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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 interactions using β-cyclodextrin in controlling perovskite solar cell performance

Jun Ho Yum, Kevin Sivula, Jiyoun Seo, Parnian Ferdowsi

In the context of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), enhancing device performance often involves adding a small excess of lead iodide (PbI2) to the precursor solution. However, the presence of unreacted PbI2 can lead to accelerated degradation compromising lon ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2024

Formate as Anti-Oxidation Additives for Pb-Free FASnI(3) Perovskite Solar Cells

Jiyoun Seo, Jaeki Jeong, Jinhyun Kim, Jiwon Kim

Pb-free Sn-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have significant potential for application in photovoltaic devices because oftheir suitable bandgap, low exciton binding energy, high carrier mobility, and long diffusion length. However, their performance is ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Pseudo-halide anion engineering for α-FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells

Jiyoun Seo, Haizhou Lu, Jaeki Jeong

Metal halide perovskites of the general formula ABX3—where A is a monovalent cation such as caesium, methylammonium or formamidinium; B is divalent lead, tin or germanium; and X is a halide anion—have shown great potential as light harvesters for thin-film ...

2021

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

Stabilization of Highly Efficient and Stable Phase-Pure FAPbI(3)Perovskite Solar Cells by Molecularly Tailored 2D-Overlayers

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Jiyoun Seo, Yuhang Liu, Seckin Akin, Jiahuan Zhang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Hongwei Zhu

As a result of their attractive optoelectronic properties, metal halide APbI(3)perovskites employing formamidinium (FA(+)) as the A cation are the focus of research. The superior chemical and thermal stability of FA(+)cations makes alpha-FAPbI(3)more suita ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2020

Site-selective Synthesis of -[70]PCBM-like Fullerenes: Efficient Application in Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jiyoun Seo, Seckin Akin

We report on the site-selective synthesis of PCBM-like [70]fullerene site-isomers, where the elusive -site-isomers are, for the first time, the major product in a (cyclo)addition chemical reaction involving [70]fullerene. The reaction involves an straightf ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

Bifunctional Organic Spacers for Formamidinium-Based Hybrid Dion-Jacobson Two-Dimensional Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Amita Ummadisingu, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Jeong-Hyeok Im, Jiyoun Seo, Peng Wang, Hui-Seon Kim, Yuhang Liu, Yang Li, Jovana Milic, Yang Li

Three-dimensional (3D) perovskite materials display remarkable potential in photovoltaics owing to their superior solar-to-electric power conversion efficiency, with current efforts focused on improving stability. Two-dimensional (2D) perovskite analogues ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Power output stabilizing feature in perovskite solar cells at operating condition: Selective contact-dependent charge recombination dynamics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Jiyoun Seo, Hui-Seon Kim, Seckin Akin

Stabilized power output at maximum power point (mpp) has been considered as one of the most reliable parameters as it provides a key performance indicator for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) revealing the operational stability of the photovoltaic device. Her ...

Elsevier Science Bv2019

Supramolecular Engineering for Formamidinium-Based Layered 2D Perovskite Solar Cells: Structural Complexity and Dynamics Revealed by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Amita Ummadisingu, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Jeong-Hyeok Im, David Lyndon Emsley, Jiyoun Seo, Yang Li, Jovana Milic, Yang Li, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado

Perovskite solar cells are one of the most promising photovoltaic technologies, although their molecular level design and stability toward environmental factors remain a challenge. Layered 2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite phases feature an organic spacer bi ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

Influence of Alkoxy Chain Length on the Properties of Two-Dimensionally Expanded Azulene-Core-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jiyoun Seo, Toru Nakamura, Mina Jung

A series of two-dimensionally expanded azulenecore- based pi systems have been synthesized with different alkyl chain lengths in the alkoxy moieties connected to the partially oxygen-bridged triarylamine skeletons. The thermal, photophysical, and electroni ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

Boosting the Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells with CsBr-Modified Mesoporous TiO2 Beads as Electron-Selective Contact

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Norman Pellet, Jingshan Luo, Yasemin Saygili, Jiyoun Seo, Ryusuke Uchida

2018

Low-Temperature Nb-Doped SnO2 Electron-Selective Contact Yields over 20% Efficiency in Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ludmilla Steier, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Jingshan Luo, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Jiyoun Seo, Elham Halvani Anaraki, Silver Hamill Turren Cruz

2018

Molecular Engineering Towards High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Jiyoun Seo

High energy demands of our society stimulate the development of sustainable tech-nologies, such as those based on solar energy conversion or photovoltaics. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are an emerging photovoltaic technology that consist of the perov-skit ...

EPFL2018

Novel p-dopant toward highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Stojanovic, Jiyoun Seo, Hui-Seon Kim, Seckin Akin

Li-TFSI is the most common p-dopant for the hole conductor spiro-MeOTAD in the normal structure (n-i-p) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), which consistently yield the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) albeit at the risk of lower long-term operation ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2018

Mixed cation perovskite solid state solar cell and fabrication thereof

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Konrad Domanski, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Jiyoun Seo, Taisuke Matsui, Michael Saliba

A perovskite material including an organic-inorganic perovskite structure of formula (I), AnMX3 (I), n being the number of cation A and an integer >4, A being a monovalent cation selected from inorganic cations Ai and/or from organic cations Ao, M being a ...

2018

New Insight into the Formation of Hybrid Perovskite Nanowires via Structure Directing Adducts

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Norman Pellet, Jiyoun Seo, Andrey Petrov

We report a facile preparation approach of MAPbBr(3), MAPbCl(3), or FAPbBr(3) (where MA = CH3NH3+ and FA = CH(NH2)(2)(+)) perovskite nanowires via sequential synthesis of MAPbI(3) and FAPbI(3) nanowires with chemically controlled composition and morphologi ...

American Chemical Society2017

The effect of illumination on the formation of metal halide perovskite films

Michael Graetzel, Ludmilla Steier, Amita Ummadisingu, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Antonio Abate, Jiyoun Seo, Taisuke Matsui

Optimizing the morphology of metal halide perovskite films is an important way to improve the performance of solar cells(1) when these materials are used as light harvesters(2), because film homogeneity is correlated with photovoltaic performance(3). Many ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Additives, Hole Transporting Materials and Spectroscopic Methods to Characterize the Properties of Perovskite Films

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Stojanovic, Amita Ummadisingu, Jiyoun Seo, Michael Saliba

The achievement of high efficiency and high stability in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) requires optimal selection and evaluation of the various components. After a brief introduction to the perovskite materials and their historical evolution, the first par ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2017

Room-Temperature Formation of Highly Crystalline Multication Perovskites for Efficient, Low-Cost Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jiyoun Seo, Taisuke Matsui, Michael Saliba

Wiley-Blackwell2017