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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

The Role of Goldschmidt's Tolerance Factor in the Formation of A(2)BX(6) Double Halide Perovskites and its Optimal Range

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Nikita Drigo, Alexander Fedorovskiy

Vacancy-ordered double perovskites is a new branch of lead-free halide perovskites with properties promising for photovoltaic application. In this study, data about the crystal structure of 170 known A(2)BX(6) (X = I, Br, Cl, F) are collected and analyzed ...

2020

Towards defect-free thin films of the earth-abundant absorber zinc phosphide by nanopatterning

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Elias Zsolt Stutz, Valerio Piazza, Martin George Friedl, Jean-Baptiste Leran, Mahdi Zamani, Simon Robert Escobar Steinvall, Rajrupa Paul, Reza Zamani

Large-scale deployment of thin-film photovoltaics will be facilitatedthrough earth-abundant components. Herein, selective area epitaxyand lateral overgrowth epitaxy are explored for the growth of zincphosphide (Zn3P2), a promising earth-abundant absorber. ...

2020

Dual Passivation of CsPbI3 Perovskite Nanocrystals with Amino Acid Ligands for Efficient Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Jianhua Liu

Inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dot (PQD) receives increasing attention for the application in the new generation solar cells, but the defects on the surface of PQDs significantly affect the photovoltaic performance and stability of solar cells. Herein ...

2020

Co-evaporation as an optimal technique towards compact methylammonium bismuth iodide layers

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Hiroyuki Kanda, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

the most studied perovskite‑based solar cells reported up to date contain the toxic lead in its composition. photovoltaic research and development towards non‑toxic, lead‑free perovskite solar cells are critical to finding alternatives to reduce human heal ...

2020

Gradient band structure: high performance perovskite solar cells using poly(bisphenol A anhydride-co-1,3-phenylenediamine)

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Sanghyun Paek, Aron Joel Huckaba, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Hobeom Kim, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Ryuji Kaneko

Surface passivation is a critical factor for improving the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells. However, more robust principle investigations are required to build effective passivation strategies enabling high-performance perovskite solar c ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Band-bending induced passivation: high performance and stable perovskite solar cells using a perhydropoly(silazane) precursor

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang, Mounir Driss Mensi, Hiroyuki Kanda, Sanghyun Paek, Giulia Grancini, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Aron Joel Huckaba, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Mo Li, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel

Surface passivation of the perovskite photo absorber is a key factor to improve the photovoltaic performance. So far robust passivation strategies have not yet been revealed. Here, we demonstrate a successful passivation strategy which controls the Fermi-l ...

2020

Design Rules to Fully Benefit From Bifaciality in Two-Terminal Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Olivier Denis Dupré, Pierre-Jean Alet, Arttu Matias Tuomiranta

The photovoltaics industry is adopting bifacial systems which offer improved energy harvesting compared to monofacial ones. This stems from the collection of light reflected by the surroundings on the rear side of the modules, leading to system-level gains ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Postpassivation of Multication Perovskite with Rubidium Butyrate

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Rodrigo Szostak

Many multication perovskites for highly stable and efficient solar cells benefit from rubidium iodide introduced in the precursor solution. It is well-known that Rb+ influences positively the optoelectronic and mobility properties and has a direct effect u ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

All-in-One Deposition to Synergistically Manipulate Perovskite Growth for High-Performance Solar Cell

Jie Wu, Wei Huang, Hui Zhang

Nonradiative recombination losses originating from crystallographic distortions and issues occurring upon interface formation are detrimental for the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells. Herein, we incorporated a series of carbamide molecule ...

2020

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