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Ion mobility and ionic conductance in nanodevices are known to deviate from bulk behavior, a phenomenon often attributed to surface effects. We demonstrate that dielectric mismatch between the electrolyte and the surface can qualitatively…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-09-17 Hanne S. Antila , Erik Luijten

We demonstrate an ionically gated planar PS-PV solar cell with ultra-thick fullerene ETL with a porous CNT electron collector on top of it. Perovskite photovoltaic devices usually have undoped electron transport layers, usually thin like…

A key challenge with large battery systems is heterogeneous currents and temperatures in modules with parallel-connected cells. Although extreme currents and temperatures are detrimental to the performance and lifetime of battery cells,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Joseph Ross , Damien Frost , Efstratios Chatzinikolaou , Stephen Duncan , David Howey

Previously, we proposed that the polarization and capacitive charge in \ce{CH3NH3PbI3} screens the external electric field that hinders charge transport. We argue here that this screening effect is in significant part responsible for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-28 Yecheng Zhou , Fuzhi Huang , Yi-Bing Cheng , Angus Gray-Weale

Previous studies of reverse-bias stability in perovskite solar cells have focused primarily on voltage controlled reverse-bias tests. Here we instead present an investigation of perovskite solar cell degradation under well-defined, constant…

We perform a statistical assessment of solar wind stability at 1 AU against ion sources of free energy using Nyquist's instability criterion. In contrast to typically employed threshold models which consider a single free-energy source,…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 K. G. Klein , B. A. Alterman , M. L. Stevens , D. Vech , J. C. Kasper

By implementing the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann theory in a cell model, we theoretically investigate the influence of polyelectrolye gel permeability on ion densities and pH deviations inside the cavities of ionic microcapsules. Our…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-07-15 Qiyun Tang , Alan R. Denton

Ion transport properties in metal-halide perovskite still constitute a subject of intense research because of the evident connection between mobile defects and device performance and operation degradation. In the specific case of X-ray…

Halide perovskites have attracted increasing research attention regarding their outstanding optoelectronic applications. Owing to its low activation energy, ion migration is implicated in the long-term stability and many unusual transport…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Qiao Kong , Amael Obliger , Minliang Lai , Mengyu Gao , David T. Limmer , Peidong Yang

Negative capacitance at the low-frequency domain and inverted hysteresis are familiar features in perovskite solar cells, where the origin is still under discussion. Here we use Impedance Spectroscopy to analyse these responses in…

The integrated device of a perovskite solar cell with a Li-ion battery is an innovative solution for decentralized energy storage in smart electronic devices. In this study, we examine the stability of Li ions intercalated in a CsPbI$_3$…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-02 Wei Wei , Julian Gebhardt , Daniel F. Urban , Christian Elsässer

Halide perovskite optoelectronic devices suffer from chemical degradation and current-voltage hysteresis induced by migration of highly mobile charged defects. Atomic scale molecular dynamics simulations can capture the motion of these…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-20 Viren Tyagi , Mike Pols , Geert Brocks , Shuxia Tao

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) represent a breakthrough in photovoltaic technology, combining high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), ease of fabrication, and tunable optoelectronic properties. However, their commercial viability is…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-30 Dilshod Nematov

This paper presents a first step toward a pragmatic phenomenological multiscale approach to evaluate perovskite solar cell performance which determines material properties at the atomistic scale with first-principles calculations, and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-08 Ph Baranek , J P Connolly , A Gissler , Ph Schulz , M Rérat , R Dovesi

Hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites with the prototype material of CH$_{3}$NH$_{3}$PbI$_{3}$ have recently attracted intense interest as low-cost and high-performance photovoltaic absorbers. Despite the high power conversion…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-05-30 Xin-Gang Zhao , Ji-Hui Yang , Yuhao Fu , Dongwen Yang , Qiaoling Xu , Liping Yu , Su-Huai Wei , Lijun Zhang

Usually microscopic electrostatic field around charged impurity ions is neglected when the ionization energy is concerned. The ionization energy is considered to be equal to that of a lonely impurity atom. Here the energy of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-12-04 Yuri Kornyushin

This paper presents a multiscale approach to evaluate perovskite solar cell performance which determines material properties at the atomistic scale with first-principles calculations, and applies them in macro-scale device models. This work…

Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is a relatively straightforward experimental technique that is commonly used to obtain information about the physical and chemical characteristics of photovoltaic devices. However, the non-standard physical…

Organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells have enormous potential to impact the existing photovoltaic industry. As realizing a higher conversion efficiency of the solar cell is still the most crucial task, a great number of schemes…

Optics · Physics 2015-07-20 Dong-Lin Wang , Hui-Juan Cui , Guo-Jiao Hou , Zhen-Gang Zhu , Qing-Bo Yan , Gang Su

Ion and metal diffusion in metal halide perovskites, charge-transporting layers, and electrodes are detrimental to the performance and stability of perovskite-based photovoltaic devices. As a result, there is an intense research interest in…