Publications de Hiroyuki Kanda

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

Dopant-additive synergism enhances perovskite solar modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Hiroyuki Kanda, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are among the most promising photovoltaic technologies owing to their exceptional optoelectronic properties 1,2 . However, the lower efficiency, poor stability and reproducibility issues of large-area PSCs compared with labora ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Enhancing the Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Chemical Bath Deposition of SnO2 Electron Transport Layers and 3D/2D Heterojunctions

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Hiroyuki Kanda, Liping Zhong, David Fernando Reyes Vasquez

Chemical bath deposition (CBD) is an effective technique used to produce high-quality SnO2 electron transport layers (ETLs) employed in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). By optimizing the CBD process, high-quality SnO2 films are obtained with minimal oxygen v ...

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

Shallow-level defect passivation by 6H perovskite polytype for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Hiroyuki Kanda, Hobeom Kim, So-Min Yoo, Yong Ding

The power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells continues to increase. However, defects in perovskite materials are detrimental to their carrier dynamics and structural stability, ultimately limiting the photovoltaic characteristics and stability ...

Nature Research2024

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

Tuning 2D Perovskite Passivation: Impact of Electronic and Steric Effects on the Performance of 3D/2D Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Hiroyuki Kanda, Roland Christopher Turnell-Ritson, Ümmügülsüm Günes

Surface passivation with 2D perovskites is a powerful strategy to achieve improved stability and performance in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Various large organic cations have been successfully implemented, led by phenylethylammonium (PEA+) and its deriv ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

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

Drastic influence of substituent position on orientation of 2D layers enables efficient and stable 3D/2D perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Andreas Züttel, Hiroyuki Kanda, Liping Zhong, Ümmügülsüm Günes

The lack of long-term stability and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is the main roadblock preventing their successful commercialization. 3D/2D PSCs are one of the most prominent ways to address these issues. Various salts that are mostly b ...

CELL PRESS2023

Retarding solid-state reactions enable efficient and stable all-inorganic perovskite solar cells and modules

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Olga Syzgantseva, Hiroyuki Kanda, Yen-Cheng Liu, Bin Ding, Yong Ding, Shunlin Zhang, Cheng Liu

All-inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with efficiencies exceeding 20% are ideal candidates for appli-cation in large-scale tandem solar cells. However, there are still two major obstacles hindering their scale-up: (i) the inhomogeneous solid-s ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2023

High-Work-Function 2D Perovskites as Passivation Agents in Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Erfan Shirzadi, Hiroyuki Kanda, Brian Irving Carlsen, Fatemeh Ansari, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Olivier Ouellette, Hiroaki Jinno

Various approaches have been employed to passivate the defects in perovskite films used in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the passivation mechanism is often unclear at a molecular level, and the reason for enhanced PSC performance often remains el ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Modulating the Electron Transporting Properties of Subphthalocyanines for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón, Pavel Culik

The lack of organic non-fullerene ETMs with good electron transport and device stability is an important problem for the further development and commercialization of perovskite solar cells. Herein, the use of SubPcs as ETMs in PSCs is explored. To this end ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Single-crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles for stable and efficient perovskite modules

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Wen Luo, Hiroyuki Kanda, Yen-Cheng Liu, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

The incorporation of electron transport layers based on single-crystalline TiO2 rhombohedral nanoparticles enables the realization of stable and efficient large-area perovskite solar cell modules. ...

Nature Portfolio2022

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

Employing 2D-Perovskite as an Electron Blocking Layer in Highly Efficient (18.5%) Perovskite Solar Cells with Printable Low Temperature Carbon Electrode

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Dmitry Bogachuk, Hiroyuki Kanda, Hobeom Kim, So-Min Yoo, Jaekeun Lim

Interface engineering and passivating contacts are key enablers to reach the highest efficiencies in photovoltaic devices. While printed carbon-graphite back electrodes for hole-transporting material (HTM)-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are appealing f ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Three-terminal perovskite/integrated back contact silicon tandem solar cells under low light intensity conditions

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda

The current climate and energy crisis urgently needs solar cells with efficiencies above the 29% single junction efficiency bottleneck. Silicon/perovskite tandem solar cells are a solution, which is attracting much attention. While silicon/perovskite tande ...

Wiley2022

Mixed cation 2D perovskite: a novel approach for enhanced perovskite solar cell stability

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Mousa Abdulla M E Abuhelaiqa, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

The integration of thin 2D perovskite layers at the 3D PVK/HTL interface is known to improve the power conversion efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, we report a novel approach consisting of mixing two alkyl-based catio ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Asymmetrically Substituted 10H,10 ' H-9,9 '-Spirobi[acridine] Derivatives as Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Hobeom Kim, Bin Ding, Jianxing Xia

Hole-transporting materials (HTMs) based on the 10H, 10 ' H-9,9 '-spirobi [acridine] core (BSA50 and BSA51) were synthesized, and their electronic properties were explored. Experimental and theoretical studies show that the presence of rigid 3,6-dimethoxy- ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2022

Dual-Site Synergistic Passivation for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Bin Ding, Yong Ding

Defect passivation has been recognized as an effective strategy to improve efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, in-depth theoretical calculations and experimental characterizations reveal the dual-site synergistic passiv ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022