: from nanometer- to wafer-scale

Christian Michael Wolff

FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dielectrophoretic Traps for Efficient Bead and Cell Trapping and Formation of Aggregates of Controlled Size and Composition

Philippe Renaud, Arnaud Bertsch, Clémentine Sophie Sarah Lipp

We present a microfluidic dielectrophoretic-actuated system designed to trap chosen single-cell and form controlled cell aggregates. A novel method is proposed to characterize the efficiency of the dielectrophoretic trapping, considering the flow speed but ...

2022

Extensive Benchmarking of DFT+U Calculations for Predicting Band Gaps

Iurii Timrov

Accurate computational predictions of band gaps are of practical importance to the modeling and development of semiconductor technologies, such as (opto)electronic devices and photoelectrochemical cells. Among available electronic-structure methods, densit ...

2021

Electronic-structure methods for materials design

Nicola Marzari

Simulations can be used to accelerate the characterization and discovery of materials. Here we Review how electronic-structure methods such as density functional theory work, what properties they can be used to predict and how they can be used to design ma ...

NATURE RESEARCH2021

Delineating Conformation Control in the Photophysical Behaviour of a Molecular Donor-Acceptor-Donor Triad

Shubhajit Das

Mechanochromic luminescent materials, exhibiting a change in luminescence behavior under external stimuli have emerged as one of the promising candidates for upcoming efficient OLEDs. Recently mechanochromic luminescence was reported in a donor-acceptor-do ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Toward Optimal Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from Water Using Pyrene-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks

Berend Smit, Mehrdad Asgari, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Andres Adolfo Ortega Guerrero, Fatma Pelin Uran, Özge Kadioglu

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for the photocatalytic H-2 evolution reaction (HER) from water. To find the optimal MOF for a photocatalytic HER, one has to consider many different factors. For example, studies have emphasized the i ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Studies of cold chemistry in crossed and merged neutral beams

Silvia Tanteri

In this thesis we present the design of two setups to study low-energy collisions between neutral species: an electron velocity map imaging for chemi-ionisation reactions and a merged electrostatic guide for polar molecules scattering. In the past few yea ...

EPFL2021

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

Deterministic and Statistical Approaches to Quantum Chemistry

Alberto Fabrizio

The field of quantum chemistry has recently undergone a series of paradigm shifts, including a boom in machine learning applications that target the electronic structure problem. Along with these technological innovations, the community continues to identi ...

EPFL2020