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In this work, we propose a method of selecting the most desirable combinations of material for a perovskite solar cell design utilizing the genetic algorithm. Solar cells based on the methylammonium lead halide, CH3NH3PbX3, attract…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-17 Eungkyun Kim , Indranil Bhattacharya

Hybrid perovskite solar cells, with their power conversion efficiency (PCE) exceeding 22%, have been representing a revolutionary concept for future energy power generation. Although listed among the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2016,…

We investigate the structural, electronic and optical properties of mixed bromide-iodide lead perovskite solar cell CH$_3$NH$_3$Pb(I$_{1-x}$Br$_x$)$_3$ by means of the virtual crystal approximation (VCA) within density functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-09-22 Un-Gi Jong , Chol-Jun Yu , Nam-Hyok Kim , Guk-Chol Ri

The remarkable optoelectronic, and especially photovoltaic performance of hybrid-organic-inorganic perovskite (HOIP) materials drives efforts to connect materials properties to this performance. From nano-indentation experiments on…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-20 Yevgeny Rakita , Sidney R. Cohen , Nir Klein Kedem , Gary Hodes , David Cahen

The use of stibnite (Sb2S3) as sensitizers in the solid-state sensitized solar cells received considerable research interest during the transition of the millennium. However, the use of perovskite diminished the research in the field and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-05-25 Sumanshu Agarwal , Harekrishna Yadav , Kundan Kumar

The significant surge in energy use and escalating environmental concerns have sparked worldwide interest towards the study and implementation of solar cell technology. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have garnered remarkable attention as an…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-23 Md Yekra Rahman , Sharif Mohammad Mominuzzaman

The lead-halide perovskites, including CH$_{3}$NH$_{3}$PbBr$_{3}$, are components in cost effective, highly efficient photovoltaics, where the interactions of the molecular cations with the inorganic framework are suggested to influence the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-14 I. P. Swainson , C. Stock , S. F. Parker , L. Van Eijck , M. Russina , J. W. Taylor

Methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) based solar cells have shown impressive power conversion efficiencies of above 20%. However, the microscopic mechanism of the high photovoltaic performance is yet to be fully understood. Particularly,…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-01-20 T. Chen , B. J. Foley , B. Ipek , M. Tyagi , J. R. D. Copley , C. M. Brown , J. J. Choi , S. -H. Lee

The lead halide perovskites demonstrate huge potential for optoelectronic applications, high energy radiation detectors, light emitting devices and solar energy harvesting. Those materials exhibit strong spin-orbit coupling enabling…

Solar cells based on a light absorbing layer of the organometal halide perovskite CH$_3$NH$_3$PbI$_3$ have recently reached 15% conversion efficiency, though how these materials work remains largely unknown. We analyse the electronic…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-04-24 Federico Brivio , Keith T. Butler , Aron Walsh , Mark van Schilfgaarde

Organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites have recently attracted increasing attention as highly efficient light harvesting materials for photovoltaic applications. However, the precise control of crystallization and morphology of…

We carried out simulative investigations on a non-toxic, lead-free perovskite solar cell (PSC), where Cs2AgBiBr6, P3HT, ZnO nanorod, and C were utilized as the absorber layer, hole transport layer, electron transport layer, and back…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-25 Intekhab Alam , Rahat Mollick , Md Ali Ashraf

Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) are currently emerging as one of the most interesting solution processed semiconductors since they possess high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), and colour tunability through anion exchange…

Advances in photovoltaic technology are a viable route to contribute to cleaner and more sustainable energy solutions, placing perovskite-based materials among the best candidates for solar energy conversion. However, some challenges must…

Photoelectric conversion efficiency of organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells has been rapidly raised and attracted great attention in recent years. The quality of perovskite films is vital for the performance of devices. We used the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-10-05 Hao Zhang , Yalan Wang , Hong Wang , Meryang Ma , Shuai Dong , Qingyu Xu

Low stability of organic-inorganic perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) solar cells in humid air environments is a serious drawback which could limit practical application of this material severely. In this study, from real-time spectroscopic…

Methylammonium lead triiodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite solar cell is a gem in the list of photovoltaic semiconductors. Although there are numerous fundamental and technological questions yet to be addressed covering various aspects of this…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-04-20 Pradeep R. Varadwaj , Arpita Varadwaj , Koichi Yamashita

CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite is nowadays amongst the most promising photovoltaic materials for energy conversion. We have studied by ab-initio calculations, using several levels of approximation - namely density functional theory including…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-10 Malgorzata Wierzbowska , Juan Jose Melendez , Daniele Varsano

Hybrid peroskite solar cells are newly emergent high-performance photovoltaic devices, which suffer from disadvantages such as toxic elements, short-term stabilities, and so on. Searching for alternative perovskites with high photovoltaic…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-02 Linkang Zhan , Danfeng Ye , Xinjian Qiu , Yan Cen

Halide perovskite solar cells based on CH3NH3PbI3 and related materials have emerged as the most exciting development in the next generation photovoltaic technologies, yet the microscopic phenomena involving photo-carriers, ionic defects,…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-10-17 Jiangyu Li , Boyuan Huang , Ehsan Nasr Esfahani , Linlin Wei , Jianjun Yao , Jinjin Zhao , Wei Chen