Charge carrier traps in organic semiconductors: a review on the underlying physics and impact on electronic devices

HF Haneef, AM Zeidell, OD Jurchescu - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The weak intermolecular interactions inherent in organic semiconductors make them
susceptible to defect formation, resulting in localized states in the band-gap that can trap …

Life on the Urbach edge

E Ugur, M Ledinský, TG Allen, J Holovský… - The journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Urbach energy is an expression of the static and dynamic disorder in a semiconductor
and is directly accessible via optical characterization techniques. The strength of this metric …

Stable and low-photovoltage-loss perovskite solar cells by multifunctional passivation

G Yang, Z Ren, K Liu, M Qin, W Deng, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metal halide perovskite solar cells have demonstrated a high power conversion efficiency
(PCE), and further enhancement of the PCE requires a reduction of the bandgap-voltage …

Effects of energetic disorder in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

J Yuan, C Zhang, B Qiu, W Liu, SK So… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have progressed rapidly in recent years through the
development of novel organic photoactive materials, especially non-fullerene acceptors …

Low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide perovskites with reduced methylammonium for simultaneous enhancement of solar cell efficiency and stability

C Li, Z Song, C Chen, C Xiao, B Subedi, SP Harvey… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
High-performance perovskite/perovskite tandem solar cells require high-efficiency and
stable low-bandgap perovskite subcells. State-of-the-art low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide …

Efficient two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by high-quality low-bandgap absorber layers

D Zhao, C Chen, C Wang, MM Junda, Z Song… - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
Multi-junction all-perovskite tandem solar cells are a promising choice for next-generation
solar cells with high efficiency and low fabrication cost. However, the lack of high-quality low …

Urbach energy and open-circuit voltage deficit for mixed anion–cation perovskite solar cells

B Subedi, C Li, C Chen, D Liu, MM Junda… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Urbach energy indicating the width of the exponentially decaying sub-bandgap
absorption tail is commonly used as the indicator of electronic quality of thin-film materials …

Reducing saturation‐current density to realize high‐efficiency low‐bandgap mixed tin–lead halide perovskite solar cells

C Li, Z Song, D Zhao, C Xiao, B Subedi… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The unsatisfactory performance of low‐bandgap mixed tin (Sn)–lead (Pb) halide perovskite
subcells has been one of the major obstacles hindering the progress of the power …

Ultrasmooth organic–inorganic perovskite thin-film formation and crystallization for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells

W Zhang, M Saliba, DT Moore, SK Pathak… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
To date, there have been a plethora of reports on different means to fabricate organic–
inorganic metal halide perovskite thin films; however, the inorganic starting materials have …

Full defects passivation enables 21% efficiency perovskite solar cells operating in air

X Liu, Z Yu, T Wang, KL Chiu, F Lin… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The lattice defects in the bulk and on the surface of the halide perovskite layer serve as trap
sites and recombination centers to annihilate photogenerated carriers, determining the …