The electronic structure and chemical composition of efficient CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell materials deposited onto mesoporous TiO2 were studied using photoelectron spectroscopy with hard X-rays. With this technique, it is possible to directly measure the occupied energy levels of the perovskite as well as the TiO2 buried beneath and thereby determine the energy level matching of the inter...

Perovskite is gaining popularity in solar cell technologies and optoelectronics that rely on lead-based material. (PSC) are viewed as promising forthcoming innovations for their proficiency monetary of the thin film due to high demand technology market. Lead-free perovskite material has become a viable alternative perovskite, which dominated market many years, toxicity stability difficulties ha...

Organic–inorganic metal halide perovskite solar cells represent the fastest advancing cell technology in terms of energy conversion efficiency improvement, as seen last decade. This has become a promising for next-generation, low-cost, high-efficiency photovoltaics including multi-junction tandem concepts. Double-junction have much higher limits 45%, beyond Shockley–Queisser single-junction cel...

The progressive enhancements in solar-to-electrical conversion within the past decade have allowed organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite-based solar cell technology to become a competitive candidate for creating affordable electricity.

In this data article, we introduced the hysteresis of planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs) fabricated using dimethylformamide (DMF), gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), DMF-DMSO, GBL-DMSO and NMP-DMSO as perovskite precursor solutions according to different scan directions, sweep times, and current stability. The hysteresis analyses of the planar P...

Novel star-shaped hole transporting materials (HTMs) with a bis-dimethylfluorenylamino moiety have been synthesized and evaluated for high performance perovskite solar cell applications. Maximum power conversion efficiency of 14.21% has been achieved by using the HTM with a fused TPA core and the long-term stability was also shown to be comparable with that of .

Thermochemical water and carbon dioxide splitting with concentrated solar energy is a technology for converting renewable solar energy into liquid hydrocarbon fuels as an alternative to fossil fuels, which are dominating in today's energy mix. For the conversion reaction to be efficient, special redox materials are necessary to perform the necessary chemical reactions in a thermochemical cycle....

Optical design, photon management, and energy conversion efficiency are investigated through numerical simulation of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell using the single-diode model. A strong near-infrared reflectance roughly 60% is present in perovskite-based top cell. ZnO Si3N4 anti-reflection coating layers placed on surface perovskite layer silicon sub-cell respectively for management mini...

A dense and homogenous flat wide-bandgap (1.75 eV) CH3NH3PbI2.1Br0.9 perovskite film was prepared via a facile halide exchange route. The planar-heterojunction solar cell shows an optimal power conversion efficiency of 12.67% with negligible current hysteresis due to the film's large grains and vertically oriented grain boundaries.

Research of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells had significant attention as the candidate of new future energy. Due to the toxicity, however, lead (Pb) free photon harvesting layer should be discovered to replace the present CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite. In place of lead, we have tried antimony (Sb) and bismuth (Bi) with organic and metal monovalent cations (CH3NH3+, Ag+ and Cu+). Therefore, in this wo...