Overcoming the Open-Circuit Voltage Losses in Narrow Bandgap Perovskites for All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells.

Narrow-bandgap (NBG) perovskite solar cells based on tin-lead mixed perovskite absorbers suffer from significant open-circuit voltage ( ) losses due primarily to a high defect density and charge carrier recombination at the device interfaces. In this study, the losses in NBG perovskite single junction cells ( = 1.21 eV) are addressed.

Effective prediction of SnO conduction band edge potential: The key role of surface oxygen vacancies.

Several theoretical studies at different levels of theory have attempted to calculate the absolute position of the SnO conduction band, whose knowledge is key for its effective application in optoelectronic devices such us, for example, perovskite solar cells. However, the predicted band edges fall outside the experimentally measured range. In this work, we introduce a computational scheme designed to calculate the conduction band minimum values of SnO, yielding results aligned with experiments.

Exotic hexagonal NaCl atom-thin layer on methylammonium lead iodide perovskite: new hints for perovskite solar cells from first-principles calculations.

Alkali halides are simple inorganic compounds extensively used as surface modifiers in optoelectronic devices. In perovskite solar cells (PSCs), they act as interlayers between the light absorber material and the charge selective layers improving their contact quality. They introduce surface dipoles that enable the fine tuning of the relative band alignment and passivate surface defects, a well-known drawback of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, that is responsible for most of the issues hampering the long-term performances.

Pyridine Controlled Tin Perovskite Crystallization.

Controlling the crystallization of perovskite in a thin film is essential in making solar cells. Processing tin-based perovskite films from solution is challenging because of the uncontrollable faster crystallization of tin than the most used lead perovskite. The best performing devices are prepared by depositing perovskite from dimethyl sulfoxide because it slows down the assembly of the tin-iodine network that forms perovskite.

Interfacial electronic features in methyl-ammonium lead iodide and p-type oxide heterostructures: new insights for inverted perovskite solar cells.

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) represent a promising technology for highly efficient sunlight harvesting and its conversion to electricity at convenient costs. However, a few flaws of current devices undermine the long-term stability of PSCs. Some of them concern the interface between the photoactive perovskite and the hole transport layer (HTL), e.

Nanosphere lithography for optical fiber tip nanoprobes.

This paper reports a simple and economical method for the fabrication of nanopatterned optical fiber nanotips. The proposed patterning approach relies on the use of the nanosphere lithography of the optical fiber end facet. Polystyrene (PS) nanospheres are initially self-assembled in a hexagonal array on the surface of water.