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Solubilizing and stabilizing C60 with n-type polymer enables efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Jianxing Xia

Pristine fullerene C60 is currently the best-performing electron transport layer (ETL) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) but suffers from significant aggregation in solution. Consequently, the high-cost and complex thermal evaporation method is typically u ...

2025

Quasi-Planar Core Based Spiro-Type Hole-Transporting Material for Dopant-Free Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jianxing Xia

Hole-transporting material (HTMs) are crucial for obtaining the stability and high efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the current state-of-the-art n-i-p PSCs relied on the use of 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9′-spiro ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2024

Photovoltaic or optoelectronic devices with molecular orbital stretching junctions

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Jianxing Xia

The invention relates to a dopant-free perovskite optoelectronic or photovoltaic device presenting molecular orbital stretching-junction, wherein the hole transport layer is a multilayer structure comprising at least two layers, each layer comprising a dif ...

2024

Cu(II) and Ni(II) Phthalocyanine-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiencies Reaching 20.0%

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jianxing Xia

Herein, Cu(II)Pcs and Ni(II)Pcs peripherally tetra-functionalized with 5-hexylthiophene (HT), 5-hexyl-2,2 '-bithiophene (HBT), and tertbutyl groups (TB) are readily synthesized and employed as hole-transporting materials (HTMs) in mixed-ion perovskite ([FA ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2024

Reconstruction of Electron-Selective Interface via Multifunctional Chemical Bridging Enables High-Performance Rigid and Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Jianxing Xia

Interface engineering has significantly boosted perovskite solar cell efficiency and stability. However, numerous approaches focus on addressing defects at the interfaces between transport layers while neglecting potential issues within the bulk perovskite ...

2024

Ultra-uniform perovskite crystals formed in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bistriflimide afford efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Hiroyuki Kanda, Hobeom Kim, Yong Ding, Jianxing Xia, Alwani Imanah Rafieh, Jaekeun Lim

Compositional engineering of organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite allows for improved optoelectrical properties, however, phase segregation occurs during crystal nucleation and limits perovskite solar cell device performance. Herein, we show that by a ...

2024

Isomeric imidazole functionalized bithiophene-based hole transporting materials for stable perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Jianxing Xia, Min Chen

2,2,7,7-tetrakis(N,N-dip-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) is a popular hole-transporting material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), However, it suffers from high-cost and stability issues, which need to be overcome for PSC comme ...

ELSEVIER2023

Passivating Defects of Perovskite Solar Cells with Functional Donor-Acceptor-Donor Type Hole Transporting Materials

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kasparas Rakstys, Yi Zhang, Jianxing Xia

In this study, a series of donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) type small molecules based on the fluorene and diphenylethenyl enamine units, which are distinguished by different acceptors, as holetransporting materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells is present ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Probing proton diffusion as a guide to environmental stability in powder-engineered FAPbI3 and CsFAPbI3 perovskites

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jianxing Xia

Formamidinium lead iodide-based solar cells show promising device reliability. The grain imperfection can be further suppressed by developing powder methodology. The water uptake capability is critical for the stability of a-formamidinium lead triiodide (F ...

ELSEVIER2023

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

Steric hindrance driven passivating cations for stable perovskite solar cells with an efficiency over 24%

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yi Zhang, Jianxing Xia

In this work, a series of passivating salts for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on ortho-methylammonium iodide functional units are molecularly engineered to study the steric hindrance driven passivation effect. The incorporation of fluorine atoms into ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2023

Transparent Liquid Crystal Hole-Transporting Material for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kasparas Rakstys, Hiroyuki Kanda, Jianxing Xia

Hexakis(hexyloxy)triphenylene (HAT6) discotic liquid crystal is employed as a transparent hole-transporting material (HTM) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.7% is obtained, which is the highest using HAT6 type ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Branched Fluorenylidene Derivatives with Low Ionization Potentials as Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kasparas Rakstys, Jianxing Xia

A group of small-molecule hole-transporting materials(HTMs) thatare based on fluorenylidene fragments were synthesized and testedin perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The investigated compounds weresynthesized by a facile two-step synthesis, and their properti ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells by Tailoring of Interfaces

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Muhammad Sohail, Jianxing Xia

The interface tailoring is crucial for the efficiency and stability of Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs). The reported interface engineering primarily focuses on the energy level turning and trap state passivation to improve the photovoltaic performance of PSC ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

Interface connection of functionalized carbon nanotubes for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ruiyuan Hu, Jianxing Xia

The ionic defects of hetero-junction interfaces always attract and trap carriers via surface electrostatic forces, which are crucial for the efficiency and intrinsic stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2023

Robust Interfacial Modifier for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells: Reconstruction of Energy Alignment at Buried Interface by Self-Diffusion of Dopants

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jianxing Xia

The under-coordinated defects within perovskite and its relevant interfaces always attract and trap the free carriers via the electrostatic force, significantly limiting the charge extraction efficiency and the intrinsic stability of perovskite solar cells ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Cooperative effects of Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting materials and polycarbonate film for sustainable perovskite solar cells

Jianxing Xia

Dopant-free hole-transporting materials (HTMs) and interface modification are two effective approaches for developing sustainable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, dopant-free HTM (GW-4) containing an N- ethyl-carbazole with two rotatable vinyl ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

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

Zn(II) and Cu(II) tetrakis(diarylamine)phthalocyanines as hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kasparas Rakstys, Hiroyuki Kanda, Cansu Igci, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón, Jianxing Xia, Pavel Culik, Wei Li

Finding new hole-transporting materials (HTMs) suitable for replacing the state-of-the-art spiro-OMe-TAD is still challenging. In this work, newly synthesized diarylamine-substituted metal phthalocyanines (MPcs, M 1/4 Zn(II) or Cu(II)) functionalized with ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

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