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Wan T, Wang H, Wu L, Wu C, Zhang Z, Liu S, Fu J, Li J. Niobium-doped conductive TiO-TiO 2 heterostructure supported bifunctional catalyst for efficient and stable zinc-air batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 651:27-35. [PMID: 37536257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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The development of highly active and durable nonprecious metal-based bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER) is important for rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Herein, a three-dimensional conductive niobium-doped TiO-TiO2 heterostructure supported ZIF-67-derived Co-NC bifunctional catalyst was fabricated. In the Co-NC@Nb-TiOx catalyst, the Nb doping promoted the formation of TiO-TiO2 heterojunction support, enhanced its conductivity and stability and provided strong electron metal-support interaction between Co-NC and Nb-TiOx. Also, the supported Co-NC nanoparticles provided abundant active sites with excellent ORR/OER activity. Experimental analysis reveals that the high OER activity of Co-NC@Nb-TiOx can be attributed to the in-situ generated CoOOH species. It exhibits excellent ORR activity, as shown by its onset potential (0.95 V vs. RHE) and half-wave potential (0.86 V vs. RHE). Its OER overpotential at 10 mA cm-2 is 480 mV. The zinc-air battery realizes outstanding cycling stability over 225 h cycles tested at 10 mA cm-2. This work demonstrates the importance of designing highly stable metal oxide-supported catalysts in electrochemical energy conversion devices.
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- Tongtao Wan
- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Highly Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Highly Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Highly Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Highly Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Highly Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Highly Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Development and Application for Metallic Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China.
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and Highly Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China.
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Li T, Dong Z, Zhao Y, Yuan Y, Li Z, Lin H, Han S. Reduced Ti-Nb-O nanotube arrays with co-doping of Nb and Ti3+/Vo as a high-performance supercapacitor electrode for enhanced electrochemical energy storage. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Xiao M, Li R, Hu X, Zhu W, Yu Z, Xiao H, Wang W, Yang T. Construction of in-situ carbon-doped TiO2 decorated Fe3O4 heterojunction and their enhanced photocatalytic oxidation of As(III) under visible light. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Liu J, Li S, Liu S, Chu Y, Ye T, Qiu C, Qiu Z, Wang X, Wang Y, Su Y, Hu Y, Rong Y, Mei A, Han H. Oxygen Vacancy Management for High‐Temperature Mesoporous SnO
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Electron Transport Layers in Printable Perovskite Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202202012. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jiale Liu
- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei P. R. China
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Liu J, Li S, Liu S, Chu Y, Ye T, Qiu C, Qiu Z, Wang X, Wang Y, Su Y, Hu Y, Rong Y, Mei A, Han H. Oxygen Vacancy Management for High‐Temperature Mesoporous SnO2 Electron Transport Layers in Printable Perovskite Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202202012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jiale Liu
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment 28 West Xianning Road Xi an CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells (MGC) Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan CHINA
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Luoyu Road 1037 430074 Wuhan CHINA
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Abulikemu M, Tietze ML, Waiprasoet S, Pattanasattayavong P, E.A. Tabrizi B, D’Elia V, Del Gobbo S, Jabbour GE. Microwave-Assisted Non-aqueous and Low-Temperature Synthesis of Titania and Niobium-Doped Titania Nanocrystals and Their Application in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells as Electron Transport Layers. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:6616-6626. [PMID: 35252657 PMCID: PMC8892854 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Undoped and Nb-doped TiO2 nanocrystals are prepared by a microwave-assisted non-aqueous sol-gel method based on a slow alkyl chloride elimination reaction between metal chlorides and benzyl alcohol. Sub-4 nm nanoparticles are grown under microwave irradiation at 80 °C in only 3 h with precise control of growth parameters and yield. The obtained nanocrystals could be conveniently used to cast compact TiO2 or Nb-doped TiO2 electron transport layers for application in formamidinium lead iodide-based photovoltaic devices. Niobium doping is found to improve the cell performance by increasing the conductivity and mobility of the electron transport layer. At the same time, a measurable decrease in parasitic light absorption in the low wavelength portion of the spectrum was observed.
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- Mutalifu Abulikemu
- School
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 Canada
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- Centre
for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis, and Spectroscopy, KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science
and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute
of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science
and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute
of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- School
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 Canada
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science
and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute
of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science
and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute
of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- School
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 Canada
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Wang J, Cai Z, Lin D, Chen K, Zhao L, Xie F, Su R, Xie W, Liu P, Zhu R. Plasma Oxidized Ti 3C 2T x MXene as Electron Transport Layer for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:32495-32502. [PMID: 34185990 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Recently, the two-dimensional material Ti3C2Tx MXene has attracted interest from researchers in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with its great advantages in terms of high transmittance, high conductivity, tunable work function, and solution processability. However, the MXene-based PSC performance has still been inferior to that of the traditional TiO2- or SnO2-based counterpart up until now. Some critical issues regarding to the MXene/perovskite interface still have not been well addressed. Herein, we used the Ti3C2Tx MXene as electron transport layer in PSCs via a room-temperature solution process followed by oxygen plasma treatment. Various characterization techniques were taken to establish the correlation between the surface properties and termination groups of MXene. We showed that oxygen plasma treatment could break parts of Ti-C bonds and generate abundant Ti-O bonds randomly distributed on MXene. The surface modification resulted in tunable work functions of MXene, as well as reduced trap states and improved electron transport close to the interface. In addition, the surface tension of MXene and corresponding perovskite morphology were thoroughly investigated by the contact angle and topography measurements. High-resolution XPS spectra indicated the Pb-O interactions between perovskite and MXene, which contributed to the device stability improvement.
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- Jiming Wang
- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Duan Y, Zhao G, Liu X, Ma J, Chen S, Song Y, Pi X, Yu X, Yang D, Zhang Y, Guo F. Low-temperature processed tantalum/niobium co-doped TiO 2electron transport layer for high-performance planar perovskite solar cells. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:245201. [PMID: 33652425 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abeb37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A low-temperature preparation process is significantly important for scalable and flexible devices. However, the serious interface defects between the normally used titanium dioxide (TiO2) electron transport layer (ETL) obtained via a low-temperature method and perovskite suppress the further improvement of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, we develop a facile low-temperature chemical bath method to prepare a TiO2ETL with tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb) co-doping. Systematic investigations indicate that Ta/Nb co-doping could increase the conduction band level of TiO2and could decrease the trap-state density, boosting electron injection efficiency and reducing the charge recombination between the perovskite/ETL interface. A superior power conversion efficiency of 19.44% can be achieved by a planar PSC with a Ta/Nb co-doped TiO2ETL, which is much higher than that of pristine TiO2(17.60%). Our achievements in this work provide new insights on low-temperature fabrication of low-cost and highly efficient PSCs.
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- Yanyan Duan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Venture Investment Co., Ltd, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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Nakamura Y, Shibayama N, Sugimoto K. Visualization of halide perovskite crystal growth processes by in situ heating WAXS measurements. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:2685-2688. [PMID: 33595020 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc08325a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We observed the crystallization dynamics of halide perovskite crystals (CH3NH3PbI3) by in situ heating wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements. As a result, we revealed that crystal growth occurs during the conversion of complexes to perovskite crystals.
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- Yuiga Nakamura
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute/SPring-8, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute/SPring-8, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan and Institute for Integrated Cell-MaterialSciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Shibayama N, Maekawa H, Nakamura Y, Haruyama Y, Niibe M, Ito S. Control of Molecular Orientation of Spiro-OMeTAD on Substrates. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:50187-50191. [PMID: 33084297 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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2,2',7,7'-Tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamino)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) is utilized as a p-type semiconductor layer in perovskite solar cells and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Spiro-OMeTAD has been known to have a spiro center, leading to a random orientation. Although the molecular orientation of organic semiconductor materials influences the conductivity, which is directly related to semiconductor device characteristics, the molecular orientation of spiro-OMeTAD has not been fully discussed. In this study, we prepared spiro-OMeTAD layers on various substrates and investigated their orientation by grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). Additionally, we demonstrated that the molecular orientation of spiro-OMeTAD could be controlled by changing their surface energies by changing the substrate materials. Consequently, we could improve the electrical conductivity by improving its molecular orientation. The results of this study provide a guideline for the preparation of organic semiconductor material layers using the wet-coating method.
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- Naoyuki Shibayama
- Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji 671-2280, Japan
- Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Megro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji 671-2280, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo-gun 679-5198, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji 671-2280, Japan
- Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo, Ako, Hyogo 678-1205, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji 671-2280, Japan
- Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo, Ako, Hyogo 678-1205, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji 671-2280, Japan
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Jena AK, Ishii A, Guo Z, Kamarudin MA, Hayase S, Miyasaka T. Cesium Acetate-Induced Interfacial Compositional Change and Graded Band Level in MAPbI 3 Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:33631-33637. [PMID: 32628004 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c06315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Compositional engineering and interfacial modifications have played pivotal roles in the accomplishment of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Different interfaces in the PSCs influence the performance remarkably either by altering the crystallization of the active material or shifting the energy levels or improving the electrical contact. This work reports how a thin layer of cesium acetate on the TiO2 electron transport layer (ETL) induces generation of a PbI2-rich methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) composition at the ETL/MAPbI3 interface, which downshifts the conduction band level of MAPbI3 to create an energy level gradient favorable for carrier collection, resulting in higher photocurrent, fill factor, and overall power conversion efficiency.
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- Ajay Kumar Jena
- Toin University of Yokohama, 1614 Kurogane-cho, Aoba, Yokohama 225-8503, Japan
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- Toin University of Yokohama, 1614 Kurogane-cho, Aoba, Yokohama 225-8503, Japan
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- Toin University of Yokohama, 1614 Kurogane-cho, Aoba, Yokohama 225-8503, Japan
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- The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu 182-8585, Tokyo
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- Toin University of Yokohama, 1614 Kurogane-cho, Aoba, Yokohama 225-8503, Japan
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