Solution-processed charge-transport layers for efficient perovskite solar cells

• Grant number: 18/05152-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: August 01, 2018
• End date: July 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Andrea Simone Stucchi de Camargo Alvarez Bernardez
• Grantee: Kassio Papi da Silva Zanoni
• Supervisor: Henk J. Bolink
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universitat de València, Spain
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/07706-4 - Nanocrystalline luminescent materials: new chemical concepts for energy conversion and sustainability, BP.PD

Abstract

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted great interest for rapidly growing light-to-electricity conversion efficiencies, already exceeding 22%, although they still lack high stability, especially in air and humidity. In this project, novel solution-processed oxide semiconductor materials will be prepared and characterized towards applications as hole- and/or electron-transport layers (HTL and ETL, respectively) in PSCs with enhanced efficiencies and stability.p-type (NiO, MoO3, V2O5 and/or graphene oxide) and n-type (TiO2 and/or ZnO) oxide semiconductors with desired band energies will be prepared via solution-processed methods. These materials will be deposited as thin films via solution-processed techniques, in special layer-by-layer (LbL) structures, with optimal electric, optical and morphological characteristics for applications as HTLs and/or ETLs in optoelectronic devices. PSCs will be fabricated in two different configurations employing a vacuum-assisted deposition of the active perovskite layer and the developed solution-processed HTLs and/or ETLs. The behavior and stability of the PSCs having the developed transport thin layers will be evaluated to elucidate the charge extraction effectiveness of the novel compact films. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BABAEI, AZIN; ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; GIL-ESCRIG, LIDON; PEREZ-DEL-REY, DANIEL; BOIX, PABLO P.; SESSOLO, MICHELE; BOLINK, HENK J.. Efficient Vacuum Deposited P-I-N Perovskite Solar Cells by Front Contact Optimization. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, v. 7, JAN 17 2020. (18/05152-7)

ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; VILELA, RAQUEL R. C.; SILVA, IGOR D. A.; MURAKAMI IHA, NEYDE Y.; ECKERT, HELLMUT; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.. Photophysical Properties of Ir(III) Complexes Immobilized in MCM-41 via Templated Synthesis. Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, n. 8, p. 4962-4971, APR 15 2019. (16/07706-4, 13/07793-6, 18/05152-7)

NORTON, AMIE E.; ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; DOURGES, MARIE-ANNE; RAVARO, LEANDRO P.; ABDOLMALEKI, MAHMOOD K.; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.; TOUPANCE, THIERRY; CONNICK, WILLIAM B.; CHATTERJEE, SAYANDEV. Porosity induced rigidochromism in platinum(ii) terpyridyl luminophores immobilized at silica composites. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, v. 9, n. 19, APR 2021. (18/05152-7, 16/07706-4, 13/07793-6)

NEUKOM, MARTIN T.; SCHILLER, ANDREAS; ZUFLE, SIMON; KNAPP, EVELYNE; AVILA, JORGE; PEREZ-DEL-REY, DANIEL; DREESSEN, CHRIS; ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; SESSOLO, MICHELE; BOLINK, HENK J.; et al. Consistent Device Simulation Model Describing Perovskite Solar Cells in Steady-State, Transient, and Frequency Domain. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v. 11, n. 26, p. 23320-23328, JUL 3 2019. (18/05152-7)

ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; PEREZ-DEL-REY, DANIEL; DREESSEN, CHRIS; ANGELES HERNANDEZ-FENOLLOSA, MA; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.; SESSOLO, MICHELE; BOIX, PABLO P.; BOLINK, HENK J.. Use of Hydrogen Molybdenum Bronze in Vacuum-Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, v. 8, n. 4, p. 4-pg., 2019-09-25. (13/07793-6, 18/05152-7)

ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; PEREZ-DEL-REY, DANIEL; DREESSEN, CHRIS; ANGELES HERNANDEZ-FENOLLOSA, MA; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.; SESSOLO, MICHELE; BOIX, PABLO P.; BOLINK, HENK J.. Use of Hydrogen Molybdenum Bronze in Vacuum-Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, v. 8, n. 4, SI, SEP 2019. (13/07793-6, 18/05152-7)

BABAEI, AZIN; ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; GIL-ESCRIG, LIDON; PEREZ-DEL-REY, DANIEL; BOIX, PABLO P.; SESSOLO, MICHELE; BOLINK, HENK J.. Efficient Vacuum Deposited P-I-N Perovskite Solar Cells by Front Contact Optimization. RONTIERS IN CHEMISTR, v. 7, p. 6-pg., 2020-01-17. (18/05152-7)

ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; RAVARO, LEANDRO P.; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.. Host-guest luminescent materials based on highly emissive species loaded into versatile sol-gel hosts. DALTON TRANSACTIONS, v. 47, n. 37, p. 12813-12826, OCT 7 2018. (16/17495-0, 13/24727-7, 16/07706-4, 13/07793-6, 18/05152-7)

PEREZ-DEL-REY, DANIEL; GIL-ESCRIG, LIDON; ZANONI, KASSIO P. S.; DREESSEN, CHRIS; SESSOLO, MICHELE; BOIX, PABLO P.; BOLINK, HENK J.. Molecular Passivation of MoO3 : Band Alignment and Protection of Charge Transport Layers in Vacuum-Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, v. 31, n. 17, p. 6945-6949, SEP 10 2019. (18/05152-7)