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Molecularly Tailored Surface Defect Modifier for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yelin Hu, Hongwei Zhu, Zhongjin Shen, Yinghui Wu, Jialin Wang, Miao Chen

Surface defects cause non-radiative charge recombination and reduce the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), thus effective passivation of defects has become a crucial method for achieving efficient and stable devices. Organic ammoniu ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Thermophysical and thermomechanical properties of basalt-phenolic FRP rebars under high temperature

Thomas Keller, Hongwei Zhu, Ting Li, Jiahui Shen

An experimental investigation was conducted on the thermophysical and thermomechanical properties of phenolic-basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (P-BFRP) rebars subjected to high temperature. As a comparison, vinylBFRP (V-BFRP) and epoxy-BFRP (E-BFRP) rebars ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

CNT-based bifacial perovskite solar cells towards highly efficient 4-terminal tandem photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Fan Fu, Hongwei Zhu, Chunyang Zhang

Carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) are recognized as low-cost stable photovoltaics. However, currently most highly efficient C-PSCs are optically opaque, which means that they can only utilize direct illumination but cannot efficiently utilize th ...

2022

Interface modification to achieve high-efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells

Yuhang Liu, Linfeng Pan, Hongwei Zhu, Zhongjin Shen

The organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) achieve relatively high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over the past few years. However, defects on the surface and at the grain boundaries of the perovskite active layers are critical factor ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Efficient and Stable Large Bandgap MAPbBr(3) Perovskite Solar Cell Attaining an Open Circuit Voltage of 1.65 V

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, David Lyndon Emsley, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Jing Gao, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Yuhang Liu, Linfeng Pan, Michael Allan Hope, Hongwei Zhu

We report on the preparation of MAPbBr(3) perovskite films of high electronic quality by applying a methylamine (MA) vapor treatment and mitigating surface defects using the amphiphilic molecular passivator, neopentylammonium chloride (NPACl). We find that ...

2022

Realizing High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells by Passivating Triple-Cation Perovskite Films

Dan Ren, Hongwei Zhu

The photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) prepared by the low-temperature solution method has made rapid progress. However, the surface of the film is prone to defects that trap photogenerated charges, resulting in nonradiative recombin ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Methylamine Gas Treatment Affords Improving Semitransparency, Efficiency, and Stability of CH3NH3PbBr3-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Hongwei Zhu, Ajay Singh

High bandgap semitransparent solar cells based on CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskites are attractive for building integration, tandem cells, and electrochemical applications. The lack of control of the CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite growth limit the exploitation of CH3NH3PbBr ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Cyclopentadiene-Based Hole-Transport Material for Cost-Reduced Stabilized Perovskite Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies Over 23%

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Yuhang Liu, Hongwei Zhu, Michael Bauer

Hole transport materials (HTM) are an important component in perovskite solar cells (PSC). Despite a multitude of HTMs developed in recent years, only few of them lead to solar cells with efficiencies over 20%. Therefore, it is still a challenge to develop ...

2021

Synergistic Effect of Fluorinated Passivator and Hole Transport Dopant Enables Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with an Efficiency Near 24%

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yuhang Liu, Linfeng Pan, Hongwei Zhu, Yameng Ren, Olivier Ouellette

Long-term durability is critically important for the commercialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The ionic character of the perovskite and the hydrophilicity of commonly used additives for the hole-transporting layer (HTL), such as lithium bis(trif ...

2021

Ti-1-graphene single-atom material for improved energy level alignment in perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Zaiwei Wang, Hongwei Zhu

Carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) are widely accepted as stable, cost-effective photovoltaics. However, C-PSCs have been suffering from relatively low power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) due to severe electrode-related energy loss. Herein, we r ...

2021