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Elimination of buried interfacial voids for efficient perovskite solar cells

Bo Chen, Bin Ding, Yan Liu, Xianfu Zhang

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

Improving the photoelectrocatalytic efficiency of CuWO4 through molybdenum for tungsten substitution and coupling with BiVO4

Kevin Sivula, Annalisa Polo

A systematic investigation on the photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) performance of a series of CuW1-xMoxO4 materials with different Mo for W substitution (x = 0-0.8), successfully synthesized as single, transparent photoactive layers, allowed us to identify copp ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

Hybrid organic/metal-oxide shells on semiconductor nanocrystals via colloidal atomic layer deposition

Ona Segura Lecina

The escalating energy demand and the imperative necessity to reduce the carbon footprint require transformative approaches to energy conversion. Materials chemistry plays a pivotal role in addressing these global challenges by developing novel materials fo ...

EPFL2024

In situ growth of graphene on both sides of a Cu-Ni alloy electrode for perovskite solar cells with improved stability

Michael Graetzel, Yinghui Wu, Huimin Su

The instability of rear electrodes undermines the long-term operational durability of efficient perovskite solar cells. Here, a composite electrode of copper-nickel (Cu-Ni) alloy stabilized by in situ grown bifacial graphene is designed. The alloying makes ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Molecular Engineering of Fluorene-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

New Spiro-OMeTAD analogues and the simpler "half" structures with the terminated methoxyphenyl and/or carbazolyl chromophores are successfully synthesized under Hartwig-Buchwald amination conditions using commercially available starting materials. New fluo ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Molecular dynamics simulations of nucleation and phase transition in halide perovskites

Paramvir Ahlawat

Perovskite solar cells have emerged as the most promising cheaper photovoltaic technology. Besides solar cells, halide perovskites have a wide range of applications due to their remarkable optoelectronic properties. Starting from 3.8% in 2009, solar to the ...

EPFL2022

Water photo-oxidation on self-assembled organic/Co3O4 metal junctions in biphasic systems

Hubert Girault, Astrid Johana Olaya Avendano, Julieta Soledad Riva

A microwater vertical bar butyronitrile (W vertical bar BCN) interface was used to study the effect of the interfacial chemical polarization on the efficiency of the visible-light induced water oxidation reaction (WOR) by the electron acceptor/ photosensit ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

A "combi-encapsulant" for enhanced performance of glass-free lightweight crystalline silicon solar PV modules

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Fabiana Lisco

Lightweight crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV modules with a weight of 5kg/m(2), by substituting the typical front glass with a thin polymer sheet and the standard back sheet by a composite sandwich structure are presented here. With this work, we propose the ...

IEEE2021

Investigation of Lead-free perovskites for Optoelectronic Application

Alexander Fedorovskiy

The search for new energy sources and materials is at the foundations of scientific and technological progress. These two, often interconnected, fundamental elements open a way to create novel designs and improve existing ones for all types of machines and ...

EPFL2021

Robust Inorganic Hole Transport Materials for Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells: Insights into Materials Electronic Properties and Device Performance

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Antonio Abate

Interfaces in perovskite and organic solar cells play a central role in advancing efficiency and prolong device durability. They improve charge transport/transfer from the absorber layer to the collecting electrodes, while also blocking the opposite charge ...

2021

Overcorrected Implants for Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Yasmine Boulanaache

Glenohumeral osteoarthritis is a degenerative shoulder joint disease, which causes the breakdown of articular cartilage and bone. People affected by this disease suffer from severe pain and eventually reduced mobility and poor life quality. This disease is ...

EPFL2021

'Green' Cr(III)-based electrodeposition of stainless steel-like FeCrNi: synthesis, mechanisms, material properties of films and micro-nanocomponents for bio-medical applications

Enrico Bertero

The electrodeposition (ED) of stainless steel (SS) -like FeCrNi alloys for miniaturised devices is appealing for bio-medicine as it would allow combining excellent material properties (e.g. corrosion resistance, hardness, bio-compatibility) at low-cost. Ho ...

EPFL2020

Electron-Selective Layers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on TiO2 and SnO2

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ladislav Kavan

Titanium dioxide (anatase, rutile) and quasi-amorphous tin dioxide are prepared on F-doped SnO2 in the form of dense thin films, which can serve as electron-selective layers in perovskite solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The present stud ...

2020

Thermal coarsening of individual titanate nanowires and their assemblies: Surface vs. bulk diffusion

Luca Rossi, László Forró, Xavier Berdat, Massimo Spina, Endre Horvath, Laurent Syavoch Bernard, Sergiy Katrych

The thermal coarsening of titanate nanowires was investigated from room temperature to 1000 degrees C by AFM, SEM, XRD and Raman spectroscopy. Phase transformation kinetics and the external morphology were studied in two configurations: i) as individual an ...

2020

Light-induced charge transfer at the CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 interface-a low-temperature photo-electron paramagnetic resonance assay

Philippe Bugnon, László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Endre Horvath, Péter Szirmai, Pavao Roko Andricevic, Anastasiia Glushkova, Márton Kollár, Konstantins Mantulnikovs

The performance of organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites-based (MHPs) photovoltaic devices critically depends on the design and material properties of the interface between the light-harvesting MHP layer and the electron transport layer (ETL). Therefo ...

2020

Mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of dense and porous Zn produced by laser powder bed fusion for biodegradable implant applications

Andreas Mortensen, Ludger Weber, Karel Lietaert

In this work, the macrotexture of dense Zn produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) was studied and the mechanical properties for different tensile bar orientations were measured. The compressive strength of LPBF Zn scaffolds with five different unit cel ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2020

Low-temperature carbon-based electrodes in perovskite solar cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Konrad Wojciechowski, Dmitry Bogachuk, Bowen Yang, Jaekeun Lim

Carbon-based electrodes have been widely applied in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) because of their chemical inertness and compatibility with up-scalable techniques, signifying their solid potential for mass-production. The material scarcity and complexity ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

TiO2- based ceramics, from basic science to applications

Nanomaterials and nanoparticles are nowadays used in a wide range of applications; from sunscreens, paint and food industry to catalytic processes, lighting, TV's and displays, their presence is percolating in our daily life. New applications rise every da ...

EPFL2020

Development of a new visual prosthesis for preclinical studies on artificial vision

Marta Jole Ildelfonsa Airaghi Leccardi

The technological evolution in materials science and microengineering favored the production of advanced visual prostheses useful for fighting blindness and to improve patients quality of life. Visual prostheses aim at replacing lost visual functions by ar ...

EPFL2020

Zinc Phthalocyanine Conjugated Dimers as Efficient Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Kazuteru Nonomura, Natalie Flores Diaz, Brian Irving Carlsen, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado, Desiré Molina Alcaide, Bowen Yang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer

Four ZnPc-dimers with 2,5-thienyl (ZnPc-th-ZnPc 1), 2,7-fluorenyl (ZnPc-flu-ZnPc 2), 3,6-bisthienylldiketopyrrolopyrrole (ZnPc-DPP-ZnPc 3) and 1,4-phenyl (ZnPc-p-ZnPc 4) bridges have been studied as dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) in perovsk ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020