Excitonic solar cells based on van der Waals heterojunctions of Janus III-VI chalcogenide monolayers.

Nanotechnology

College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China.

Published: June 2023

We construct the two-dimensional (2D) excitonic solar cells based on type II vdW heterojunctions of Janus III-VI chalcogenide monolayers and investigate the performance of the device using the first principle. The calculated solar energy absorbance of InSSe/GaInSeand InSeTe/GaInSeheterojunctions is the order of 10cm. The predicted photoelectric conversion efficiency of the InSeTe/GaInSeheterojunction can reach up to 24.5%, which compares favorably with other previously studied 2D heterojunctions. The excellent performance of InSeTe/GaInSeheterojunction originates from the fact that the built-in electric field at the interface of InSeTe/GaInSepromote the flow of the photogenerated electrons. The results suggest that 2D Janus Group-III chalcogenide heterojunction can be a good candidate for new optoelectronic nanodevices.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/acd788DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

excitonic solar
8
solar cells
8
cells based
8
heterojunctions janus
8
janus iii-vi
8
iii-vi chalcogenide
8
chalcogenide monolayers
8
based van
4
van der
4
der waals
4

Similar Publications

The advancement of tin-based perovskite solar cells (TPSCs) has been severely hindered by the poor controllability of perovskite crystal growth and the energy level mismatch between the perovskite and fullerene-based electron transport layer (ETL). Here, we synthesized three cis-configured pyridyl-substituted fulleropyrrolidines (PPF), specifically 2-pyridyl (PPF2), 3-pyridyl (PPF3), and 4-pyridyl (PPF4), and utilized them as precursor additives to regulate the crystallization kinetics during film formation. The spatial distance between the two pyridine groups in PPF2, PPF3, and PPF4 increases sequentially, enabling PPF4 to interact with more perovskite colloidal particles.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The photovoltaic conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) has exceeded 20%, which has met the requirements for commercialisation. In the current stage, the main focus is to balance the performance and stability. It has been shown that all-polymer formulation can improve device stability, however, PCE is not in satifsfaction, and the batch-to-batch variation leads to quality control issues.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A-site cations in ABX metal halide perovskites do not contribute to the frontier electronic states. They influence optoelectronic properties indirectly through interaction with the BX sublattice. By systematically investigating correlated motions of Cs cations and the PbX lattice (X = Cl, Br, I), we demonstrate that the interaction between the two subsystems depends on electronegativity and size of the X-site anion.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The Critical Isomerization Effect of Core Bromination on Nonfullerene Acceptors in Achieving High-Performance Organic Solar Cells with Low Energy Loss.

Adv Mater

December 2024

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.

Highly efficient nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) for organic solar cells (OSCs) with low energy loss (E) and favorable morphology are critical for breaking the efficiency bottleneck and achieving commercial applications of OSCs. In this work, quinoxaline-based NFAs are designed and synthesized using a synergistic isomerization and bromination approach. The π-expanded quinoxaline-fused core exhibits different bromination sites for isomeric NFAs, namely AQx-21 and AQx-22.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Exciton Transport in Perovskite Materials.

Adv Mater

December 2024

Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.

Halide perovskites have emerged as promising materials for a wide variety of optoelectronic applications, including solar cells, light-emitting devices, photodetectors, and quantum information applications. In addition to their desirable optical and electronic properties, halide perovskites provide tremendous synthetic flexibility through variation of not only their chemical composition but also their structure and morphology. At the heart of their use in optoelectronic technologies is the interaction of light with electronic excitations in the form of excitons.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!