Molecular Interlayers in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

Highly efficient perovskite solar cells with a compositionally engineered perovskite/hole transporting material interface

(2017) Kyung Taek Cho et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Optimization of the Ag/PCBM interface by a rhodamine interlayer to enhance the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells

(2017) John Ciro et al.   Nanoscale

Enhanced performance of inverted perovskite solar cells using solution-processed carboxylic potassium salt as cathode buffer layer

(2017) Zhao Hu et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

An ammonia modified PEDOT: PSS for interfacial engineering in inverted planar perovskite solar cells

(2017) Weihai Sun et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Efficient and stable solution-processed planar perovskite solar cells via contact passivation

(2017) Hairen Tan et al.   SCIENCE

Amino-Acid-Induced Preferential Orientation of Perovskite Crystals for Enhancing Interfacial Charge Transfer and Photovoltaic Performance

(2017) Yen-Chen Shih et al.   Small

One-Year stable perovskite solar cells by 2D/3D interface engineering

(2017) G. Grancini et al.   Nature Communications

Suppressed decomposition of organometal halide perovskites by impermeable electron-extraction layers in inverted solar cells

(2017) K.O. Brinkmann et al.   Nature Communications

Self-Encapsulating Thermostable and Air-Resilient Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells

(2017) J. Zhao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Hybrid Photoconductive Cathode Interlayer Materials Composed of Perylene Bisimide Photosensitizers and Zinc Oxide for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2017) Zengqi Xie et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Large-Grain Formamidinium PbI3- x Br x for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells via Intermediate Halide Exchange

(2017) Mingzhu Long et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A multifunctional poly-N-vinylcarbazole interlayer in perovskite solar cells for high stability and efficiency: a test with new triazatruxene-based hole transporting materials

(2017) Pei-Yang Su et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Interface engineering in planar perovskite solar cells: energy level alignment, perovskite morphology control and high performance achievement

(2017) Guang Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Interface Engineering of a Compatible PEDOT Derivative Bilayer for High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

(2017) Xichang Bao et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

High-Mobility p-Type Organic Semiconducting Interlayer Enhancing Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells

(2017) Mingyu Zhang et al.   Advanced Science

Performance Enhancement of Lead-Free Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells with Reducing Atmosphere-Assisted Dispersible Additive

(2017) Tze-Bin Song et al.   ACS Energy Letters

23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved stability

(2017) Kevin A. Bush et al.   Nature Energy

Substrate-dependent electronic structure and film formation of MAPbI3 perovskites

(2017) Selina Olthof et al.   Scientific Reports

Facilitating Electron Transportation in Perovskite Solar Cells via Water-Soluble Fullerenol Interlayers

(2016) Tiantian Cao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Large Planar π-Conjugated Porphyrin for Interfacial Engineering in p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells

(2016) Bobo Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Induced Crystallization of Perovskites by a Perylene Underlayer for High-Performance Solar Cells

(2016) Zhao-Kui Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Efficiency Enabled via a Facile Star-Shaped Molecular Cathode Interlayer with Variable Counterions

(2016) Zhenguo Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient and Air-Stable Mixed-Cation Lead Mixed-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells with n-Doped Organic Electron Extraction Layers

(2016) Zhiping Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

π-Conjugated Lewis Base: Efficient Trap-Passivation and Charge-Extraction for Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electrodeposition of gold templated by patterned thiol monolayers

(2016) Zhe She et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Decreasing Charge Losses in Perovskite Solar Cells Through mp-TiO2/MAPI Interface Engineering

(2016) Jose Manuel Marin-Beloqui et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Integrated hybrid life cycle assessment and supply chain environmental profile evaluations of lead-based (lead zirconate titanate) versus lead-free (potassium sodium niobate) piezoelectric ceramics

(2016) T. Ibn-Mohammed et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Carrier trapping and recombination: the role of defect physics in enhancing the open circuit voltage of metal halide perovskite solar cells

(2016) Tomas Leijtens et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Light and oxygen induced degradation limits the operational stability of methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells

(2016) Daniel Bryant et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Cesium-containing triple cation perovskite solar cells: improved stability, reproducibility and high efficiency

(2016) Michael Saliba et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Surface Modification of Indium–Tin Oxide with Functionalized Perylene Diimides: Characterization of Orientation, Electron-Transfer Kinetics and Electronic Structure

(2016) Yilong Zheng et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Evolution of Diffusion Length and Trap State Induced by Chloride in Perovskite Solar Cell

(2016) Feng Xian Xie et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A Close Look at the Structure of the TiO2-APTES Interface in Hybrid Nanomaterials and Its Degradation Pathway: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

(2016) Daniela Meroni et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Analysis of the Hysteresis Behavior of Perovskite Solar Cells with Interfacial Fullerene Self-Assembled Monolayers

(2016) Marta Valles-Pelarda et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Fabrication and Characterization of ZnO Langmuir–Blodgett Film and Its Use in Metal–Insulator–Metal Tunnel Diode

(2016) Ibrahim Azad et al.   LANGMUIR

Tailoring the Interfacial Chemical Interaction for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

(2016) Lijian Zuo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanoscience in the era of global science and global change—Cooperative, quantitative, and focused on benefit to humanity

(2016) A. Paul Alivisatos   Nano Research

High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells

(2016) Hsinhan Tsai et al.   NATURE

Perylene diimide based all small-molecule organic solar cells: Impact of branched-alkyl side chains on solubility, photophysics, self-assembly, and photovoltaic parameters

(2016) Jon-Paul Sun et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Efficient perovskite solar cells using trichlorosilanes as perovskite/PCBM interface modifiers

(2016) Jiandong Wang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Improving efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells with photocurable fluoropolymers

(2016) F. Bella et al.   SCIENCE

Morphology control of planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells with fluorinated PDI films as organic electron transport layer

(2016) Jiachi Huang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

High boiling point solvent-based dye solar cells pass a harsh thermal ageing test

(2016) Thomas Stergiopoulos et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Interface studies of the planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells

(2016) Zhenhua Lin et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Stability of perovskite solar cells

(2016) Dian Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Enhancing stability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells with crosslinkable silane-functionalized and doped fullerene

(2016) Yang Bai et al.   Nature Communications

Quantitative Doping of Chlorine in Formamidinium Lead Trihalide (FAPbI3−xClx) for Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells

(2016) Cheng Mu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Achieving high efficiency and improved stability in large-area ITO-free perovskite solar cells with thiol-functionalized self-assembled monolayers

(2016) Chih-Yu Chang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Self-assembled tri-, tetra- and penta-ethylene glycols as easy, expedited and universal interfacial cathode-modifiers for inverted polymer solar cells

(2016) Fong-Yi Cao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Surface passivation effect by fluorine plasma treatment on ZnO for efficiency and lifetime improvement of inverted polymer solar cells

(2016) Ermioni Polydorou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

New generation perovskite solar cells with solution-processed amino-substituted perylene diimide derivative as electron-transport layer

(2016) Hua Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Triazine-core-containing star-shaped compounds as cathode interlayers for efficient inverted polymer solar cells

(2016) Yuan Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Enhanced Ambient Stability of Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells by Employing a Modified Fullerene Cathode Interlayer

(2016) Zonglong Zhu et al.   Advanced Science

Functionalization of perovskite thin films with moisture-tolerant molecules

(2016) Shuang Yang et al.   Nature Energy

Enhanced Lifetime of Polymer Solar Cells by Surface Passivation of Metal Oxide Buffer Layers

(2015) Swaminathan Venkatesan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Performance Planar Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices: A Morphological and Interfacial Control by Polar Solvent Treatment

(2015) Jae Choul Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single-Junction Organic Solar Cells Based on a Novel Wide-Bandgap Polymer with Efficiency of 9.7%

(2015) Lijun Huo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cell with High Efficiency Nonfullerene Acceptor

(2015) Oh Kyu Kwon et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Finely Tuned Polymer Interlayers Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency

(2015) Yao Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Simultaneous enhancement of photocurrent and open circuit voltage in a ZnO based organic solar cell by mixed self-assembled monolayers

(2015) Jian-Ming Chiu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Bifunctional alkyl chain barriers for efficient perovskite solar cells

(2015) Jing Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Neutral amine based alcohol-soluble interface materials for inverted polymer solar cells: realizing high performance and overcoming solvent erosion

(2015) Qu Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

(2015) Graham H. Carey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Enhanced Performance and Stability of Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells Using Solution-Processed Thiol-Functionalized Cationic Surfactant as Cathode Buffer Layer

(2015) Chih-Yu Chang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Origin of the Thermal Instability in CH3NH3PbI3 Thin Films Deposited on ZnO

(2015) Jinli Yang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

An alcohol-soluble perylene diimide derivative as cathode interfacial layer for PDI-based nonfullerene organic solar cells

(2015) Mingguang Li et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Perovskite photovoltaics: life-cycle assessment of energy and environmental impacts

(2015) Jian Gong et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Multifunctional Fullerene Derivative for Interface Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells

(2015) Yaowen Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoconductive Cathode Interlayer for Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Li Nian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells through Interfacial Engineering Using Self-Assembling Monolayer

(2015) Lijian Zuo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fully Printable Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells with Organic Silane Self-Assembled Monolayer

(2015) Linfeng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

New One-Step Thiol Functionalization Procedure for Ni by Self-Assembled Monolayers

(2015) Claudio Fontanesi et al.   LANGMUIR

High-Efficiency Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaics via Robust Self-Assembled Monolayers

(2015) Gi-Hwan Kim et al.   NANO LETTERS

Stable high-performance hybrid perovskite solar cells with ultrathin polythiophene as hole-transporting layer

(2015) Weibo Yan et al.   Nano Research

Thiols as interfacial modifiers to enhance the performance and stability of perovskite solar cells

(2015) Jing Cao et al.   Nanoscale

Improved performance and stability of perovskite solar cells by crystal crosslinking with alkylphosphonic acid ω-ammonium chlorides

(2015) Xiong Li et al.   Nature Chemistry

Flexible high power-per-weight perovskite solar cells with chromium oxide–metal contacts for improved stability in air

(2015) Martin Kaltenbrunner et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Fully vacuum–processed perovskite solar cells with high open circuit voltage using MoO3/NPB as hole extraction layers

(2015) Beom-Soo Kim et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Efficient and stable large-area perovskite solar cells with inorganic charge extraction layers

(2015) W. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Highly Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells Via Interfacial Modification with Fullerene Derivatives

(2015) Yang Dong et al.   Small

Application of a water-soluble metallophthalocyanine derivative as a cathode interlayer for the polymer solar cells

(2015) Tao Jia et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

A real-time study of the benefits of co-solvents in polymer solar cell processing

(2015) Jacobus J. van Franeker et al.   Nature Communications

Stability of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

(2015) Tomas Leijtens et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Perylene bisimide as the cathode modifier in organic photovoltaics: the role of aggregation morphology on the interlayer performance

(2015) Wenqiang Zhang et al.   RSC Advances

Thermally evaporable 5,10-dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indenes form efficient interfacial layers in organic solar cells

(2015) Yi Wei et al.   RSC Advances

Giant enhancement of inverted polymer solar cells efficiency by manipulating dual interlayers with integrated approaches

(2015) Hsing-Hua Hsieh et al.   RSC Advances

Interfacial engineering by using self-assembled monolayer in mesoporous perovskite solar cell

(2015) Bobo Li et al.   RSC Advances

Interfacial Layer Engineering for Performance Enhancement in Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   Polymers

Highly efficient polymer solar cells based on a universal cathode interlayer composed of metallophthalocyanine derivative with good film-forming property

(2015) Tao Jia et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Critical role of the external bias in improving the performance of polymer solar cells with a small molecule electrolyte interlayer

(2015) Xiaodong Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Implications of TiO2 surface functionalization on polycrystalline mixed halide perovskite films and photovoltaic devices

(2015) Valentino L. P. Guerra et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Enhancing the photocurrent of perovskite solar cells via modification of the TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3 heterojunction interface with amino acid

(2015) Y. C. Shih et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

An alcohol soluble amino-functionalized organoplatinum(ii) complex as the cathode interlayer for highly efficient polymer solar cells

(2015) Shengjian Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Highly efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells with reduced graphene oxide nanosheets as electrode interlayer

(2015) Jun-Seok Yeo et al.   Nano Energy

Self-assembled perylene bisimide J-aggregates as promising cathode modifiers for highly efficient inverted polymer solar cells

(2015) Zengqi Xie et al.   Materials Horizons

Application of Biuret, Dicyandiamide, or Urea as a Cathode Buffer Layer toward the Efficiency Enhancement of Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Xuemei Zhao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enhanced Photoluminescence and Solar Cell Performance via Lewis Base Passivation of Organic–Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites

(2014) Nakita K. Noel et al.   ACS Nano

Nickel Oxide Electrode Interlayer in CH3NH3PbI3Perovskite/PCBM Planar-Heterojunction Hybrid Solar Cells

(2014) Jun-Yuan Jeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Efficient Spray-Coated Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

(2014) Illan J. Kramer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Organic Surface Modifier to Produce a High Work Function Transparent Electrode for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Hyosung Choi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber

(2014) Wan-Jian Yin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A hydrophobic hole transporting oligothiophene for planar perovskite solar cells with improved stability

(2014) Lingling Zheng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Interface Engineering of Perovskite Hybrid Solar Cells with Solution-Processed Perylene–Diimide Heterojunctions toward High Performance

(2014) Jie Min et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Perylene diimides: a thickness-insensitive cathode interlayer for high performance polymer solar cells

(2014) Zhi-Guo Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

All-Solid Perovskite Solar Cells with HOCO-R-NH3+I– Anchor-Group Inserted between Porous Titania and Perovskite

(2014) Yuhei Ogomi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

“Supersaturated” Self-Assembled Charge-Selective Interfacial Layers for Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Charles Kiseok Song et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Supramolecular Halogen Bond Passivation of Organic–Inorganic Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

(2014) Antonio Abate et al.   NANO LETTERS

The light and shade of perovskite solar cells

(2014) Michael Grätzel   NATURE MATERIALS

Solvent engineering for high-performance inorganic–organic hybrid perovskite solar cells

(2014) Nam Joong Jeon et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Lead-free solid-state organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells

(2014) Feng Hao et al.   Nature Photonics

Comparison of dimethyl sulfoxide treated highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) electrodes for use in indium tin oxide-free organic electronic photovoltaic devices

(2014) N.K. Unsworth et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Fluorinated and hydrogenated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on anodes: Effects of SAM chemistry on device characteristics of polymer solar cells

(2014) He Wang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Zwitterionic ammonium and neutral amino molecules as cathode interlayer for inverted polymer solar cells

(2014) Wenjun Zhang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Interface engineering of highly efficient perovskite solar cells

(2014) H. Zhou et al.   SCIENCE

Improvement of organic solar cells with ammonium salt, tetrabutylammonium tetraphenylborate, as cathode buffer layer

(2014) Xitian Wang et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Highly efficient fullerene/perovskite planar heterojunction solar cells via cathode modification with an amino-functionalized polymer interlayer

(2014) Qifan Xue et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Morphological Control for High Performance, Solution-Processed Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells

(2013) Giles E. Eperon et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

MAPbI3-xClx Mixed Halide Perovskite for Hybrid Solar Cells: The Role of Chloride as Dopant on the Transport and Structural Properties

(2013) Silvia Colella et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Low-temperature processed meso-superstructured to thin-film perovskite solar cells

(2013) James M. Ball et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Low-Temperature Processed Electron Collection Layers of Graphene/TiO2 Nanocomposites in Thin Film Perovskite Solar Cells

(2013) Jacob Tse-Wei Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Sequential deposition as a route to high-performance perovskite-sensitized solar cells

(2013) Julian Burschka et al.   NATURE

Efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells by vapour deposition

(2013) Mingzhen Liu et al.   NATURE

Electron-Hole Diffusion Lengths Exceeding 1 Micrometer in an Organometal Trihalide Perovskite Absorber

(2013) S. D. Stranks et al.   SCIENCE

Efficient organometal trihalide perovskite planar-heterojunction solar cells on flexible polymer substrates

(2013) Pablo Docampo et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular Design of Photovoltaic Materials for Polymer Solar Cells: Toward Suitable Electronic Energy Levels and Broad Absorption

(2012) Yongfang Li   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

High-performance polymer solar cells with a conjugated zwitterion by solution processing or thermal deposition as the electron-collection interlayer

(2012) Kuan Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Environment-Controlled Tethering by Aggregation and Growth of Phosphonic Acid Monolayers on Silicon Oxide

(2012) Abraham Vega et al.   LANGMUIR

A Universal Method to Produce Low-Work Function Electrodes for Organic Electronics

(2012) Y. Zhou et al.   SCIENCE

Cross-Linked Perylene Diimide-Based n-Type Interfacial Layer for Inverted Organic Photovoltaic Devices

(2011) Alexander W. Hains et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Graphene Oxide Interlayers for Robust, High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

(2011) Ian P. Murray et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Enhanced performances of hybrid polymer solar cells with p-methoxybenzoic acid modified zinc oxide nanoparticles as an electron acceptor

(2011) Shuyan Shao et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Enhanced Performance in Polymer Solar Cells by Surface Energy Control

(2010) Xavier Bulliard et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Chemically Binding Carboxylic Acids onto TiO2Nanoparticles with Adjustable Coverage by Solvothermal Strategy

(2010) Qiyun Qu et al.   LANGMUIR

Polymer Solar Cells That Use Self-Assembled-Monolayer- Modified ZnO/Metals as Cathodes

(2008) Hin-Lap Yip et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The surface engineering of top electrode in inverted polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells

(2008) Jihwan Kim et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Interfacial modification to improve inverted polymer solar cells

(2008) Steven K. Hau et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY