Rear electrode materials for perovskite solar cells

R Chen, W Zhang, X Guan, H Raza… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) represent a promising next‐generation photovoltaic
technology considering their high efficiency and low cost. At the current stage, resolving the …

Colloidal quantum dot solar cells

GH Carey, AL Abdelhady, Z Ning, SM Thon… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), nanometer-scale semiconductor crystals capped with
surfactant molecules and dispersed in solution, have provided a powerful platform for the …

A generic interface to reduce the efficiency-stability-cost gap of perovskite solar cells

Y Hou, X Du, S Scheiner, DP McMeekin, Z Wang, N Li… - Science, 2017 - science.org
A major bottleneck delaying the further commercialization of thin-film solar cells based on
hybrid organohalide lead perovskites is interface loss in state-of-the-art devices. We present …

Improved performance and stability in quantum dot solar cells through band alignment engineering

CHM Chuang, PR Brown, V Bulović, MG Bawendi - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
Solution processing is a promising route for the realization of low-cost, large-area, flexible
and lightweight photovoltaic devices with short energy payback time and high specific …

Energy level modification in lead sulfide quantum dot thin films through ligand exchange

PR Brown, D Kim, RR Lunt, N Zhao, MG Bawendi… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The electronic properties of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are critically dependent on both
QD size and surface chemistry. Modification of quantum confinement provides control of the …

Mesoscopic CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 Heterojunction Solar Cells

L Etgar, P Gao, Z Xue, Q Peng… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report for the first time on a hole conductor-free mesoscopic methylammonium lead
iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite/TiO2 heterojunction solar cell, produced by deposition of …

Mn-doped quantum dot sensitized solar cells: a strategy to boost efficiency over 5%

PK Santra, PV Kamat - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 - ACS Publications
To make Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSC) competitive, it is necessary to achieve
power conversion efficiencies comparable to other emerging solar cell technologies. By …

The architecture of colloidal quantum dot solar cells: materials to devices

IJ Kramer, EH Sargent - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are nanometer-sized particles of semiconductor dispersed
in a solvent with the aid of a stabilizing ligand. CQDs' physical dimensions and shape dictate …

Enabling silicon for solar-fuel production

K Sun, S Shen, Y Liang, PE Burrows, SS Mao… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
After over 150 years of exploiting fossil fuels, nowadays humans are encountering two great
global problems: the increasingly serious environmental pollution and the expected …

Open‐Shell Diradical‐Sensitized Electron Transport Layer for High‐Performance Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

S Fang, J Huang, R Tao, Q Wei, X Ding… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are well‐documented as an excellent electron
transport layer (ETL) in optoelectronic devices. However, the intrinsic surface flaw of the ZnO …