A hot carrier perovskite solar cell with efficiency exceeding 27% enabled by ultrafast hot hole transfer with phthalocyanine derivatives

Gong, Shaokuan; Qu, Geping; Qiao, Ying; Wen, Yifan; Huang, Yuling; Cai, Siyuan; Zhang, Letian; Jiang, Kui; Liu, Shang; Lin, Meng; Beard, Matthew C.; Xu, Zong-Xiang; Chen, Xihan

doi:10.1039/D4EE01839G

A hot carrier perovskite solar cell with efficiency exceeding 27% enabled by ultrafast hot hole transfer with phthalocyanine derivatives

Journal Article · Tue Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EE01839G· OSTI ID:2373237

Gong, Shaokuan ^[1]; Qu, Geping ^[2]; Qiao, Ying ^[3]; Wen, Yifan ^[1]; Huang, Yuling ^[1]; Cai, Siyuan ^[3]; Zhang, Letian ^[3]; Jiang, Kui ^[4]; Liu, Shang ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[5]; Xu, Zong-Xiang ^[3]; ^[1]

Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, SUSTech Energy Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA

Illustration of hot hole transfer through interfacial S–Pb interactions, and a peak efficiency of 27.30% was achieved under 5.9 suns via ultrafast hot hole extraction.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2373237

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2405942

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 17; ISSN 1754-5692; ISSN EESNBY

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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