Publications by Keith Gregory Brooks

Dopant-additive synergism enhances perovskite solar modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Hiroyuki Kanda, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are among the most promising photovoltaic technologies owing to their exceptional optoelectronic properties 1,2 . However, the lower efficiency, poor stability and reproducibility issues of large-area PSCs compared with labora ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Heteroatom Engineering of a Dibenzo[g,p]Chrysene-Based Hole Transporting Material Provides High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Hole-transporting materials (HTMs) are indispensable for realizing efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, a novel dibenzo[g,p]chrysene-based HTM, termed FTPE-OSMe, is synthesized with peripheral methoxy- and methylthio-groups, which co ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Dopant-Free Pyrene-Based Hole Transporting Material Enables Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) is significant to the stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, we developed a novel star-shape arylamine HTM, termed Py-DB, with a pyrene core and carbon-carbon double bonds as the bridge units. Compa ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2024

Cation reactivity inhibits perovskite degradation in efficient and stable solar modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Kangning Zhao, Roland Christopher Turnell-Ritson

Perovskite solar modules (PSMs) show outstanding power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), but long-term operational stability remains problematic. We show that incorporating N,N-dimethylmethyleneiminium chloride into the perovskite precursor solution formed d ...

2024

3D Conjugated Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

The orthogonal structure of the widely used hole transporting material (HTM) 2,2 ',7,7 '-tetrakis(N, N-di-p-methoxyphenylamino)-9,9 '-spirobifluorene (Spiro-OMeTAD) imparts isotropic conductivity and excellent film-forming capability. However, inherently w ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Foldable Hole-Transporting Materials for Merging Electronic States between Defective and Perfect Perovskite Sites

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Kasparas Rakstys, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Ruiyuan Hu, Jianxing Xia, Qurat Ul Ain

Defective and perfect sites naturally exist within electronic semiconductors, and considerable efforts to reduce defects to improve the performance of electronic devices, especially in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (ABX(3)), are undertaken. Herein, ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

Hydrothermal Deposition of UV-Absorbing Passivation Layers for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang, Bing Zhang

Despite recent increases in perovskite solar cell (PSC) efficiencies, long-term stability remains a barrier to manufacturing and marketing. SnO2 electron transport layers enable the low-temperature processing of planer n-i-p structured PSCs. However, ultra ...

WILEY2023

Extending the pi-Conjugated System in Spiro-Type Hole Transport Material Enhances the Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Hole transport materials (HTMs) are a key component of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The small molecular 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenyl)-amine-9,9'-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD, termed "Spiro") is the most successful HTM used in PSCs, but its ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Highly Efficient and Stable FAPbI(3) Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules Based on Exposure of the (011) Facet

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Bin Ding, Yong Ding, Xianfu Zhang

Perovskite crystal facets greatly impact the performance and stability of their corresponding photovoltaic devices. Compared to the (001) facet, the (011) facet yields better photoelectric properties, including higher conductivity and enhanced charge carri ...

SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV PRESS2023

Single-crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles for stable and efficient perovskite modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Wen Luo, Hiroyuki Kanda, Yen-Cheng Liu, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

The incorporation of electron transport layers based on single-crystalline TiO2 rhombohedral nanoparticles enables the realization of stable and efficient large-area perovskite solar cell modules. ...

Nature Portfolio2022

Ultraviolet Filtration Passivator for Stable High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang, Bing Zhang

Although the published values of power conversion efficiency (PCE) have increased continuously in recent years for perovskite solar cells (PSCs), improvements in the stability and performance of PSCs with conventional TiO2 or SnO2 electron transport layers ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Area-Scalable Zn2SnO4 Electron Transport Layer for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Jianxing Xia

The development of a scalable chemical bath deposition (CBD) process facilitates the realization of electrontransporting layers (ETLs) for large-area perovskite solar modules (PSMs). Herein, a method to prepare a uniform and scalable thick Zn2SnO4 ETL by C ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

High-efficiency perovskite photovoltaic modules achieved via cesium doping

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Andreas Züttel, Yi Zhang, Mo Li, Jianxing Xia

Perovskite solar modules have been attracting increasing attention due to their market potential, yet publications concerned with theintrinsic scale-up potential of different perovskite compositions remain relatively scarce. On the other hand, while great ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Bifunctional additive 2-amino-3-hydroxypyridine for stable and high-efficiency tin-lead perovskite solar cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang, Bing Zhang

Tin-lead (Sn-Pb) mixed perovskite has received widespread attention due to its suitable band gap width and high optical absorption coefficients. However, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of Sn-Pb mixed perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is still low due to ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2022

Molecular Engineering of Fluorene-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

New Spiro-OMeTAD analogues and the simpler "half" structures with the terminated methoxyphenyl and/or carbazolyl chromophores are successfully synthesized under Hartwig-Buchwald amination conditions using commercially available starting materials. New fluo ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Tailoring electric dipole of hole-transporting material p-dopants for perovskite solar cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Jianxing Xia, Min Chen, Yu Shi

Li-TFSI/t-BP are the most widely employed p-dopants for hole-transporting materials (HTMs) within the state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The hygroscopicity and migration of these dopants, however, lead to devices with limited stability. To sol ...

CELL PRESS2022

Mechanistic Insights into the Role of the Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide Ion in Coevaporated p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells

Klaus Leifer, Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Paul Joseph Dyson, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hiroyuki Kanda, Cansu Igci, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

Hybrid lead halide perovskites have reached comparable efficiencies to state-of-the-art silicon solar cell technologies. However, a remaining key challenge toward commercialization is the resolution of the perovskite device instability. In this work, we id ...

2021

In Situ Graded Passivation via Porphyrin Derivative with Enhanced Photovoltage and Fill Factor in Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang, Bing Zhang

While perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have recently experienced a rapid rise in power conversion efficiency (PCE), the prevailing PSCs still contain nondesirable defects in the interior and interface of the perovskite layer, which limits further enhancement ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Tuning structural isomers of phenylenediammonium to afford efficient and stable perovskite solar cells and modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Hiroyuki Kanda, Yen-Cheng Liu, Bin Ding

Salt passivation of perovskite often results in formation of 2D perovskite layers, which impaired charge transport behaviour. Here, the authors study the energy barrier of 2D perovskite formation upon passivation by different iodide salt, and provide insig ...

Nature Portfolio2021

The Synergism of DMSO and Diethyl Ether for Highly Reproducible and Efficient MA(0.5)FA(0.5)PbI(3)Perovskite Solar Cells

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yonghui Lee, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Ruiyuan Hu, Min Chen

Composition and film quality of perovskite are crucial for the further improvement of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), including efficiency, reproducibility, and stability. Here, it is demonstrated that by simply mixing 50% of formamidinium (FA(+)) into meth ...

2020