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Perfluoroarene-Based Tin Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics

Hybrid halide perovskites are among the most promising candidates for next-generation photovoltaics. The most investigated perovskite solar cells are lead based, which poses environmental concerns, making finding sustainable alternatives a pressing issue. ...

2025

Silver Bismuth Iodides for Photovoltaic Applications: Insights from Ab Initio Calculations and Experimental Analysis

Michael Graetzel, Ursula Röthlisberger, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Marko Mladenovic, Jingshan Luo, Jeong-Hyeok Im, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Jovana Milic

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Mixed ionic-electronic conduction in Ruddlesden-Popper and Dion-Jacobson layered hybrid perovskites with aromatic organic spacers

Michael Graetzel, Davide Moia, Joachim Maier, Jovana Milic, Algirdas Ducinskas, Mina Jung

The understanding of mixed ionic-electronic conductivity in hybrid perovskites has enabled major advances in the development of optoelectronic devices based on this class of materials. While recent investigations revealed the potential of using dimensional ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2024

Interfacial engineering through lead binding using crown ethers in perovskite solar cells

Jun Ho Yum, Kevin Sivula, Jiyoun Seo, Jovana Milic, Yeonju Kim

In the domain of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the imperative to reconcile impressive photovoltaic performance with lead-related issue and environmental stability has driven innovative solutions. This study pioneers an approach that not only rectifies lea ...

Elsevier2024

Supramolecular Modulation for Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jovana Milic, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang

Hybrid perovskites are emerging as top contenders in the next generation of photovoltaics, yet their stability under operational conditions remains a significant challenge. Specifically, degradation occurs at the interface with charge transport layers in p ...

2024

Helical interfacial modulation for perovskite photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jovana Milic, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang

Hybrid metal halide perovskites have demonstrated remarkable performances in modern photovoltaics, although their stabilities remain limited. We assess the capacity to advance their properties by relying on interfacial modulators featuring helical chiralit ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

Nanocrystalline Flash Annealed Nickel Oxide for Large Area Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Jovana Milic, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer

The industrialization of perovskite solar cells requires adequate materials and processes to make them economically viable and environmentally sustainable. Despite promising results in terms of power conversion efficiency and operational stability, several ...

WILEY2023

Interfacial Modulation through Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures for Efficient and Hole Conductor-Free Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi, Jovana Milic, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Laura Piveteau

Perovskite solar cells have led the new surge of solar energy research. However, their instability is a pressing issue mostly attributed to the perovskite interface with charge-selective transport layers. In this work, diethylammonium iodide (DEAI) surface ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

The Impact of Spacer Size on Charge Transfer Excitons in Dion–Jacobson and Ruddlesden–Popper Layered Hybrid Perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Aaron Tomas Terpstra, Loï Charles Carbone, Jovana Milic, George Cameron Fish, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Algirdas Ducinskas, Lukas Pfeifer

Organic materials can tune the optical properties in layered (2D) hybrid perovskites, although their impact on photophysics is often overlooked. Here, we use transient absorption spectroscopy to probe the Dion−Jacobson (DJ) and Ruddlesden−Popper (RP) 2D pe ...

2023

Photo De-Mixing in Dion-Jacobson 2D Mixed Halide Perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Ursula Röthlisberger, Marko Mladenovic, Jovana Milic, Algirdas Ducinskas

2D halide perovskites feature a versatile structure, which not only enables the fine-tuning of their optoelectronic properties but also makes them appealing as model systems to investigate the fundamental properties of hybrid perovskites. In this study, th ...

2022

Reversible Pressure-Dependent Mechanochromism of Dion-Jacobson and Ruddlesden-Popper Layered Hybrid Perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Ursula Röthlisberger, Jovana Milic, Mathias Dankl, Algirdas Ducinskas

Layered Dion-Jacobson (DJ) and Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) hybrid perovskites are promising materials for optoelectronic applications due to their modular structure. To fully exploit their functionality, mechanical stimuli can be used to control their propertie ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2022

Thiocyanate-Mediated Dimensionality Transformation of Low- Dimensional Perovskites for Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Claudia Esther Avalos, Zaiwei Wang, Yuhang Liu, Brian Irving Carlsen, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren

Two-dimensional (2D) hybrid perovskite solar cells have induced widespread research interest owing to their higher stability as compared to three-dimensional (3D) analogues. The photovoltaic performance, however, is still limited. Here, we report a perovsk ...

2022

Nanosegregation in arene-perfluoroarene pi-systems for hybrid layered Dion-Jacobson perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Jovana Milic, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Algirdas Ducinskas, Lukas Pfeifer, Laura Piveteau

Layered hybrid perovskites are based on organic spacers separating hybrid perovskite slabs. We employ arene and perfluoroarene moieties based on 1,4-phenylenedimethylammonium (PDMA) and its perfluorinated analogue (F-PDMA) in the assembly of hybrid layered ...

2022

Layered Hybrid Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites: Challenges and Opportunities

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jovana Milic

Hybrid halide perovskite materials have become one of the leading candidates for various optoelectronic applications. They are based on organic-inorganic structures defined by the AMX(3) composition, were A is the central cation that can be either organic ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Benzylammonium‐Mediated Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Phase Stabilization for Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Dominik Józef Kubicki, David Lyndon Emsley, Zaiwei Wang, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Aditya Mishra, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang

There is an ongoing surge of interest in the use of formamidinium (FA) lead iodide perovskites in photovoltaics due to their exceptional optoelectronic properties. However, thermodynamic instability of the desired cubic perovskite (α-FAPbI3) phase at ambie ...

2021

Water Stable Haloplumbate Modulation for Efficient and Stable Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Zaiwei Wang, Jovana Milic

The commercialization of perovskite solar cells is mainly limited by their operational stability. Interlayer modification by thin interface materials between the perovskite and the charge transport layers is one of the most effective methods to promote the ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Unravelling the Behavior of Dion-Jacobson Layered Hybrid Perovskites in Humid Environments

Michael Graetzel, David Lyndon Emsley, Jovana Milic, Algirdas Ducinskas, Aditya Mishra, Michael Allan Hope

Layered hybrid halide perovskites are known to be more environmentally stable than their 3D analogues. The enhanced stability is particularly relevant for Dion-Jacobson-type layered perovskites due to their promising photovoltaic performances. However, in ...

2021

Multimodal host–guest complexation for efficient and stable perovskite photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Mladenovic, David Lyndon Emsley, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Paramvir Ahlawat, Zaiwei Wang, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren, Aditya Mishra, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Zhaowen Dong, Jinming Guo, Michael Allan Hope, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette, Tzu-Sen Su, Zhiwen Zhou

Formamidinium lead iodide perovskites are promising light-harvesting materials, yet stabilizing them under operating conditions without compromising optimal optoelectronic properties remains challenging. We report a multimodal host–guest complexation strat ...

Nature Research2021

Dopant Engineering for Spiro‐OMeTAD Hole‐Transporting Materials towards Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jiyoun Seo, Hui-Seon Kim, Jovana Milic, Seckin Akin, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado

One of the most prominent hole-transporting material (HTM) for hybrid perovskite solar cells has been 2,2″,7,7″-tetrakis[N,N-di(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-9,9′-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD), which is commonly doped with metal bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ...

2021

Nanoscale Phase Segregation in Supramolecular π-Templating for Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics from NMR Crystallography

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Mladenovic, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Manuel Cordova, David Lyndon Emsley, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Paramvir Ahlawat, Loï Charles Carbone, Yuhang Liu, Brian Irving Carlsen, Jovana Milic, Rashmi Runjhun, Aditya Mishra, Toru Nakamura, Michael Allan Hope, Thomas Schneeberger

The use of layered perovskites is an important strategy to improve the stability of hybrid perovskite materials and their optoelectronic devices. However, tailoring their properties requires accurate structure determination at the atomic scale, which is a ...

2021