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13 Mar 05:21

Influence of Nanosegregation on the Phase Behavior of Fluorinated Ionic Liquids

by Margarida L. Ferreira, María J. Pastoriza-Gallego, João M. M. Araújo, José N. Canongia Lopes, Luís Paulo N. Rebelo, Manuel M. Piñeiro, Karina Shimizu and Ana B. Pereiro

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00516
13 Mar 05:06

Photoinduced Stark Effects and Mechanism of Ion Displacement in Perovskite Solar Cell Materials

by Meysam Pazoki, T. Jesper Jacobsson, Jolla Kullgren, Erik M. J. Johansson, Anders Hagfeldt, Gerrit Boschloo and Tomas Edvinsson

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ACS Nano
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b07916
06 Mar 05:09

High Detectivity and Rapid Response in Perovskite CsPbBr3 Single-Crystal Photodetector

by Jianxu Ding, Songjie Du, Zhiyuan Zuo, Ying Zhao, Hongzhi Cui and Xiaoyuan Zhan

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01171
06 Mar 05:04

Investigation of Ion-Mediated Charge Transport in Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite

by Joydeep Dhar, Sayantan Sil, Arka Dey, Dirtha Sanyal and Partha Pratim Ray

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01047
06 Mar 05:04

Stabilization of the Perovskite Phase of Formamidinium Lead Triiodide by Methylammonium, Cs, and/or Rb Doping

by Olga A. Syzgantseva, Michael Saliba, Michael Grätzel and Ursula Rothlisberger

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b03014
06 Mar 05:02

Probing the Intrinsic Thermal and Photochemical Stability of Hybrid and Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites

by Azat F. Akbulatov, Sergey Yu. Luchkin, Lyubov A. Frolova, Nadezhda N. Dremova, Kirill L. Gerasimov, Ivan S. Zhidkov, Denis V. Anokhin, Ernst Z. Kurmaev, Keith J. Stevenson and Pavel A. Troshin

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b03026
06 Mar 04:57

Nickel oxide nanoparticles for efficient hole transport in p-i-n and n-i-p perovskite solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,6597-6605
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA01593C, Paper
Zonghao Liu, Aili Zhu, Fensha Cai, LeiMing Tao, Yinhua Zhou, Zhixin Zhao, Qi Chen, Yi-Bing Cheng, Huanping Zhou
Here, a low-temperature solution-processed nickel oxide (NiOx) thin film was first employed as a hole transport layer in both inverted (p-i-n) planar and regular (n-i-p) mesoscopic organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PVSCs).
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06 Mar 04:54

Considerably enhanced perovskite solar cells via the introduction of metallic nanostructures

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,6515-6521
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10715J, Paper
Yu Cheng, Cong Chen, Xu Chen, Junjie Jin, Hao Li, Hongwei Song, Qilin Dai
Metallic nanostructures are used to improve the perovskite solar cell performance by light scattering, and Au-Ag alloy nanostructures show a considerable enhancement.
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02 Mar 03:54

Unbalanced Hole and Electron Diffusion in Lead Bromide Perovskites

by Giselle A. Elbaz, Daniel B. Straus, Octavi E. Semonin, Trevor D. Hull, Daniel W. Paley, Philip Kim, Jonathan S. Owen, Cherie R. Kagan and Xavier Roy

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Nano Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05022
02 Mar 01:07

A dimeric fullerene derivative for efficient inverted planar perovskite solar cells with improved stability

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,7326-7332
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00362E, Paper
Chengbo Tian, Kevin Kochiss, Edison Castro, German Betancourt-Solis, Hongwei Han, Luis Echegoyen
Efficiency and stability are improved in inverted planar perovskite solar cells by using D-C60 as electron transport material.
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23 Feb 07:38

Design of a thiophene-fused benzotriazole unit as an electron acceptor to build D-A copolymers for polymer solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5,2951-2957
DOI: 10.1039/C7TC00083A, Paper
Pengcheng Zhou, Yang Yang, Xingguo Chen, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Yongfang Li
A new electron-acceptor, thiophene-fused benzotriazole (BTAZT), is designed for the first time to construct donor-acceptor copolymers with bithienyl substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b[prime or minute]]dithiophene (BDTT) as an electron-donor unit for polymer solar cells (PSCs).
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23 Feb 07:38

Epitaxial hetero-structure of CdSe/TiO2 nanotube arrays with PEDOT as a hole transfer layer for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,6233-6244
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10202F, Paper
Baohe Chong, Wen Zhu, Xianghui Hou
The photocatalytic decomposition of water is believed to be able to help mitigate the crisis of fossil fuel depletion.
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22 Feb 00:59

High efficiency ternary organic solar cell with morphology-compatible polymers

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,11739-11745
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00292K, Paper
Jiangquan Mai, Haipeng Lu, Tsz-Ki Lau, Shih-Hao Peng, Chain-Shu Hsu, Wenqiang Hua, Ni Zhao, Xudong Xiao, Xinhui Lu
The short circuit current density and fill factor are improved in ternary organic solar cell due to the high morphology compatibility.
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22 Feb 00:58

Recent advances in perovskite solar cells: efficiency, stability and lead-free perovskite

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,11462-11482
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00366H, Review Article
Shida Yang, Weifei Fu, Zhongqiang Zhang, Hongzheng Chen, Chang-Zhi Li
In this review, we first highlighted recent progress in high-performance perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) with a discussion of the fabrication methods and PVSCs-based tandem solar cells. Furthermore, the stability issue of PVSCs and strategies to improve material and device stability have been discussed, and finally, a summary of the recent progress in lead-free perovskites has been presented.
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21 Feb 02:13

Double Perovskite Cs2BBiX6 (B = Ag, Cu; X = Br, Cl)/TiO2 Heterojunction: An Efficient Pb-Free Perovskite Interface for Charge Extraction

by Hong-Jian Feng, Wan Deng, Kang Yang, Jinsong Huang and Xiao Cheng Zeng

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00138
21 Feb 02:13

Nearly Monodisperse Insulator Cs4PbX6 (X = Cl, Br, I) Nanocrystals, Their Mixed Halide Compositions, and Their Transformation into CsPbX3 Nanocrystals

by Quinten A. Akkerman, Sungwook Park, Eros Radicchi, Francesca Nunzi, Edoardo Mosconi, Filippo De Angelis, Rosaria Brescia, Prachi Rastogi, Mirko Prato and Liberato Manna

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Nano Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05262
21 Feb 02:12

Engineering hierarchical nanotrees with CuCo2O4 trunks and NiO branches for high-performance supercapacitors

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,5820-5828
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00506G, Paper
Kangwen Qiu, Min Lu, Yongsong Luo, Xiwen Du
Hierarchical CuCo2O4@NiO core-shell nanotree arrays on porous nickel foam substrates are synthesized via a simple hydrothermal approach and further investigated as electrode materials for supercapacitors.
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20 Feb 07:44

Cation ordering and oxygen transport behaviour in Sr1-3x/2LaxTiO3 perovskites

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,5321-5331
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10274C, Paper
Paul C. M. Fossati, Robin W. Grimes
Effects of cation ordering on oxygen diffusion mechanisms in (Sr,La)TiO3 perovskites is investigated using atomistic modelling techniques.
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16 Feb 02:33

Transferrable optimization of spray-coated PbI2 films for perovskite solar cell fabrication

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,5709-5718
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA09922J, Paper
Mikas Remeika, Sonia Ruiz Raga, Shijin Zhang, Yabing Qi
Viability of ultrasonic spray coating as a pathway to scaling-up of perovskite solar cell production is improved by quantitative characterization of process conditions.
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16 Feb 02:33

CH3NH2 gas induced (110) preferred cesium-containing perovskite films with reduced PbI6 octahedron distortion and enhanced moisture stability

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,4803-4808
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10444D, Communication
Yue Chang, Li Wang, Jiliang Zhang, Zhongmin Zhou, Chongwen Li, Bingbing Chen, Lioz Etgar, Guanglei Cui, Shuping Pang
10% Cs cations could dope into the crystal lattice and form more symmetrical PbI6 octahedron with improved stability.
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16 Feb 02:32

Simplification of device structures for low-cost, high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,4756-4773
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10305G, Review Article
Ziran Zhao, Weihai Sun, Yunlong Li, Senyun Ye, Haixia Rao, Feidan Gu, Zhiwei Liu, Zuqiang Bian, Chunhui Huang
Organo-metal halide perovskite solar cells have shown great potential for application in photovoltaics with their high power conversion efficiency.
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16 Feb 02:32

Material nucleation/growth competition tuning towards highly reproducible planar perovskite solar cells with efficiency exceeding 20%

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,6840-6848
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00027H, Paper
Bin Ding, Yan Li, Shi-Yu Huang, Qian-Qian Chu, Cheng-Xin Li, Chang-Jiu Li, Guan-Jun Yang
Decreasing the crystal growth time and increasing the number of nuclei produced high quality perovskite films toward large-area high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.
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16 Feb 02:31

Low-toxic metal halide perovskites: opportunities and future challenges

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,11436-11449
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00269F, Review Article
Hang Hu, Binghai Dong, Wei Zhang
Over the past few years, lead halide perovskites have emerged as a class of dominant semiconductor materials in the photovoltaic (PV) field with an unprecedented sharp enhancement of power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) up to 22.1%, as well as in other promising optoelectronic applications due to their extraordinary and unique properties.
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16 Feb 02:31

Improved air stability of perovskite hybrid solar cells via blending poly(dimethylsiloxane)-urea copolymers

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,5486-5494
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00589J, Paper
Wanchun Xiang, Qi Chen, Yiyuan Wang, Meijin Liu, Fuzhi Huang, Tongle Bu, Taishan Wang, Yi-Bing Cheng, Xiao Gong, Jie Zhong, Peng Liu, Xi Yao, Xiujian Zhao
A hydroscopic and flexible copolymer has been successfully employed in the fabrication of perovskite solar cells with high photovoltaic performance and enhanced stability.
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16 Feb 02:31

A facile one-pot synthesis of hyper-branched carbazole-based polymer as a hole-transporting material for perovskite solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,6613-6621
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA11238B, Paper
Zhonggao Zhou, Yan Zhao, Chunlei Zhang, Ding Zou, Yunxiang Chen, Zhenghuan Lin, Hongyu Zhen, Qidan Ling
A novel hyper-branched carbazole-based polymer is synthesized and used as hole-transporting material for PVSCs giving a PCE of 14.07%.
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12 Feb 05:50

Surface Polarization Model for the Dynamic Hysteresis of Perovskite Solar Cells

by Sandheep Ravishankar, Osbel Almora, Carlos Echeverría-Arrondo, Elnaz Ghahremanirad, Clara Aranda, Antonio Guerrero, Francisco Fabregat-Santiago, Arie Zaban, Germà Garcia-Belmonte and Juan Bisquert

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00045
12 Feb 05:27

Light-Induced Degradation of CH3NH3PbI3 Hybrid Perovskite Thin Film

by Youzhen Li, Xuemei Xu, Congcong Wang, Ben Ecker, Junliang Yang, Jinsong Huang and Yongli Gao

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11853
12 Feb 05:27

Photodriven Oxidation of Surface-Bound Iridium-Based Molecular Water-Oxidation Catalysts on Perylene-3,4-dicarboximide-Sensitized TiO2 Electrodes Protected by an Al2O3 Layer

by Rebecca J. Kamire, Kelly L. Materna, William L. Hoffeditz, Brian T. Phelan, Julianne M. Thomsen, Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp, Gary W. Brudvig and Michael R. Wasielewski

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11672
12 Feb 04:54

CsPbxMn1–xCl3 Perovskite Quantum Dots with High Mn Substitution Ratio

by Huiwen Liu, Zhennan Wu, Jieren Shao, Dong Yao, Hang Gao, Yi Liu, Weili Yu, Hao Zhang and Bai Yang

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ACS Nano
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b08747
12 Feb 04:54

Atomistic Origins of Surface Defects in CH3NH3PbBr3 Perovskite and Their Electronic Structures

by Yunxia Liu, Krisztian Palotas, Xiao Yuan, Tingjun Hou, Haiping Lin, Youyong Li and Shuit-Tong Lee

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ACS Nano
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b08260