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Metal halide perovskites feature excellent absorption, emission and charge carrier transport properties. These materials are therefore very well suited for photovoltaics applications where there is a growing interest. Still, questions arise…
Due to their well-suited optoelectronic properties, metal halide perovskites are emerging semiconductor materials with potential applications in solar cells, detectors, and light-emitting diodes. Beyond the traditional 3D perovskites,…
We present a new approach to ubiquitous sensing for indoor applications, using high-efficiency and low-cost indoor perovksite photovoltaic cells as external power sources for backscatter sensors. We demonstrate wide-bandgap perovskite…
Despite the widespread use of solution-processable hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites in photovoltaic and light-emitting applications, determination of their intrinsic charge transport parameters has been elusive due to the variability of…
Perovskite indoor photovoltaics (PIPVs) are emerging as a transformative technology for low-light intensity energy harvesting, owing to their high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), low-cost fabrication, solution-processability, and…
Quantum-dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) promise high-performance and cost-effective electroluminescent devices. However, shelf stability of QLEDs, a must for practical applications, is currently overlooked. Here we reveal that the…
Perovskite solar cells with record power conversion efficiency are fabricated by alloying both hybrid and fully inorganic compounds. While the basic electronic properties of the hybrid perovskites are now well understood, key electronic…
Inorganic halide perovskites have emerged as a promising platform in a wide range of applications from solar energy harvesting to computing, and light emission. The recent advent of epitaxial thin film growth of halide perovskites has made…
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…
Semiconductor heterostructures that combine components with different dimensionality provide an interesting way to manipulate the physical properties of the resulting material. Two-dimensional lead halide perovskites crystallize as flat…
The defect-activity in halide perovskites remains a critical factor for the application in optoelectronics. The imperfections (vacancies, anti-sites, interstitials) formed in the lattice of the halide perovskites were considered as a main…
Lead-free halide double perovskites are promising stable and non-toxic alternatives to methylammonium lead iodide in the field of photovoltaics. In this context, the most commonly used double perovskite is Cs$_2$AgBiBr$_6$, due to its…
Recent observations indicated that the photoelectric conversion properties of perovskite materials are intimately related to the presence of superlattice structures and other unusual nanoscale features in them. The low dimensional or mixed…
We report that device architecture engineering has a substantial impact on the reverse bias instability that has been reported as a critical issue in commercializing perovskite solar cells. We demonstrate breakdown voltages exceeding -15 V…
Most traditional semiconductor materials are based on the control of doping densities to create junctions and thereby functional and efficient electronic and optoelectronic devices. The technology development for halide perovskites had…
Investigation of the inherent field-driven charge transport behaviour of 3D lead halide perovskites has largely remained a challenging task, owing primarily to undesirable ionic migration effects near room temperature. In addition, the…
Lead halide-based perovskite thin films have attracted great attention due to the explosive increase in perovskite solar cell efficiencies. The same optoelectronic properties that make perovskites ideal absorber materials in solar cells are…
We demonstrate room-temperature electroluminescence (EL) from light-emitting diodes (LED) on highly strained germanium (Ge) membranes. An external stressor technique was employed to introduce a 0.76% bi-axial tensile strain in the active…
Owing to the energy shortages and various severe adverse effects of traditional fossil fuel power generation mechanisms, photovoltaic and thermoelectric materials are considered as the potential candidates for building non-traditional,…
We demonstrate the critical role of surface recombination in mixed-cation, mixed-halide perovskite, FA0.83Cs0.17Pb(I0.85Br0.15)3. By passivating non-radiative defects with the polymerizable Lewis base (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (APTMS)…