scholarly journals The first and cost effectivenano-biocomposite, zinc porphyrin/ CuO/reduced graphene oxide, based on Calotropis procera plant for perovskite solar cellas hole-transport layerunderambient conditions

Author(s):  
Faezeh Arjmand Askari ◽  
Seied Jamiladin fatemi ◽  
Shahab Maghsoudi ◽  
Atena Naeimi
Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1281
Author(s):  
Jae Woong Jung ◽  
Seung Hwan Son ◽  
Jun Choi

We herein address the optoelectronic properties of polyaniline composite films with graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide as a hole transport layer in inverted perovskite solar cells. The composite films exhibited enhanced electrical conductivity and suitable energy level matching with CH3NH3PbI3 for efficient hole extraction/transport than the pristine polyaniline film, which thus can deliver improved photovoltaic properties of device. The composite film-based devices exhibited maximum efficiency of 16.61%, which is enhanced by 21.6% from the device with the pristine polyaniline hole transport layer (efficiency = 13.66%). The reduced graphene oxide-based composite film also achieved improved long-term operative stability as compared to the pristine polyaniline-based device, demonstrating a great potential of reduced graphene oxide/polyaniline composite hole transport layer for high performance perovskite solar cells.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfian F. Madsuha ◽  
Chuyen Van Pham ◽  
Michael Eck ◽  
Martin Neukom ◽  
Michael Krueger

In this work, the utilization of graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and carbon nanotube (CNT) thin films as hole transport and electron-blocking layers in polymer/nanocrystal hybrid solar cells is demonstrated. A simple method has been used to modify the anode of hybrid solar cells by depositing these two solution-processable nanocarbon materials between poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) layers. Upon the use of an rGO interlayer, we found a substantial improvement in power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 2.5% to 3.2% due to a decrease in series resistance (Rs). This decrease has been obtained by a careful tuning of the reduction degree of rGO, inducing optimization of the energy band alignment at the solar cell anode. In addition, charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage (CELIV) measurements show an increase in light-induced charge extraction of ca. 50%. Finally, the utilization of rGO as replacement for PEDOT:PSS is also presented. The findings reported in this work demonstrate the excellent potential of rGO as an efficient hole transport material in hybrid solar cells.


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