Publications de Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen

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

Charge Dynamics Electron Microscopy Nanoscale Imaging of Femtosecond Plasma Dynamics

Thomas La Grange, Fabrizio Carbone, Luca Piazza, Ivan Madan, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Gabriele Berruto, Giovanni Maria Vanacore, Francesco Barantani, Ido Kaminer, Simone Gargiulo

Understanding and actively controlling the spatiotemporal dynamics of nonequilibrium electron clouds is fundamental for the design of light and electron sources, high power electronic devices, and plasma-based applications. However, electron clouds evolve ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Anion Exchange-Induced Crystal Engineering via Hot-Pressing Sublimation Affording Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Hujiang Shen, Bin Ding

Crystalline, dense, and uniform perovskite thin films are crucial for achieving high-power conversion efficiency solar cells. Herein, a universal method of fabricating highly crystalline and large-grain perovskite films via crystal engineering is demonstra ...

2021

Defect Suppression in Oriented 2D Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency over 18% via Rerouting Crystallization Pathway

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Olga Syzgantseva, Yong Ding, Xuehui Liu, Cheng Liu

Vertically oriented 2D perovskites exhibit promising optoelectronic properties and intrinsic stability, but their photovoltaic application is still limited by the low power conversion efficiency (PCE) compared to 3D analogs. Here, a new crystallization pat ...

2021

Cation optimization for burn-in loss-free perovskite solar devices

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Marius Franckevicius, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Olga Syzgantseva

Hybrid lead halide perovskites will potentially lead the future energy scenario if highly efficient cells have long-term stability. Here we combine state-of-the art mixed-cation formulations containing formamidinium (FA) and methylammonium (MA), with optim ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

Controlling PbI2 Stoichiometry during Synthesis to Improve the Performance of Perovskite Photovoltaics

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Vikas Kumar

Over the past decade, remarkable progress has advanced the field of perovskite solar cells to the forefront of thin film solar technologies. The stoichiometry of the perovskite material is of paramount importance as it determines the optoelectronic propert ...

2021

Gradient 1D/3D Perovskite Bilayer using 4-tert-Butylpyridinium Cation for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Hiroyuki Kanda, Ryuji Kaneko

To achieve both high efficiency and long-term stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), it is effective to use a perovskite layer in which a low-dimensional perovskite layer is stacked on a 3D perovskite layer. However, the guidelines for the effective s ...

2021

An Overview of the Recent Progress in Polymeric Carbon Nitride Based Photocatalysis

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Wei Luo, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen

Recently, polymeric carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a proficient photo-catalyst has been effectively employed in photocatalysis for energy conversion, storage, and pollutants degradation due to its low cost, robustness, and environmentally friendly nature. The ...

2021

Passivation and process engineering approaches of halide perovskite films for high efficiency and stability perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Antonio Abate

The surface, interfaces and grain boundaries of a halide perovskite film carry critical tasks in achieving as well as maintaining high solar cell performance due to the inherently defective nature across their regime. Passivating materials and felicitous p ...

2021

Consequence of aging at Au/HTM/perovskite interface in triple cation 3D and 2D/3D hybrid perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Sanghyun Paek, Zubair Ahmad

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) expressed great potentials for offering a feasible alternative to conventional photovoltaic technologies. 2D/3D hybrid PSCs, where a 2D capping layer is used over the 3D film to avoid the instability issues associated with per ...

Nature Research2021

Phosphine Oxide Derivative as a Passivating Agent to Enhance the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Aditya Gilra, Aron Joel Huckaba, Hiroyuki Kanda, Cansu Igci, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Hobeom Kim

Defects of metal-halide perovskites detrimentally influence the optoelectronic properties of the thin film and, ultimately, the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Especially, defect-mediated nonradiative recombination that occurs at ...

2021

Beyond Tolerance Factor: Using Deep Learning for Prediction Formability of ABX3 Perovskite Structures

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Alexander Fedorovskiy

Deep learning (DL) is a modern powerful instrument for multiple purposes, including classification. In this study, this technique is applied to the task of perovskites formability. A commonly known perovskite dataset is used to try to make an instrument su ...

2021

Robust Inorganic Hole Transport Materials for Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells: Insights into Materials Electronic Properties and Device Performance

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Antonio Abate

Interfaces in perovskite and organic solar cells play a central role in advancing efficiency and prolong device durability. They improve charge transport/transfer from the absorber layer to the collecting electrodes, while also blocking the opposite charge ...

2021

Novel photoelectric material of perovskite-like (CH3)(3)SPbI3 nanorod arrays with high stability

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Wei Liu, Shanshan Xiao, Ruiyuan Hu

Organometallic halide perovskite materials make great achievements in optoelectronic fields, especially in solar cells, in which the organic cations contain amine components. However, the amine with N-H bonds is easily hydrolyzed with moisture in the air, ...

2021

Elucidating the Doping Mechanism in Fluorene-Dithiophene-Based Hole Selective Layer Employing Ultrahydrophobic Ionic Liquid Dopant

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Sanghyun Paek, Laura Calio

Perovskite solar cells have set a new milestone in terms of efficiencies in the thin film photovoltaics category. Long-term stability of perovskite solar cells is of paramount importance but remains a challenging task. The lack of perovskite solar cells st ...

2020

Nanoscale Mass-Spectrometry Imaging of Grain Boundaries in Perovskite Semiconductors

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Gratia, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Iwan Zimmermann, Hiroyuki Kanda

Incorporation of alkali metals such as Cs+, Rb+, and K+ into hybrid organic-inorganic halide lead perovskites (HOIPs) generally improves the optoelectronic properties of HOIPs. However, it is still uncertain how alkali metals interact and distribute within ...

2020

The Role of Goldschmidt's Tolerance Factor in the Formation of A(2)BX(6) Double Halide Perovskites and its Optimal Range

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Nikita Drigo, Alexander Fedorovskiy

Vacancy-ordered double perovskites is a new branch of lead-free halide perovskites with properties promising for photovoltaic application. In this study, data about the crystal structure of 170 known A(2)BX(6) (X = I, Br, Cl, F) are collected and analyzed ...

2020

Universal approach toward high-efficiency two-dimensional perovskite solar cells via a vertical-rotation process

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Filippo de Angelis, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Mo Li, Yong Ding, Cheng Liu

The emerging 2D perovskites exhibit superior stability and similar optoelectronic attributes compared to the 3D analogues, but their strong exciton-binding energy and inferior interlayer charge-transport reduce dramatically the device performance. Herein, ...

2020

Inorganic and Hybrid Interfacial Materials for Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen

As organic solar cells (OSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) move closer to commercialization, further efforts toward optimizing both cell efficiency and stability are needed. As interfaces strongly affect device performance and degradation processes, ...

2020

Dimension-Controlled Growth of Antimony-Based Perovskite-like Halides for Lead-Free and Semitransparent Photovoltaics

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Yong Ding, Xuehui Liu, Cheng Liu

Antimony (Sb) has been identified as a promising candidate for replacing toxic lead (Pb) in perovskite materials because Sb-based perovskite-like halides exhibit not only intrinsic thermodynamic stability but also a unique set of intriguing optoelectronic ...

2020