Publications by Hong Zhang | EPFL Graph Search

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

Improving the operational stability of perovskite solar cells with cesium-doped graphene oxide interlayer

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Rita Therisod, Mostafa Rabie Shlaly Bahr Othman, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Lukas Pfeifer, Christian Michael Wolff

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have made great advances in terms of power conversion efficiency (PCE), yet their subpar stability continues to hinder their commercialization. The interface between the perovskite layer and the charge-carrier transporting lay ...

Elsevier2024

Million-scale data integrated deep neural network for phonon properties of heuslers spanning the periodic table

Chen Shen, Hong Zhang, Changpeng Lin, Yong Zhao

Existing machine learning potentials for predicting phonon properties of crystals are typically limited on a material-to-material basis, primarily due to the exponential scaling of model complexity with the number of atomic species. We address this bottlen ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

Exfoliated 2D Layered and Nonlayered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides Nanosheets as Promising Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

Michael Graetzel, Yelin Hu, Bing Wu, Dan Ren, Chen Shen, Hong Zhang, Yunfei Jiao, Fei Liang

Two-dimensional (2D) materials catalysts provide an atomic-scale view on a fascinating arena for understanding the mechanism of electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2 ECR). Here, we successfully exfoliated both layered and nonlayered ultra-thin met ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Stabilization of FAPbI(3) with Multifunctional Alkali-Functionalized Polymer

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jing Gao, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Anurag Krishna

The defects located at the interfaces and grain boundaries (GBs) of perovskite films are detrimental to the photovoltaic performance and stability of perovskite solar cells. Manipulating the perovskite crystallization process and tailoring the interfaces w ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

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

CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots-Sensitized Mesoporous TiO2 Electron Transport Layers for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jingshan Luo, Jing Gao, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Linrui Duan

The carrier transport layer plays a critical role in high efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, CsPbBr3 quantum dots-sensitized mesoporous TiO2 (CPB-TiO2) electron transport layer for fabricating high-quality perovskite films with en ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Tailoring passivators for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Hong Zhang, Lukas Pfeifer

There is an ongoing global effort to advance emerging perovskite solar cells (PSCs), and many of these endeavours are focused on developing new compositions, processing methods and passivation strategies. In particular, the use of passivators to reduce the ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

Numerical analysis of apparatus-induced dispersion for density-dependent solute transport in porous media

David Andrew Barry, Hong Zhang

The effects of apparatus-induced dispersion on nonuniform, density-dependent flow in a cylindrical soil column were investigated using a finite-element model. To validate the model, the results with an analytical solution and laboratory column test data we ...

2023

Mitigating the Heterointerface Driven Instability in Perovskite Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Mathias Dankl, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Anurag Krishna

Metal halide perovskites have thepotential to revolutionizethefield of photovoltaics, though limited stability has impeded commercialexploitation. The soft heterointerface between the perovskite andcharge-transporting layer is one of the major bottlenecks ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Design of the 590 MeV proton beamline for the proposed TATTOOS isotope production target at PSI

Hong Zhang, Mike Seidel

IMPACT (Isotope and Muon Production with Advanced Cyclotron and Target Technologies) is a proposed initiative envisaged for the high-intensity proton accelerator facility (HIPA) at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). As part of IMPACT, a radioisotope target ...

IOP Publishing2022

A universal co-solvent dilution strategy enables facile and cost-effective fabrication of perovskite photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Sandy Sanchez Alonso, Narges Yaghoobi Nia, Linfeng Pan, Paramvir Ahlawat, Viacheslav Bolnykh, Dan Ren, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Hong Zhang, Anurag Krishna, Tzu-Sen Su

Cost management and toxic waste generation are two key issues that must be addressed before the commercialization of perovskite optoelectronic devices. We report a ground-breaking strategy for eco-friendly and cost-effective fabrication of highly efficient ...

Nature Research2022

Maltose as an Ecofriendly Modifier of the Buried Interface for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Yi Ding, Hong Zhang

A new concept of modifying the buried interface with ecofriendly material to improve the photovoltaic performance of inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is proposed. A low-cost and ecofriendly maltose with multihydroxyl groups is facilely chosen for the ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Method of modifying the structure of perovskite films

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Hong Zhang

A method of modifying the structure of a perovskite film prepared on a substrate, wherein an organic or inorganic salt crown ether complex is applied on a free surface of the so-prepared perovskite film. A perovskite solar cell, wherein a perovskite layer ...

2022

Solar Water Splitting Using Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts Driven by High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Dan Ren, Hong Zhang

Hydrogen is considered as the "holy grail" for the energy community. One of the most promising strategies to produce hydrogen is to split water using renewable energy such as solar radiation. The abundance of water and solar energy enables the potential of ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

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

Efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells with very high fill factors via incorporation of star-shaped polymer

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jiabao Yang, Xiong Li, Ting Xu, Yang Li, Hong Zhang, Shilong Wang, Ziyun Wang

Stabilizing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) at operating conditions remains an unresolved issue hampering its large-scale commercial deployment. Here, we report a star-shaped polymer to improve charge transport and inhibit ion migration at th ...

2021

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

Copolymer-Templated Nickel Oxide for High-Efficiency Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells in Inverted Architecture

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado, Hong Zhang

Despite the outstanding role of mesoscopic structures on the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) in the regular (n-i-p) architecture, mesoscopic PSCs in inverted (p-i-n) architecture have rarely been reported. Herein, an efficient and ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021