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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,064 Views
9 Pages

Optimal Methylammounium Chloride Additive for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Qinghua Cao,
  • Hui Liu,
  • Jiangping Xing,
  • Bing’e Li and ,
  • Chuangping Liu,
  • Fobao Xie,
  • Xiaoli Zhang and
  • Weiren Zhao
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

14 February 2025

Organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have presented promising improvements within recent years due to the superior photophysical properties of perovskites. The efficiency of PSCs is closely related to the quality of the o...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanophotonics Materials and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,594 Views
15 Pages

Solvent-Engineered PEACl Passivation: A Pathway to 24.27% Efficiency and Industrially Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Min Xin,
  • Ihtesham Ghani,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Huaxi Gao and ,
  • Danish Khan,
  • Xin Yang and
  • Zeguo Tang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Addressing the critical challenges of interfacial defects and insufficient stability in perovskite solar cells, this work introduces a co-solvent engineering strategy to dynamically regulate the phenethylammonium chloride (PEACl) passivation layer. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Nanoscale Materials and (Flexible) Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,422 Views
10 Pages

6 January 2023

The electron transport layer (ETL) has been extensively investigated as one of the important components to construct high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Among them, inorganic semiconducting metal oxides such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors: Selected Papers from ICANS 29)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,926 Views
10 Pages

Charge-Transporting-Layer-Free, Vacuum-Free, All-Inorganic CsPbIBr2 Perovskite Solar Cells Via Dipoles-Adjusted Interface

  • Wentao Zhang,
  • Zeyulin Zhang,
  • Qubo Jiang,
  • Ziming Wei and ,
  • Yuting Zhang,
  • Hailong You,
  • Dazheng Chen,
  • Weidong Zhu,
  • Fengqin He and
  • Chunfu Zhang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

The inorganic perovskite has a better stability than the hybrid halide perovskite, and at the same time it has the potential to achieve an excellent photoelectric performance as the organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskite. Thus, the pursuit of a l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Perovskite Nanostructures: From Material Design to Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
11,805 Views
28 Pages

Innovative Approaches to Semi-Transparent Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Pramila Patil,
  • Sushil S. Sangale,
  • Sung-Nam Kwon and
  • Seok-In Na

16 March 2023

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are advancing rapidly and have reached a performance comparable to that of silicon solar cells. Recently, they have been expanding into a variety of applications based on the excellent photoelectric properties of perovsk...

(This article belongs to the Topic Organic and Perovskite Optoelectronic Materials and Devices)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,326 Views
4 Pages

Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Morphology, Structure and Optical Properties of Spin-Coated SnO2 Films for Solar Cell Application

  • Sumbal Hakeem,
  • Saqib Ali,
  • Muhammad Arman Liaqat,
  • Ayesha Jamshed and ,
  • Maryam Basit,
  • Muhammad Talha Masood and
  • Sofia Javed
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have rapidly become a hot area of research in the photovoltaic field due to their (e.g., 26.2%), ease of fabrication, and low cost. Over the last decade the electron transport layer (ETL) has been one of the most critica...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of CEMP 2023)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,190 Views
41 Pages

16 February 2023

After more than 10 years of intensive optimization, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have now reached the point where the step towards their commercialization is expected. In order to move in this direction, the upscaling of devices is mandatory. Howeve...

(This article belongs to the Section Optoelectronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
343 Views
11 Pages

26 August 2026

Inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite has garnered significant research interest owing to its exceptional stability under harsh humid conditions; however, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of CsPbBr3-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) remains lower than...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Optoelectronic Materials/Devices and Their Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
9,001 Views
30 Pages

A Review on Buried Interface of Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Yu Pu,
  • Haijun Su,
  • Congcong Liu,
  • Min Guo and ,
  • Lin Liu and
  • Hengzhi Fu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 June 2023

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been developed rapidly in recent years because of their excellent photoelectric performance. However, interfacial non-radiative recombination hinders the improvement of device performance. The buried interface modif...

(This article belongs to the Topic Photovoltaic Materials and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,362 Views
11 Pages

Surfactant Tween 20 Controlled Perovskite Film Fabricated by Thermal Blade Coating for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Kun-Mu Lee,
  • Shun-Hsiang Chan,
  • Chang-Chieh Ting,
  • Shih-Hsuan Chen and ,
  • Wei-Hao Chiu,
  • Vembu Suryanarayanan,
  • Jen-Fu Hsu,
  • Ching-Yuan Liu and
  • Ming-Chung Wu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

2 August 2022

In recent years, additive engineering has received considerable attention for the fabrication of high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this study, a non-ionic surfactant, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate (Tween 20), was added as...

(This article belongs to the Topic Photosensitive and Optical Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,192 Views
9 Pages

21 February 2022

Charge transport layers have been found to be crucial for high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). SnO2 has been extensively investigated as an alternative material for the traditional TiO2 electron transport layer (ETL). The challenges facing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nanomaterials for Photovoltaic Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,499 Views
12 Pages

Impact of Precursor Concentration on Perovskite Crystallization for Efficient Wide-Bandgap Solar Cells

  • Shuxian Du,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Shujie Qu,
  • Zhineng Lan and ,
  • Tiange Sun,
  • Yixin Dong,
  • Ziya Shang,
  • Dongxue Liu,
  • Yingying Yang and
  • Meicheng Li
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

28 April 2022

High-crystalline-quality wide-bandgap metal halide perovskite materials that achieve superior performance in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been widely explored. Precursor concentration plays a crucial role in the wide-bandgap perovskite crystall...

(This article belongs to the Topic Perovskites for Energy Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,887 Views
15 Pages

MDACl2-Modified SnO2 Film for Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Yaodong Xiao,
  • Xiangqian Cui,
  • Boyuan Xiang,
  • Yanping Chen and ,
  • Chaoyue Zhao,
  • Lihong Wang,
  • Chuqun Yang,
  • Guangye Zhang,
  • Chen Xie and
  • Peng You
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

15 March 2023

The electron transport layer (ETL) with excellent charge extraction and transport ability is one of the key components of high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). SnO2 has been considered as a more promising ETL for the future commercializatio...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,895 Views
19 Pages

16 November 2022

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) offer advantages over widely deployed silicon solar cells in terms of ease of fabrication; however, the device is still under rigorous materials optimization for cell performance, stability, and cost. In this work, we ex...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Materials Chemistry)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,987 Views
12 Pages

Fully Printed HTL-Free MAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells with Carbon Electrodes

  • Shoaib Iqbal,
  • Xingtian Yin,
  • Boyang Wang,
  • Jiawei Zhang and ,
  • Muhammad Zubair Nisar,
  • Jide Zhang and
  • Wenxiu Que
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 July 2023

This study investigates fully printed methylamine vapour-treated methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) hole transport layer (HTL)-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with a carbon electrode. We describe a method that can be used to deposit MAPbI3 films...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thin Films and Coatings for Energy Storage and Conversion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,336 Views
16 Pages

24 May 2024

Ternary polymer solar cells (PSCs) are currently the simplest and most efficient way to further improve the device performance in PSCs. To find high-performance organic photovoltaic materials, the established connection between the material structure...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymers for Electronics and Energy Devices)
  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
12,159 Views
38 Pages

26 September 2023

In the planar heterojunction perovskite solar cell (PSC) structure, among numerous contenders, tin oxide (SnO2) has been utilized, instead of TiO2, as the material for the electron transport layer (ETL) owing to its good band alignment, ultraviolet l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Surface Sciences and Technology Section)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,887 Views
47 Pages

6 November 2024

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been on the forefront of advanced research for over a decade, achieving constantly increasing power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), while their route towards commercialization is currently under intensive progress....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Organic/Perovskite Solar Cell)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,821 Views
11 Pages

Improving the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells with Benzo[ghi]perylenetriimide-Based Small-Molecules as Interfacial Layers

  • Yang-Yen Yu,
  • Hung-Cheng Chen,
  • Kai-Yu Shih,
  • Yan-Cheng Peng and ,
  • Bing-Huang Jiang,
  • Chao-I Liu,
  • Ming-Wei Hsu,
  • Chi-Ching Kuo and
  • Chih-Ping Chen
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

21 October 2022

In this study, we prepared three benzo[ghi]perylenetriimide (BPTI) conjugated molecules as electron-transporting surface-modifying layers for polymer solar cells (PSCs). These three BPTI derivatives differed in the nature of their terminal functional...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Polymers in Energy and Environmental Sciences II)
  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
10,001 Views
42 Pages

Progress towards High-Efficiency and Stable Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Syed Afaq Ali Shah,
  • Muhammad Hassan Sayyad,
  • Karim Khan,
  • Kai Guo and ,
  • Fei Shen,
  • Jinghua Sun,
  • Ayesha Khan Tareen,
  • Yubin Gong and
  • Zhongyi Guo
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

29 September 2020

Since its invention in 2009, Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has attracted great attention because of its low cost, numerous options of efficiency enhancement, ease of manufacturing and high-performance. Within a short span of time, the PSC has already...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,043 Views
34 Pages

11 August 2026

Inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs), or p-i-n PSCs, have become increasingly attractive for high-performance perovskite photovoltaics owing to their low-temperature processability, reduced hysteresis, flexible-substrate compatibility and suitabili...

(This article belongs to the Section Solar Energy and Solar Cells)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,804 Views
27 Pages

Plasmonics Meets Perovskite Photovoltaics: Innovations and Challenges in Boosting Efficiency

  • Chen Wang,
  • Xiaodan Wang,
  • Bin Luo,
  • Xiaohao Shi and
  • Xiangqian Shen

28 October 2024

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have garnered immense attention in recent years due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties and cost-effective fabrication methods, establishing them as promising candidates for next-generation photovoltaic techno...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,217 Views
15 Pages

Crystal Engineering Approach for Fabrication of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cell in Ambient Conditions

  • Inga Ermanova,
  • Narges Yaghoobi Nia,
  • Enrico Lamanna,
  • Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo and ,
  • Evgeny Kolesnikov,
  • Lev Luchnikov and
  • Aldo Di Carlo
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

22 March 2021

In this paper, we demonstrate the high potentialities of pristine single-cation and mixed cation/anion perovskite solar cells (PSC) fabricated by sequential method deposition in p-i-n planar architecture (ITO/NiOX/Perovskite/PCBM/BCP/Ag) in ambient c...

(This article belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,113 Views
10 Pages

ZrSnO4: A Solution-Processed Robust Electron Transport Layer of Efficient Planar-Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Jun Choi,
  • Young Ki Park,
  • Hee Dong Lee,
  • Seok Il Hong and ,
  • Woosung Lee and
  • Jae Woong Jung
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 November 2021

A robust electron transport layer (ETL) is an essential component in planar-heterojunction perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, a sol-gel-driven ZrSnO4 thin film is synthesized and its optoelectronic properties are systematically investigated. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,184 Views
17 Pages

Inhibited Aggregation of Lithium Salt in Spiro-OMeTAD for Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Guoxin Li,
  • Yukun Wang,
  • Lixiang Huang,
  • Ruosheng Zeng and
  • Wenhong Sun

18 February 2022

High-efficiency and stable hole transport materials (HTMs) play an essential role in high-performance planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs). 2,2,7,7-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9-spirobi-fluorene (Spiro-OMeTAD) is often used as HTMs in per...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,042 Views
12 Pages

Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Large Band-Gap Polytriphenylamines for Polymer Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltages

  • Shuwang Yi,
  • Wanyuan Deng,
  • Sheng Sun,
  • Linfeng Lan and ,
  • Zhicai He,
  • Wei Yang and
  • Bin Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 January 2018

Two large band-gap polymers (PTPACF and PTPA2CF) based on polytriphenylamine derivatives with the introduction of electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl groups were designed and prepared by Suzuki polycondensation reaction. The chemical structures, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymeric Materials for Optical Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,044 Views
15 Pages

11 August 2024

The efficiency and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are significantly influenced by the purity of lead iodide (PbI2) in the raw materials used. Pb(OH)I has been identified as the primary impurity generated from PbI2 in water-based syn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,161 Views
13 Pages

31 August 2023

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs), since their inception in 2009, have experienced a meteoric rise in power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), challenging established photovoltaic technologies. However, their commercial deployment is hindered by stability a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in the Development of Thin Films)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,854 Views
16 Pages

Preparation of Nanostructured Sn/Ti Oxide Hybrid Films with Terpineol/PEG-Based Nanofluids: Perovskite Solar Cell Applications

  • Saeid Vafaei,
  • Vamsi Krishna Boddu,
  • Stephen Jala,
  • Pavan Kumar Bezawada and ,
  • Nagisa Hattori,
  • Seiho Higashi,
  • Takashi Sugiura and
  • Kazuhiro Manseki
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 April 2023

Tin oxide (SnO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are recognized as attractive energy materials applicable for lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Sintering is one of the effective strategies for improving the carrier transport of semiconductor nan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,411 Views
11 Pages

19 September 2019

Prestressed concrete structures are used in various fields as they can reduce the cross-sectional area of members compared with reinforced concrete structures. In addition, the use of high-performance and strength concrete can help reduce weight and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Structural Concrete Materials in Bridges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
554 Views
22 Pages

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Three-Segment Precast Bridge Columns with Grouted Sleeve-Unbonded Prestressing Hybrid Connections

  • Bo Yi,
  • Ningyu Zhao,
  • Guozheng Chen,
  • Haitao Tang and ,
  • Boheng Zhang and
  • Guan Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Precast bridge columns offer efficiency and environmental benefits, yet complex mountainous terrain and limited workspace severely restrict the transportation of large segments. To address this challenge and the limited ductility of traditional conne...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis of Performance in Green Concrete Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,577 Views
11 Pages

Low Resistivity and High Carrier Concentration in SnO2 Thin Films: The Impact of Nitrogen–Hydrogen Annealing Treatments

  • Qi-Zhen Chen,
  • Zhi-Xuan Zhang,
  • Wan-Qiang Fu,
  • Jing-Ru Duan and ,
  • Yu-Xin Yang,
  • Chao-Nan Chen and
  • Shui-Yang Lien
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 June 2025

The tin dioxide (SnO2) thin films in this work were prepared by using plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), and a systematic analysis was conducted to evaluate the influence of post-deposition annealing at various temperatures in a nitroge...

(This article belongs to the Section Solar Energy and Solar Cells)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,556 Views
15 Pages

Dual Strategy Based on Quantum Dot Doping and Phenylethylamine Iodide Surface Modification for High-Performance and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Shulan Zhang,
  • Renjie Chen,
  • Mujing Qu,
  • Biyu Long and ,
  • Nannan He,
  • Sumei Huang,
  • Xiaohong Chen,
  • Huili Li and
  • Tongtong Xuan
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

29 March 2024

High-quality perovskite films (PFs) are crucial for achieving high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, we report a dual-modification strategy via incorporating CsPbBr3 QDs into MAPbI3 perovskite bulk and capping the interface of the pe...

(This article belongs to the Section Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage)
  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
12,140 Views
24 Pages

31 March 2023

Recent years have witnessed rapid development in the field of tin-based perovskite solar cells (TPSCs) due to their environmental friendliness and tremendous potential in the photovoltaic field. Most of the high-performance PSCs are based on lead as...

(This article belongs to the Section D1: Semiconductor Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,055 Views
12 Pages

MnBr2-Doped CsPbBr3 Nanocrystal Passivation Layer for High-Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Weiye Wang,
  • Chenyuan Shang,
  • Xiaolong Li,
  • Cuncun Wu and
  • Yangyang Zhang

6 March 2026

Perovskite (ABX3) nanocrystals have garnered significant attention as interfacial passivation materials for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to their tunable optoelectronic properties. However, single-component systems often suffer from insufficient...

(This article belongs to the Section Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,124 Views
13 Pages

Inorganic cesium lead halide perovskites, as alternative light absorbers for organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells, have attracted more and more attention due to their superb thermal stability for photovoltaic applications. However, the hum...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,430 Views
15 Pages

Optimizing Light Management in Bifacial Perovskite Solar Cells Using Silica-Based Anti-Dust and Anti-Reflection Coatings for Harsh Environments

  • Kevin Thomas,
  • Ahasanur Rahman,
  • Amith Khandakar,
  • Puvaneswaran Chelvanathan and ,
  • Brahim Aissa and
  • Mohammad Istiaque Hossain
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 February 2025

In this work, we demonstrate an advanced light management strategy for bifacial perovskite solar cells incorporating a silica-based anti-dust and anti-reflection (AR) coating. The silica layer provides dual functionality, enhancing optical efficiency...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,370 Views
31 Pages

Machine Learning-Driven Advances in Perovskite Materials and Solar Cells

  • Jun Ren,
  • Xiangshun Geng,
  • Shangjian Liu,
  • Qinghua Liu and ,
  • Shuoying Li and
  • Tian-Ling Ren
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 July 2026

Driven by advances in renewable energy technologies, research on perovskite optoelectronics has advanced rapidly across material exploration, device engineering, and intelligent integrated systems. Conventional trial-and-error experiments face inhere...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nanophotonics and Metasurface)
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,374 Views
13 Pages

Metal-Doped TiO2 Thin Film as an Electron Transfer Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review

  • Dewi Suriyani Che Halin,
  • Ayu Wazira Azhari,
  • Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd Salleh,
  • Nur Izzati Muhammad Nadzri and ,
  • Petrica Vizureanu,
  • Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah,
  • Juyana A. Wahab and
  • Andrei Victor Sandu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 December 2022

The electron transfer layer (ETL) plays a vital role in achieving high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is primarily utilised as the ETL since it is low-cost, chemically stable, and has the simplest thin-film prepara...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Paper Collection in Thin Films)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
839 Views
11 Pages

Synergistic Chemical and Field-Effect Passivation Inhibits Sn2+ Oxidation and Non-Radiative Recombination in Tin–Lead Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Jiahao Liu,
  • Xucheng Wang,
  • Pan Li,
  • Huiyan Chen and ,
  • Xing Tang,
  • Weidong Lin,
  • Ye Yuan and
  • Xuehui Xu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

7 May 2026

Narrow-bandgap tin–lead (Sn–Pb) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are essential for high-performance tandem photovoltaics, yet their operational stability and efficiency suffer from spontaneous Sn2+ oxidation, interfacial defects, and non-rad...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and Functional Devices: Development, Characterization, and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,088 Views
13 Pages

Molecular Engineering Enhances the Charge Carriers Transport in Wide Band-Gap Polymer Donors Based Polymer Solar Cells

  • Siyang Liu,
  • Shuwang Yi,
  • Peiling Qing,
  • Weijun Li and ,
  • Bin Gu,
  • Zhicai He and
  • Bin Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 September 2020

The novel and appropriate molecular design for polymer donors are playing an important role in realizing high-efficiency and high stable polymer solar cells (PSCs). In this work, four conjugated polymers (PIDT-O, PIDTT-O, PIDT-S and PIDTT-S) with ind...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Organic and Hybrid Materials for Photovoltaic and Photonic Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
7,630 Views
25 Pages

27 July 2023

Lead-based halide perovskite materials are being developed as efficient light-absorbing materials for use in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). PSCs have shown remarkable progress in power conversion efficiency, increasing from 3.80% to more than 25% wit...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,761 Views
14 Pages

Understanding the Impact of Cu-In-Ga-S Nanoparticles Compactness on Holes Transfer of Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Dandan Zhao,
  • Yinghui Wu,
  • Bao Tu,
  • Guichuan Xing and ,
  • Haifeng Li and
  • Zhubing He
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 February 2019

Although a compact holes-transport-layer (HTL) film has always been deemed mandatory for perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the impact their compactness on the device performance has rarely been studied in detail. In this work, based on a device structur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Perovskite Materials and Devices–– Progress and Challenges)
  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
12,522 Views
45 Pages

A Comprehensive Review of Self-Assembled Monolayers as Hole-Transport Layers in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Yuchen Yuan,
  • Houlin Li,
  • Haiqiang Luo,
  • Yang Zhang and ,
  • Xiaoli Li,
  • Ting Jiang,
  • Yajie Yang,
  • Lei Liu,
  • Baoyan Fan and
  • Xia Hao
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

16 May 2025

The hole-transport layer (HTL) plays a pivotal role in engineering high-performance inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs), as it governs both hole extraction/transport dynamics and critically impacts the crystallization quality of the perovskite abs...

(This article belongs to the Collection Review Papers in Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
491 Views
21 Pages

Surface Defect-Passivation in SnO2 Electron Transport Layers by Caesium Iodide for High-Carrier Dynamics in Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Nurul Iffah Ismail,
  • Ikhwan Fikri Maulidan,
  • Muhammad Aniq Shazni Muhammad Haniff,
  • Atiek Rostika Noviyanti and ,
  • Martha Rianna,
  • Maulidiyah Maulidiyah,
  • Ari Sulistyo Rini,
  • Norasikin Ahmad Ludin,
  • Muhammad Nurdin and
  • Akrajas Ali Umar
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Perovskite solar cell (PSC) performance is critically limited by surface defects and interfacial energy losses at the tin oxide (SnO2) electron transport layer (ETL). This study investigates the surface modification of SnO2 using cesium iodide (CsI)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,801 Views
12 Pages

1 September 2025

Regulating the crystallization dynamics of perovskite films is key to improving the efficiency and operational stability of (FA0.83MA0.17Cs0.05)Pb(I0.85Br0.15)3 perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, precise regulation of the crystallization process...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Semiconductor Materials for Energy Conversion, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,135 Views
13 Pages

Buried SWCNTs Interlayer Promotes Hole Extraction and Stability in Inverted CsPbI2.85Br0.15 Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Fangtao Yu,
  • Dandan Chen,
  • He Xi,
  • Wenming Chai and ,
  • Yuhao Yan,
  • Weidong Zhu,
  • Dazheng Chen,
  • Long Zhou,
  • Yimin Lei and
  • Chunfu Zhang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

29 August 2025

Inverted (p-i-n) CsPbIxBr3−x (x = 0~3) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are of growing interest due to their excellent thermal stability and optoelectronic performance. However, they suffer from severe energy level mismatch and significant interfa...

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Weakly supervised object detection (WSOD) in remote sensing images (RSIs) has attracted more and more attention because its training merely relies on image-level category labels, which significantly reduces the cost of manual annotation. With the exp...

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Material and Interface Design of Colorless, Heat-Resistant Fluorinated Polyimides for Flexible and Rigid Perovskite Solar Cells

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  • Maolin He,
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  • Zhengyi Tu and ,
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4 November 2026

To achieve efficient solar-to-electricity conversion, third-generation photovoltaics represented by perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted tremendous interest. However, perovskites are vulnerable to humidity, oxygen and heat, and insufficient d...

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18 June 2025

Barium stannate (BaSnO3) has emerged as a promising alternative electron transport material owing to its superior electron mobility, resistance to UV degradation, and energy bandgap tunability, yet BaSnO3-based perovskite solar cells have not reached...

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