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Narrow‐Linewidth Emission and Weak Exciton‐Phonon Coupling in 2D Layered Germanium Halide Perovskites

The photophysical properties of low‐dimensional metal‐halide semiconductors and their tunability make them promising candidates for light‐absorbing and emitting applications. Yet, the germanium‐based halide perovskites to date lack desirable light‐emitting ...

Wiley2025

Polarization-Dependent Plasmon-Induced Doping and Strain Effects in MoS 2 Monolayers on Gold Nanostructures

Ana Clara Sampaio Pimenta, Andras Kis, Zhenyu Wang, Guilherme Migliato Marega, Riccardo Chiesa

Monolayers of transition-metal dichalcogenides, such as MoS 2 , have attracted significant attention for their exceptional electronic and optical properties, positioning them as ideal candidates for advanced optoelectronic applications. Despite their stron ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Pizza Oven Processing of Organohalide Perovskites (POPOP): A Simple, Versatile and Efficient Vapor Deposition Method

Christophe Ballif, Christian Michael Wolff, Kerem Artuk, Cédric Bucher, Deniz Türkay, Austin George Kuba, Quentin Jean-Marie Armand Guesnay, Nicolas Fürst

Hybrid vapor deposition is one of the most appealing processes for perovskite photovoltaics fabrication, thanks to its versatile nature. By using sequentially different vapor deposition processes tailored to the inorganic and organic perovskite precursors' ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Flexible and stretchable thin-film encapsulation for chronic implantable bioelectronics

Kangling Wu

Chronic neural interfaces are vital for sustained neural communication but face challenges such as foreign body responses and encapsulation failures. Polymer-based soft interfaces offer promise for long-term use due to their softness and compliance, yet wa ...

EPFL2024

CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots-Sensitized Mesoporous TiO2 Electron Transport Layers for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jingshan Luo, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Jing Gao

The carrier transport layer plays a critical role in high efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, CsPbBr3 quantum dots-sensitized mesoporous TiO2 (CPB-TiO2) electron transport layer for fabricating high-quality perovskite films with en ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Co-deposition of hole-selective contact and absorber for improving the processability of perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang

Simplifying the manufacturing processes of renewable energy technologies is crucial to lowering the barriers to commercialization. In this context, to improve the manufacturability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), we have developed a one-step solution-coa ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

Asymmetrically Substituted 10H,10 ' H-9,9 '-Spirobi[acridine] Derivatives as Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Bin Ding, Jianxing Xia, Hobeom Kim, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Xiaoxin Gao

Hole-transporting materials (HTMs) based on the 10H, 10 ' H-9,9 '-spirobi [acridine] core (BSA50 and BSA51) were synthesized, and their electronic properties were explored. Experimental and theoretical studies show that the presence of rigid 3,6-dimethoxy- ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2022

Microbial bioelectrochemical cells for hydrogen generation based on irradiated semiconductor photoelectrodes

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Michele Morgante

In recent years, one of the most important challenges of the 21st century is to satisfy the ever-increasing world's energy demand. Many efforts are being undertaken to find alternative renewable energy sources, which ideally should outcompete fossil fuel u ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2021

Revealing the Perovskite Film Formation Using the Gas Quenching Method by In Situ GIWAXS: Morphology, Properties, and Device Performance

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Sandy Sanchez Alonso, Rodrigo Szostak

The optoelectronic properties, morphology, and consequently the performance of metal halide perovskite solar cells are directly related to the crystalline phases and intermediates formed during film preparation. The gas quenching method is compatible with ...

2020

Energy renovation of the built heritage housing based on the living building challenge certification. Case study in Bresca (Spain)

Sergi Aguacil Moreno

In light of increasing sustainability requirements, one of the challenges related to the heritage building stock consists in finding a balance between preserving the existing architectural character and improving energy efficiency. The project presented in ...

2020

Insights into the Photocatalytic Bacterial Inactivation by Flower-Like Bi2WO6 under Solar or Visible Light, Through in Situ Monitoring and Determination of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)

César Pulgarin, Juan Kiwi, Sami Rtimi, Stefanos Giannakis

This study addresses the visible light-induced bacterial inactivation kinetics over a Bi2WO6 synthesized catalyst. The systematic investigation was undertaken with Bi2WO6 prepared by the complexation of Bi with acetic acid (carboxylate) leading to a flower ...

2020

Injection-dependent lateral resistance in front-junction solar cells with nc-Si:H and a-Si:H hole selective contact

Christophe Ballif, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Jan Haschke, Jean Cattin

We investigate the role of lateral transport of minority carriers in the wafer for front-junction solar cells. The study is based on two silicon heterojunction solar cells with p-type amorphous (a-Si), and nanocrystalline (nc-Si) silicon as hole selective ...

IEEE2019

Dimensionality engineering of hybrid halide perovskite light absorbers

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Peng Gao

Hybrid halide perovskite solar cells were first demonstrated in 2009 with cell efficiency quickly soaring from below 10% to more than 23% in a few years. Halide perovskites have the desirable processing simplicity but are very fragile when exposed to water ...

Nature Publishing Group2018

An Unsymmetrical, Push-Pull Porphyrazine for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

An unsymmetrical, push-pull porphyrazine derivative bearing an isoindole-4-carboxylic acid moiety (TT112) is synthesized and incorporated in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The device, which constitutes the first example of a porphyrazine-sensitized so ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

Over 20% PCE perovskite solar cells with superior stability achieved by novel and low-cost hole-transporting materials

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jingshan Luo, Chenyi Yi, Xiong Li, Norman Pellet, Dongqin Bi, Fei Zhang, Hongwei Zhu

The exploration of alternative low-cost molecular hole-transporting materials (HTMs) for both highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is a relatively new research area. Two novel HTMs using the thiophene core were designed and synthesized ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

Hexagonal mesoporous silica islands to enhance photovoltaic performance of planar junction perovskite solar cells

Yi Zhang, Wei Yan, Bing Zhang

The efficiency of perovskite solar cells based on mesoscopic TiO2 was soaring over the past 3 years and is expected to reach over 25% by engineering the compn. of perovskite and interface layers. Efforts to increase the power conversion efficiency (PCE) o ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Efficient silicon solar cells with dopant-free asymmetric heterocontacts

Christophe Ballif, Stefaan De Wolf, Jonas Geissbühler

A salient characteristic of solar cells is their ability to subject photo-generated electrons and holes to pathways of asymmetrical conductivity-'assisting' them towards their respective contacts. All commercially available crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Architectural design scenarios with building-integrated photovoltaic solutions in renovation processes: Case study in Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Sergi Aguacil Moreno

In view of the importance of urban renewal processes, building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems can potentially provide a crucial response to the energy turnaround challenges. Functioning both as envelope material and electricity generator, they can ...

2016