Publications by Pankaj Kumar Yadav

Highly Efficient and Stable 2D Dion Jacobson/3D Perovskite Heterojunction Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Pankaj Kumar Yadav

Heterostructures involving two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) perovskites have recently attracted increased attention due to their ability to combine the high photovoltaic performance of 3D perovskites with the increased stability of 2D perovskites. ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Suppressing recombination in perovskite solar cells via surface engineering of TiO2 ETL

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Daniel Prochowicz, Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli, Manoj Kumar

Hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have gained significant attention owing to their excellent physicochemical and photovoltaic properties. PSCs typically consist of a perovskite light absorber sandwiched between two carrier selective layers optimized wit ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Photovoltaic Performance of Porphyrin-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Binary Ionic Liquid Electrolytes

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jean-David Décoppet, Chenyi Yi, Pankaj Kumar Yadav

Herein, green porphyrin sensitizer Y350-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) with binary ionic liquid-based electrolytes are studied, which are a mixture of 1-methyl-3-propyl-imidazolium iodide and 1-methyl-1-butylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluromethylsulfony ...

2020

Mechanoperovskites for Photovoltaic Applications: Preparation, Characterization, and Device Fabrication

Michael Graetzel, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Daniel Prochowicz

Hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have emerged as excellent absorber materials for next generation solar cells owing to their simple solution-processed synthesis and high efficiency. This breakthrough in photovoltaics along with an a ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

A chain is as strong as its weakest link - Stability study of MAPbI(3) under light and temperature

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Michael Saliba, Amita Ummadisingu, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Silver Hamill Turren Cruz, Philippe Jürgen Holzhey

The stability of perovskite solar cells is a key issue for industrial development. One reason for this is the volatile organic methylammonium (MA) cation, which is prone to degas under elevated temperatures from the perovskite. At the same time, small amou ...

2019

Engineering of Perovskite Materials Based on Formamidinium and Cesium Hybridization for High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Daniel Prochowicz, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi, Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli, Rashmi Runjhun

Engineering the chemical composition of inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite materials is an effective strategy to boost the performance and operational stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Among the diverse family of ABX(3) perovskites, methylammoni ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Synergistic Crystal and Interface Engineering for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Michael Saliba, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli, Philippe Jürgen Holzhey

The presence of bulk and surface defects in perovskite light harvesting materials limits the overall efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The formation of such defects is suppressed by adding methylammonium chloride (MACl) as a crystallization aid ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

Perovskite Solar Cells Yielding Reproducible Photovoltage of 1.20 V

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Neha Arora, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Pankaj Kumar Yadav

High photovoltages and power conversion efficiencies of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can be realized by controlling the undesired nonradiative charge carrier recombination. Here, we introduce a judicious amount of guanidinium iodide into mixed-cation and ...

2019

Charge Accumulation, Recombination, and Their Associated Time Scale in Efficient (GUA)(x)(MA)(1-x)PbI3-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Daniel Prochowicz, Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi

Here, we study the influence of guanidinium (GUA) ions on the open-circuit voltage (V-oc) in the (GUA)(x)(MA)(1-x)PbI3 based perovskite solar cells. We demonstrate that incorporation of GUA forms electronic and ionic accumulation regions at the interface o ...

2019

Understanding the effect of chlorobenzene and isopropanol anti-solvent treatments on the recombination and interfacial charge accumulation in efficient planar perovskite solar cells

Michael Saliba, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Daniel Prochowicz, Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli

Organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites have emerged as very promising semiconductors with efficiencies exceeding 22% making them a serious candidate for next generation solar cells. All current high performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs), including t ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2018