Severe nonradiative recombination and energy level mismatch in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are key factors affecting efficiency. Here, we report an effective strategy for surface passivation and interfacial dipole engineering of perovskite films. By precisely introducing electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups on 7-azaindole, we have effectively controlled the passivation ability of N atoms and the polarity of the interfacial dipole, thereby regulating the perovskite surface's work function and obtaining the optimal energy level matching. This strategy yields an impressive efficiency of 10.76% for the CsPbBr PSC and exceptional stability.
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Molecules
December 2024
Coimbra Chemistry Center, Institute of Molecular Sciences (CQC-IMS), University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal.
The membrane dipole potential that arises from the interfacial water and constitutive dipolar groups of lipid molecules modulates the interaction of amphiphiles and proteins with membranes. Consequently, its determination for lipid mixtures resembling the existing diversity in biological membranes is very relevant. In this work, the dipole potentials of monolayers, formed at the air-water interface, from pure or mixed lipids (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl--glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC), 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl--glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE), 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl--glycero-3-phosphatidyserine (POPS), sphingomyelin (SpM) and cholesterol) were measured and correlated with the mean area per lipid.
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December 2024
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, PR China; Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, PR China; Fujian College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, PR China. Electronic address:
The reversibility and stability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are largely limited by free-water-induced side reactions (e.g., hydrogen evolution and zinc corrosion) and negative zinc dendrite growth.
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December 2024
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States.
Fouling-resistant coating materials have important applications in marine industry and biomedicine. Zwitterionic carboxybetaine polymers have demonstrated robust antibiofouling functionalities in experiments. In this work, we performed atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to study the molecular mechanism of hydration and antibiofouling of poly(carboxybetaine acrylamide) (polyCBAA) brush surfaces.
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December 2024
Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
Currently, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is still limited by reduced open-circuit voltage (V), due to defect-induced charge recombination. Most studies focus on defect passivation and improving carrier transport through introducing passivating molecules or macroscopic physical fields. Herein, to mitigate energy level mismatch and recombination losses induced by interface defects, an interface electric-field passivation is introduced, employing the ordered arrangement of the dipole molecule benzenesulfonyl chloride (BC).
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December 2024
Key Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Nanoscience and Materials Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China. Electronic address:
Mixed Sn-Pb perovskites are attracting significant attention due to their narrow bandgap and consequent potential for all-perovskite tandem solar cells. However, the conventional hole transport materials can lead to band misalignment or induce degradation at the buried interface of perovskite. Here we designed a self-assembled material 4-(9H-carbozol-9-yl)phenylboronic acid (4PBA) for the surface modification of the substrate as the hole-selective contact.
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