Publications de Essa Awadh R Alharbi

High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells with Zwitterion-Capped-ZnO Quantum Dots as Electron Transport Layer and NH4X (X = F, Cl, Br) Assisted Interfacial Engineering

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Rashmi Runjhun, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Viktor Skorjanc, Anurag Krishna, Georgios Kakavelakis

The systematic advances in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been driven by the developments of perovskite materials, electron transport layer (ETL) materials, and interfacial passivation between the ...

Wiley2024

A critical perspective for emerging ultra-thin solar cells with ultra-high power-per-weight outputs

Michael Graetzel, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Apostolos Panagiotopoulos, Georgios Kakavelakis

Ultrathin, solution-processed emerging solar cells with high power-per-weight (PPW) outputs demonstrate unique potential for applications where low weight, high power output, and flexibility are indispensable. The following perspective explores the literat ...

Aip Publishing2023

Surface Passivation of FAPbI3-Rich Perovskite with Cesium Iodide Outperforms Bulk Incorporation

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Jun Ho Yum, Kevin Sivula, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Brian Irving Carlsen, Jing Gao, George Cameron Fish, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Lukas Pfeifer, Georgios Kakavelakis

Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have shown an incredible increase in efficiency, reaching as high as 25.7%, which now competes with traditional photovoltaic technologies. Herein, we excluded CsX and RbX (X = I–, Br–, Cl–), the most commonly used cations to ...

2023

Cooperative passivation of perovskite solar cells by alkyldimethylammonium halide amphiphiles

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Thomas Paul Baumeler, David Lyndon Emsley, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Mathias Dankl, Aditya Mishra, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Michael Allan Hope, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette, Lukas Pfeifer, Nikolaos Lempesis, Georgios Kakavelakis

2023

Optoelectronic or photovoltaic device with metal halide perovskite film treated by passivating agent

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Anurag Krishna, Lukas Pfeifer

This invention relates to an optoelectronic or photovoltaic device comprising a perovskite or metal halide perovskite film treated by one or more compounds of formula (I): ((R1-NH(R2)-R3)+)nW (I), wherein n is an integer selected from 1, 2, or 3; R1, R2, R ...

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

Compositional and interfacial optimization for enhancement of perovskite solar cells performance

Essa Awadh R Alharbi

Non-renewable sources are responsible for most of the overall greenhouse gas emissions, the development of sustainable energy sources is of prime importance to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. Among renewable sources, solar energy is one of ...

EPFL2022

Methylammonium Triiodide for Defect Engineering of High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Linfeng Pan, Paramvir Ahlawat, Claudia Esther Avalos, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, George Cameron Fish, Mathias Dankl, Bowen Yang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Viktor Skorjanc, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette, Elsa John, Lukas Pfeifer

The defects present in metal halide perovskite are deleterious to both the performance and stability of photovoltaic devices. Consequently, there is an intense focus on developing defect mitigation strategies. Herein we report a facile strategy that employ ...

2021

Formation of High-Performance Multi-Cation Halide Perovskites Photovoltaics by delta-CsPbI3/delta-RbPbI3 Seed-Assisted Heterogeneous Nucleation

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Thomas Paul Baumeler, Linfeng Pan, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Zaiwei Wang, Masaud Hassan S Almalki, Bowen Yang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Anurag Krishna, Olivier Ouellette

The performance of perovskite solar cells is highly dependent on the fabrication method; thus, controlling the growth mechanism of perovskite crystals is a promising way towards increasing their efficiency and stability. Herein, a multi-cation halide compo ...

2021

A combined molecular dynamics and experimental study of two-step process enabling low-temperature formation of phase-pure α-FAPbI3

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Paramvir Ahlawat, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Haizhou Lu

It is well established that the lack of understanding the crystallization process in a two-step sequential deposition has a direct impact on efficiency, stability, and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells. Here, we try to understand the solid-solid ph ...

2021

Atomic-Level Microstructure of Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Stabilized by 5-Ammonium Valeric Acid Iodide Revealed by Multinuclear and Two-Dimensional Solid-State NMR

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Marine Eva Fedora Bouduban, Marko Mladenovic, Fabrizio Giordano, Dominik Józef Kubicki, David Lyndon Emsley, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Daniel Prochowicz, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi, Jovana Milic, Dan Ren

Chemical doping of inorganic–organic hybrid perovskites is an effective way of improving the performance and operational stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here we use 5-ammonium valeric acid iodide (AVAI) to chemically stabilize the structure of ...

2019

Atomic-level passivation mechanism of ammonium salts enabling highly efficient perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Fabrizio Giordano, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Jingshan Luo, Andrés Burgos Caminal, David Lyndon Emsley, Brennan James Walder, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Anwar Qasem M Alanazi, Alexander Roland Uhl

The high conversion efficiency has made metal halide perovskite solar cells a real break-through in thin film photovoltaic technology in recent years. Here, we introduce a straight-forward strategy to reduce the level of electronic defects present at the i ...

Nature Research2019

Perovskite Solar Cells Yielding Reproducible Photovoltage of 1.20 V

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Neha Arora, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Pankaj Kumar Yadav

High photovoltages and power conversion efficiencies of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can be realized by controlling the undesired nonradiative charge carrier recombination. Here, we introduce a judicious amount of guanidinium iodide into mixed-cation and ...

2019

Performance of perovskite solar cells under simulated temperature-illumination real-world operating conditions

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Konrad Domanski, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Anand Agarwalla, Brian Irving Carlsen

Since reaching 20% efficiency, research in perovskite photovoltaics has shifted from a race for efficiency to a race for stability. For efficiency, the standard test conditions set the rules for the race. However, the term 'stability' is used very broadly ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2019

Systematic investigation of the impact of operation conditions on the degradation behaviour of perovskite solar cells

Konrad Domanski, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Essa Awadh R Alharbi

2018

Intrinsic and interfacial kinetics of perovskite solar cells under photo and bias-induced degradation and recovery

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Daniel Prochowicz

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a potential candidate for high efficiency low-cost photovoltaic technology. However, the intrinsic and interfacial responses of PSCs under photo and bias-induced degradation and recovery have not been clearly u ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

The Role of Rubidium in Multiple-Cation-Based High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Fabrizio Giordano, Neha Arora, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Pankaj Kumar Yadav

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on cesium (Cs)- and rubidium (Rb)-containing perovskite films show highly reproducible performance; however, a fundamental understanding of these systems is still emerging. Herein, this study has systematically investiga ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017