Synergy of 3D and 2D perovskites for durable, efficient solar cells and beyond

I Metcalf, S Sidhik, H Zhang, A Agrawal… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional (3D) organic–inorganic lead halide perovskites have emerged in the
past few years as a promising material for low-cost, high-efficiency optoelectronic devices …

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 …

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 …

Are defects in lead-halide perovskites healed, tolerated, or both?

D Cahen, L Kronik, G Hodes - ACS energy letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Among many riddles posed by halide perovskites, the surprising apparent near-absence of
harmful defects stands out. This is commonly explained by invoking defect tolerance (DT) …

Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandems with> 28% efficiency: role of silicon‐surface texture on perovskite properties

M De Bastiani, R Jalmood, J Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Textured silicon wafers used in silicon solar cell manufacturing offer superior light trapping,
which is a critical enabler for high‐performance photovoltaics. A similar optical benefit can …

Multifunctional 2D perovskite capping layer using cyclohexylmethylammonium bromide for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

S Wang, F Cao, Y Wu, X Zhang, J Zou, Z Lan… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Constructing three-dimensional (3D)/two-dimensional (2D) hybrid perovskite
heterojunction has been proved to be a promising approach to improve the power …

Enhanced moisture-resistant and highly efficient perovskite solar cells via surface treatment with long-chain alkylammonium iodide

F Cao, W Pan, Z Zhang, P Chen, R He, A Tong… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Defects distributed between the perovskite film and the hole transport layer (HTL) are easily
generated, which can not only act as charge recombination sites, but also provoke the …

The race between complicated multiple cation/anion compositions and stabilization of FAPbI 3 for halide perovskite solar cells

Q Lin, DJ Kubicki, MK Omrani, F Alam… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Compositional modifications and passivating additives have been key enablers to achieve
operationally stable halide perovskite devices with excellent optoelectronic properties. The …

Thermal degradation of the bulk and interfacial traps at 85° C in perovskite photovoltaics

AJ Yun, S Ryu, J Lim, J Kim, B Park - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The facile formation of defects in halide perovskite has recently been regarded as the main
bottleneck for both the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Therefore …

Evolution of the Electronic Traps in Perovskite Photovoltaics during 1000 h at 85 C

AJ Yun, B Gil, S Ryu, J Kim, B Park - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With growing demands on the stability of perovskite photovoltaics against various
degradation factors, understanding and controlling the defect characteristics of devices have …