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Shortwave Infrared-Sensitive, Narrowband Organic Upconversion Devices with a Gain

Sensing and imaging of light in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) range is increasingly used in various fields, including bio-imaging, remote sensing, and semiconductor process control. SWIR-sensitive organic photodetectors (OPDs) are promising because organic ...

EPFL2024

A Triethyleneglycol C-60 Mono-adduct Derivative for Efficient Electron Transport in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tobias Seewald, Konstantina Kalliopi Armadorou

Inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted increasing attention in recent years owing to their low-temperature fabrication proces s. However, they suffer from a limited number of electron transport materials available with [6,6]-phenyl C-61 buty ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Long-range electrostatic contribution to electron-phonon couplings and mobilities of two-dimensional and bulk materials

Massimiliano Stengel, Nicola Marzari, Marco Gibertini, Samuel Poncé

Charge transport plays a crucial role in manifold potential applications of two-dimensional materials, in-cluding field-effect transistors, solar cells, and transparent conductors. At most operating temperatures, charge transport is hindered by scattering ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2023

Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Spacer Cations for the Incorporation in Layered Perovskites

Simon Nussbaum

Layered hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite (LHOIP) materials are an emerging class of semiconductors endorsed as a more stable alternative compared to the more widely investigated 3D hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites (HOIP). Consisting of altern ...

EPFL2023

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

Interfacial engineering for competitive Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells production

Natalie Flores Diaz

Renewable energy deployment and implementation of a circular economy will play a crucial role in decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the target from the Paris agreement. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) can be designed in various colors and transparency for ...

EPFL2021

Critical role of H-aggregation for high-efficiency photoinduced charge generation in pristine pentamethine cyanine salts

Jacques-Edouard Moser, Frank Nüesch, George Cameron Fish, Juan Manuel Moreno Naranjo

The mechanism of photoinduced symmetry-breaking charge separation in solid cyanine salts at the base of organic photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices is still debated. Here, we employ femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) to monitor the cha ...

2021

Novel Interfacial Characterization and Surface Engineering in Semiconductor Electrodes for Optimized Solar Fuel Production

Yongpeng Liu

Harvesting sunlight, the ultimate renewable power source, in a cost-effective way has been long recognized as a necessary route to meet the global energy challenges. Solar energy can be transformed into electricity by means of photovoltaic devices to suppl ...

EPFL2021

Crystalline Order in Compound Semiconductors in Nanoscale Structures and Thin Films

Mahdi Zamani

Semiconductors materials and devices are essential building blocks for many of the technologies deeply embedded in modern life. Improving the performance of semiconductor devices requires a deeper understanding of the fundamental mechanisms controlling the ...

EPFL2021

Cu2O photocathodes with band-tail states assisted hole transport for standalone solar water splitting

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Kevin Sivula, Linfeng Pan, Liang Yao, Yuhang Liu, Dan Ren

Photoelectrochemical water splitting provides a promising solution for harvesting and storing solar energy. As the best-performing oxide photocathode, the Cu2O photocathode holds the performance rivaling that of many photovoltaic semiconductor-based photoc ...

Nature Research2020

The application of transition metal complexes in hole-transporting layers for perovskite solar cells: Recent progress and future perspectives

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt

In the past few years, the photovoltaic community has witnessed a fast growth of inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to their exceptional power conversion efficiencies with a certified record value exceeding 25%, which rivals the est ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2020

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

Optoelectronic and Energy Level Exploration of Bismuth and Antimony-Based Materials for Lead-Free Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Inés Garcia Benito, Hiroyuki Kanda, Ryosuke Nishikubo

Bismuth- and antimony-based materials, such as A(3)M(2)X(9) and AMSX(2) (A = cation, M = Bi, Sb, S = sulfur, X = halogen), are promising candidates as the counterpart to lead halide perovskite. However, the large number of different compositions and crysta ...

2020

Liquid State and Zombie Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with Copper Bipyridine Complexes Functionalized with Alkoxy Groups

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Joël Teuscher, Rosario Scopelliti, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Stojanovic, Yasemin Saygili, Marina Freitag, Hui-Seon Kim

Copper redox mediators can be employed in dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs) both as liquid electrolytes or as solid state hole transport materials (HTMs). The solid state devices that employ copper complex HTMs can be simply obtained by solvent evaporation ...

2020

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

Structural properties of organometalic halide perovskite and their application in photodetectors

Anastasiia Glushkova

Hybrid organometallic halide perovskites have been intensively investigated in the past years as highly efficient light harvesters for various optoelectronic applications for both sensing and emitting light. However, many open questions remain regarding th ...

EPFL2020

Improved thermal stability and fast phase change speed of Y-doped Sb7Se3 thin film for phase change memory applications

Xiao Zhou, Haitao Zhou

By combining experiments and first-principles calculations, Y-doped Sb7Se3 thin films were successfully fabricated and investigated. Our results suggest that Y is one promising dopant for simultaneously enhancing thermal stability, increasing phase change ...

ELSEVIER2020

Rational Design of Hole Transport Materials: Tools and Structure-Packing-Property Relationships

Kun-Han Lin

The growing demand for low-cost, large-scale and flexible electronics has led to a boost in research on organic semiconductors (OSC). Understanding structure-packing-property relationships (SPPR) and the role of molecular building blocks in charge transpor ...

EPFL2020

Molecular engineering of enamine-based small organic compounds as hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Michael Saliba

The search for new classes of hole transporting materials (HTMs) is a very important task on the way towards commercialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, the synthesis and performance in PSCs of new enamine-based HTMs are presented. Th ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2019

Enhanced Electron-Phonon Interaction in Multivalley Materials

Helmuth Berger, Nicola Marzari, Evgeniy Ponomarev, Marco Gibertini, Thibault Daniel Pierre Sohier

We report a combined experimental and theoretical investigation that reveals a new mechanism responsible for the enhancement of electron-phonon coupling in doped semiconductors in which multiple inequivalent valleys are simultaneously populated. Using Rama ...

American Physical Society2019