Publications de Cristina Roldán Carmona

C-60 Thin Films in Perovskite Solar Cells: Efficient or Limiting Charge Transport Layer?

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hiroyuki Kanda, Cansu Igci, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

In this work, we identify the importance of C-60 and compact-TiO2 (cTiO(2)) as electron transport layers on the device performance of coevaporated n-i-p perovskite solar cells. We found (1) a synergetic effect between both layers when extracting the charge ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

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

Mechanistic Insights into the Role of the Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide Ion in Coevaporated p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells

Klaus Leifer, Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Paul Joseph Dyson, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hiroyuki Kanda, Cansu Igci, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

Hybrid lead halide perovskites have reached comparable efficiencies to state-of-the-art silicon solar cell technologies. However, a remaining key challenge toward commercialization is the resolution of the perovskite device instability. In this work, we id ...

2021

Crystallographically Oriented Hybrid Perovskites via Thermal Vacuum Codeposition

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hiroyuki Kanda, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Yen-Cheng Liu, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón, Cheng Liu

Hybrid lead halide perovskites typically form polycrystalline films that have multiple grain sizes and surface defects. A key engineering challenge toward commercialization is therefore the production of homogeneous, defect-free largearea devices achieving ...

2021

Interfacial passivation of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells and tandem solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hiroyuki Kanda

Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells offer the potential to surpass the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of single-junction solar devices beyond the Shockley-Queisser limit at relatively low costs. However, obtaining wide-bandgap materials that provide i ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

Cation optimization for burn-in loss-free perovskite solar devices (vol 9, pg 5374, 2021)

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

An Efficient Approach to Fabricate Air-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via Addition of a Self-Polymerizing Ionic Liquid

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Nikita Drigo, Yi Zhang, Zhangjun Huang, Rui Xia

Despite the excellent photovoltaic properties achieved by perovskite solar cells at the laboratory scale, hybrid perovskites decompose in the presence of air, especially at high temperatures and in humid environments. Consequently, high-efficiency perovski ...

Wiley2020

Applications of Self-Assembled Monolayers for Perovskite Solar Cells Interface Engineering to Address Efficiency and Stability

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Muhammad Sohail

Due to a certified 25.2% high efficiency, low cost, and easy fabrication; perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are the focus of interest among the next-generation photovoltaic technologies. Long-term stability is one of the most challenging obstacles to bring tec ...

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

Azatruxene-Based, Dumbbell-Shaped, Donor-pi-Bridge-Donor Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Inés Garcia Benito, Cansu Igci, Javier Urieta Mora

Three novel donor-pi-bridge-donor (D-pi-D) hole-transporting materials (HTMs) featuring triazatruxene electron-donating units bridged by different 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) pi-conjugated linkers have been synthesized, characterized, and implemented ...

2020

D-pi-A-Type Triazatruxene-Based Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kasparas Rakstys, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hiroyuki Kanda, Cansu Igci, Hobeom Kim

Three donor-pi-bridge-acceptor (D-pi-A)-type organic small molecules coded CI-B1, CI-B2, and CI-B3 are designed, synthesized, and used as dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The strong electron-donating triazat ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Gradient band structure: high performance perovskite solar cells using poly(bisphenol A anhydride-co-1,3-phenylenediamine)

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Aron Joel Huckaba, Hiroyuki Kanda, Mousa Abdulla M E Abuhelaiqa, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Hobeom Kim, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón, Ryuji Kaneko

Surface passivation is a critical factor for improving the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells. However, more robust principle investigations are required to build effective passivation strategies enabling high-performance perovskite solar c ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

Band-bending induced passivation: high performance and stable perovskite solar cells using a perhydropoly(silazane) precursor

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Aron Joel Huckaba, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Mo Li

Surface passivation of the perovskite photo absorber is a key factor to improve the photovoltaic performance. So far robust passivation strategies have not yet been revealed. Here, we demonstrate a successful passivation strategy which controls the Fermi-l ...

2020

Benzothiadiazole Aryl-amine Based Materials as Efficient Hole Carriers in Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Cristina Rodriguez Seco

Four hole transport materials (HTMs) based on a benzothiadiazole (BT) central core have been synthesized and successfully employed in triple-cation mixed-halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs), reaching 18.05% solar to energy conversion efficiency. The synth ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Doped but Stable: Spirobisacridine Hole Transporting Materials for Hysteresis-Free and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Marius Franckevicius, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Nikita Drigo, Kun-Han Lin, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Hobeom Kim, Muhammad Sohail

Four spirobisacridine (SBA) hole-transporting materials were synthesized and employed in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The molecules bear electronically inert alkyl chains of different length and bulkiness, attached to in-plane N atoms of nearly orthogona ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Minimization of Carrier Losses for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells through Structural Modification of Triphenylamine Derivatives

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Cristina Rodriguez Seco

Three hole transport materials (HTMs) based on a substituted triphenylamine moiety have been synthesized and successfully employed in triple-cation mixed-halide PSCs, reaching efficiencies of 19.4 %. The efficiencies, comparable to those obtained using spi ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2020

Co-evaporation as an optimal technique towards compact methylammonium bismuth iodide layers

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Hiroyuki Kanda, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

the most studied perovskite‑based solar cells reported up to date contain the toxic lead in its composition. photovoltaic research and development towards non‑toxic, lead‑free perovskite solar cells are critical to finding alternatives to reduce human heal ...

Nature Research2020

Molecular Design and Operational Stability: Toward Stable 3D/2D Perovskite Interlayers

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Kyung Taek Cho, Marius Franckevicius, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Nikita Drigo, Kun-Han Lin, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Hiroyuki Kanda, Hobeom Kim

Despite organic/inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells becoming one of the most promising next-generation photovoltaic materials, instability under heat and light soaking remains unsolved. In this work, a highly hydrophobic cation, perfluorobenzylamm ...

2020

Air-Stable n-i-p Planar Perovskite Solar Cells Using Nickel Oxide Nanocrystals as Sole Hole-Transporting Material

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Cristina Roldán Carmona

Development of low-cost solution processable inorganic hole-transporting materials (HTM) in n-i-p perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is still a challenge toward stable and cost-effective devices. Here, we report the synthesis, surface functionalization, and app ...

2019

Optoelectronic device comprising guanidinium in the organic-inorganic perovskite

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Cristina Roldán Carmona

Organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites have shown impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) in a range of solar cell architectures. Despite the multiple ionic compositions that have been reported so far, the presence of organic constituents is an ess ...

2019