Advances in hole transport materials engineering for stable and efficient perovskite solar cells

ZH Bakr, Q Wali, A Fakharuddin, L Schmidt-Mende… - Nano energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This article reviews the various hole transporting materials (HTMs) used in perovskite solar
cells (PSCs) in achieving high photo-conversion efficiency (PCE) and operational stability …

Carbon‐based perovskite solar cells without hole transport materials: the front runner to the market?

H Chen, S Yang - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Organometal trihalide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have garnered recent interest in the
scientific community. In the past few years, they have achieved power conversion …

Emerging semitransparent solar cells: materials and device design

Q Tai, F Yan - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Semitransparent solar cells can provide not only efficient power‐generation but also
appealing images and show promising applications in building integrated photovoltaics …

Boron doping of multiwalled carbon nanotubes significantly enhances hole extraction in carbon-based perovskite solar cells

X Zheng, H Chen, Q Li, Y Yang, Z Wei, Y Bai, Y Qiu… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Compared to the conventional perovskite solar cells (PSCs) containing hole-transport
materials (HTM), carbon materials based HTM-free PSCs (C-PSCs) have often suffered from …

Carbon Nanotubes in TiO2 Nanofiber Photoelectrodes for High‐Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

M Batmunkh, TJ Macdonald, CJ Shearer… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
1D semiconducting oxides are unique structures that have been widely used for photovoltaic
(PV) devices due to their capability to provide a direct pathway for charge transport. In …

A photocapacitor based on organometal halide perovskite and PANI/CNT composites integrated using a CNT bridge

R Liu, C Liu, S Fan - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Portable electronics powered by solar cells have become popular; however, they suffer from
unstable power output of solar cells under fluctuating sunlight. Photocapacitors, integrated …

Carbon materials for enhancing charge transport in the advancements of perovskite solar cells

R Hu, L Chu, J Zhang, X Li, W Huang - Journal of Power Sources, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have become a new favorite in the
photovoltaic field, due to the boosted efficiency up to 22.1%. Despite a flow of achievements …

Electrochemical impedance analysis of perovskite–electrolyte interfaces

Z Li, CC Mercado, M Yang, E Palay… - Chemical Communications, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The flat band potentials and carrier densities of spin coated and sprayed MAPbI3, FA0.
85Cs0. 15PbI3, and MAPbBr3 perovskite films were determined using the Mott–Schottky …

Three-Dimensionally Enlarged Photoelectrodes by a Protogenetic Inclusion of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes into CH3NH3PbBr3 Single Crystals

P Andričević, M Kollár, X Mettan… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that single crystals of methylammonium lead bromide (MAPbBr3) could be
grown directly on vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) forests. The fast-growing …

Ultrafast carrier dynamics in bimetallic nanostructure-enhanced methylammonium lead bromide perovskites

HF Zarick, A Boulesbaa, AA Puretzky, EM Talbert… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we examine the impact of hybrid bimetallic Au/Ag core/shell nanostructures on
the carrier dynamics of methylammonium lead tribromide (MAPbBr3) mesoporous …