Conducting Polymers in Solar Cells: Insights, Innovations, and Challenges DOI Creative Commons

Aliya Yelshibay,

Sherif Dei Bukari,

Bakhytzhan Baptayev

et al.

Organics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(4), P. 640 - 669

Published: Dec. 20, 2024

The pursuit of sustainable energy sources has led to significant advances in solar cell technology, with conducting polymers (CPs) emerging as key innovations. This review examines how CPs improve the performance and versatility three important types cells: dye-sensitized cells (DSSCs), perovskite (PSCs), organic (OSCs). Polymers such polyaniline, polypyrrole, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) have shown potential increase efficiency cells. In DSSCs, act counter electrodes, electrolytes, dyes, contributing improved stability. PSCs, they serve hole transport materials electron that charge separation reduce recombination losses. OSCs, HTMs active layers, significantly impacting device enabling both binary ternary configurations. Recent research highlights role improving stability under different indoor outdoor lighting conditions. impressive conversion efficiencies, particularly low-light environments. report also environmental economic benefits associated these materials. At same time, it challenges optimizing materials, scalability, ensuring long-term Future directions are outlined overcome obstacles promote commercial viability next-generation technologies.

Language: Английский

In-Depth Analysis of Electron and Hole Transport Layers for Enhancing Ca3PI3 Solar Cell Efficiency through Advanced Numerical Simulation DOI
Md. Selim Reza, Avijit Ghosh,

Nidhal Drissi

et al.

Langmuir, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

This study investigates lead-free calcium–phosphorus iodide (Ca3PI3) perovskite solar cells with various electron transport layers (ETLs) like TiO2 and SnS2 hole (HTLs) such as CuO, MoO3, P3HT, Sb2S3, CuSbS2, GeSe. The ideal HTL, was chosen, its performance simulated by using the SCAPS-1D tool. Two device structures were analyzed: device-I (Al/FTO/TiO2/Ca3PI3/MoO3/Ni) device-II (Al/FTO/SnS2/Ca3PI3/MoO3/Ni). Various parameters carefully optimized to achieve best performance, including donor acceptor densities, defect density, thickness, series shunt resistances, generation-recombination dynamics, current density (IV), quantum efficiency (QE%), temperature. top-performing achieved a power conversion (PCE) of 29.02%, VOC 1.288 V, JSC 25.235 mA/cm2, fill factor (FF) 89.26%. Device II showed PCE 26.47%, 1.2486 25.233 FF 84.01%. These results emphasize promise for high-performance Ca3PI3-based photovoltaic applications.

Language: Английский

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Enhanced Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells Through the Application of Pure Natural Centella asiatica Extract Additives DOI Open Access
Lung‐Chien Chen, Q. X. Zhao

Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 6, 2025

ABSTRACT This study initially employs Cs₀.₀₅FA₀.₈₁MA₀.₁₄PbI₂.₈₆Cl₀.₁₄ as the active layer for perovskite solar cells and explores impact of using different concentrations natural Centella asiatica (CICA) extracts mixed with chlorobenzene (CB) anti‐solvent in one‐step method film preparation. is rich antioxidants asiatic acid. It contains many hydroxyl ions, which are capable capturing uncoordinated heavy metal Pb atoms. We found that devices made 15% extract CB achieved highest power conversion efficiency (PCE), increasing from 14.3% to 18.5%. Moreover, maintained 85% their initial after being stored a glove box 25 days.

Language: Английский

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Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review DOI
Ramkrishna Das Adhikari, Mayur Jagdishbhai Patel, Himangshu Baishya

et al.

Chemical Society Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

This review systematically analyses the recombination pathways in PSCs, unveils cutting-edge suppression strategies, and underscores potential of ML optimizing device performance expediting commercial integration.

Language: Английский

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Optimized surface passivation via para-carbonylated polymers for durable MAPbl3 perovskite solar cells DOI

Jiali Kang,

Zhaolong Ma, Fei Su

et al.

Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

A para -carbonylated polymer is employed to fabricate efficient and durable perovskite solar cells.

Language: Английский

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High-Performance and Stable Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells Enabled by Interconnecting Layer Engineering DOI
Songtao Liu, Hao Lu,

Jiangkai Yu

et al.

ACS Nano, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 23, 2024

Perovskite/organic tandem solar cells (PO-TSCs) have recently attracted increasing attention due to their high efficiency and excellent stability. The interconnecting layer (ICL) is of great importance for the performance PO-TSCs. charge transport (CTL) recombination (CRL) that form ICL should be carefully designed enhance carrier extraction promote balance from two subcells. Here, we propose an effective strategy optimize by using [2-(9

Language: Английский

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Interfacial layer with a dibenzofulvene-bridged triphenylamine core for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells DOI

Ta-Hung Cheng,

Sheng‐Chieh Lin, Zhong‐En Shi

et al.

Synthetic Metals, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 308, P. 117715 - 117715

Published: Aug. 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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Enhanced performance of organic–inorganic carbon-based stable perovskite photovoltaic cells using pseudohalide additives DOI
S. Saravanan,

Anandha Krishnan Ramasamy,

Govindaraj Rajamanickam

et al.

Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 35(24)

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Acid Doping of PEDOT:PSS Strengthens Interfacial Compatibility toward Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells DOI

Jidong Deng,

Yinhu Gao,

Yuliang Che

et al.

ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(20), P. 9577 - 9585

Published: Oct. 17, 2024

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) has been widely applied as a hole transport material in s. Although PEDOT:PSS exhibits the advantages of superior conductivity and low cost, corresponding devices suffer from photovoltaic performance due to unsatisfactory interfacial properties. Here, an acid treatment strategy is developed modify chemical properties by different HX (X = Cl, Br, I) acids. We present evidence effective ion exchange process between show that anion-dependent dedoping leads large variation thin-film conductivity, film hydrophilicity, contact perovskite PEDOT:PSS. treated HCl demonstrates optimal compatibility along with charge collection efficiency, which contributes significantly enhanced device efficiency (17.63%) compared control (14.56%). Moreover, resulting unencapsulated based on long-term stability, maintaining more than 90% their initial after 2355 h, whereas only kept about 47% original PCEs 1120 h. This work indicates effectiveness modulating doping provides efficient way improve solar cells.

Language: Английский

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Self-driving AMADAP laboratory: Accelerating the discovery and optimization of emerging perovskite photovoltaics DOI Creative Commons
Jiyun Zhang, Jianchang Wu, Oleksandr Stroyuk

et al.

MRS Bulletin, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 9, 2024

Abstract The development of new solar materials for emerging perovskite photovoltaics poses intricate multi-objective optimization challenges in a large high-dimensional composition and parameter space, with some cases, millions potential candidates to be explored. Solving it necessitates reproducible, user-independent laboratory work intelligent preselection innovative experimental methods. Materials Acceleration Platforms (MAPs) seamlessly combine robotic synthesis, characterization, AI-driven data analysis, enabling the exploration materials. They revolutionize material by replacing trial-and-error methods precise, rapid experimentation generating high-quality training machine learning (ML) algorithms. Device (DAPs) focus on optimizing functional energy films multilayer stacks. Unlike MAPs, DAPs concentrate refining processing conditions predetermined materials, crucial disordered semiconductors. By fine-tuning parameters, significantly advance semiconductor devices such as photovoltaics. This article examines recent advancements automated laboratories discovery device optimization, showcasing in-house-developed MAPs DAP. These platforms cover entire value chain, from devices, addressing through robot-based high-throughput (HTE). Ultimately, self-driven Autonomous Material (AMADAP) concept is proposed autonomous using AI-guided combinational approaches. Graphical abstract

Language: Английский

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Effect of the Hammett substituent constant of para-substituted benzoic acid on the perovskite/SnO2 interface passivation in perovskite solar cells DOI
Ki-Nam Hong, Sanguk Lee, Chunyang Zhang

et al.

Nanoscale, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(30), P. 14287 - 14294

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The positive Hammett substituent constant of para-substituted benzoic acids is found to be more effective than the negative one in passivating perovskite/SnO 2 interface perovskite solar cells.

Language: Английский

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