Publications de Daniel Prochowicz

Speciation of Lanthanide Metal Ion Dopants in Microcrystalline All-Inorganic Halide Perovskite CsPbCl3

David Lyndon Emsley, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Albert Hofstetter, Daniel Prochowicz, Amita Ummadisingu

Lanthanides are versatile modulators of optoelectronic properties owing to their narrow optical emission spectra across the visible and near-infrared range. Their use in metal halide perovskites (MHPs) has recently gained prominence, although their fate in ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Local Structure and Dynamics in Methylammonium, Formamidinium, and Cesium Tin(II) Mixed-Halide Perovskites from Sn-119 Solid-State NMR

David Lyndon Emsley, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Daniel Prochowicz

Organic-inorganic tin(II) halide perovskites have emerged as promising alternatives to lead halide perovskites in optoelectronic applications. While they suffer from considerably poorer performance and stability in comparison to their lead analogues, their ...

2020

Cd-113 Solid-State NMR at 21.1 T Reveals the Local Structure and Passivation Mechanism of Cadmium in Hybrid and All-Inorganic Halide Perovskites

David Lyndon Emsley, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Albert Hofstetter, Daniel Prochowicz, Brennan James Walder

Cadmium doping has recently emerged as an efficacious strategy for defect suppression and band gap tuning in hybrid as well as all-inorganic halide perovskites. However, the cadmium speciation in these materials is unknown. Here, we use high-field cadmium- ...

2020

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

Atomic-Level Microstructure of Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Stabilized by 5-Ammonium Valeric Acid Iodide Revealed by Multinuclear and Two-Dimensional Solid-State NMR

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, David Lyndon Emsley, Ursula Röthlisberger, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Jovana Milic, Marko Mladenovic, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Fabrizio Giordano, Dan Ren

Chemical doping of inorganic–organic hybrid perovskites is an effective way of improving the performance and operational stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here we use 5-ammonium valeric acid iodide (AVAI) to chemically stabilize the structure of ...

2019

Solid-state NMR approaches to lead halide perovskites

Michael Graetzel, David Lyndon Emsley, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Daniel Prochowicz, Albert Hofstetter

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Doping and phase segregation in Mn2+- and Co2+-doped lead halide perovskites from Cs-133 and H-1 NMR relaxation enhancement

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, David Lyndon Emsley, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Arthur César Pinon, Daniel Prochowicz, Albert Hofstetter, Gabriele Stevanato

Lead halide perovskites belong to a broad class of compounds with appealing optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties. Doping with transition metal ions such as Mn2+ and Co2+ has recently been reported to substantially enhance luminescence and stability o ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2019

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

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

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