Recent advances in the application of two-dimensional materials as charge transport layers in organic and perovskite solar cells

Q Van Le, JY Choi, SY Kim - FlatChem, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene and transition metal
chalcogenides (MX 2, M: transition metal, X: S, Se, Te) have emerged as a new class of …

Application of graphene-related materials in organic solar cells

L Velasco Davoise, AM Díez-Pascual, R Peña Capilla - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Graphene-related materials (GRMs) such as graphene quantum dots (GQDs), graphene
oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), and so forth …

Recent progress in graphene incorporated solar cell devices

MZ Iqbal, AU Rehman - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The atomically thin flat sheet of carbon atoms,'graphene'showcases several key features that
can address emerging energy needs, in particular to enhance the energy conversion …

Revisiting carbazole-based polymer donors for efficient and thermally stable polymer solar cells: structural utility of coplanar π-bridged spacers

GU Kim, JH Park, S Lee, D Lee, JW Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
For the realization of highly efficient and thermally stable polymer solar cells (PSCs), we
develop a new series of polymer donors (PDs) containing carbazole (Cz)-based units, N …

Enhancement of the efficiency and stability of organic photovoltaic devices via the addition of a lithium-neutralized graphene oxide electron-transporting layer

G Kakavelakis, D Konios, E Stratakis… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Lithium-neutralized graphene oxide (GO-Li) was spin coated between the photoactive layer
and the metal oxide electron-transporting layer (ETL) as an additional interlayer in organic …

Solution processed reduced graphene oxide/metal oxide hybrid electron transport layers for highly efficient polymer solar cells

KDGI Jayawardena, R Rhodes, KK Gandhi… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We report new solution processable electron transport layers for organic photovoltaic
devices based on composites of metal oxides and reduced graphene oxides. Low bandgap …

PEG-assisted sol-gel synthesis of compact nickel oxide hole-selective layer with modified interfacial properties for organic solar cells

JK Kim - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
As ap-type metal oxide, nickel oxide (NiO) has been extensively utilized for providing a
favorable hole transport pathway in organic solar cells (OSCs). To obtain higher crystallinity …

MXene-based materials for solar cell applications

Z Shi, R Khaledialidusti, M Malaki, H Zhang - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
MXenes are a class of two-dimensional nanomaterials with exceptional tailor-made
properties, making them promising candidates for a wide variety of critical applications from …

Interfacial engineering for highly efficient organic solar cells

B Walker, H Choi, JY Kim - Current Applied Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
Interfacial engineering using metal oxides, organic surface modifiers and other materials
can effectively enhance the performance of conventional and inverted organic solar cells by …

Fluorinated reduced graphene oxide as an efficient hole-transport layer for efficient and stable polymer solar cells

X Cheng, J Long, R Wu, L Huang, L Tan, L Chen… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this work, we have rationally designed and successfully synthesized a reduced graphene
oxide (GO) functionalized with fluorine atoms (F-rGO) as a hole-transport layer (HTL) for …