Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices

Gatti, Teresa; Menna, Enzo

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“…Because of this, more thorough and methodical research is needed to examine and optimize the stability and film morphology of carbon-based HTMs for PSCs. Lastly, because they have advantages over their counterparts like high conductivity, good stability, and low cost, carbon-based HTMs are promising candidates for HTLs in PSCs [91].…”

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Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review of the Latest Advances in Materials, Fabrication Techniques, and Stability Enhancement Strategies

Afre,

Pugliese

2024

Micromachines

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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are gaining popularity due to their high efficiency and low-cost fabrication. In recent decades, noticeable research efforts have been devoted to improving the stability of these cells under ambient conditions. Moreover, researchers are exploring new materials and fabrication techniques to enhance the performance of PSCs under various environmental conditions. The mechanical stability of flexible PSCs is another area of research that has gained significant attention. The latest research also focuses on developing tin-based PSCs that can overcome the challenges associated with lead-based perovskites. This review article provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in materials, fabrication techniques, and stability enhancement strategies for PSCs. It discusses the recent progress in perovskite crystal structure engineering, device construction, and fabrication procedures that has led to significant improvements in the photo conversion efficiency of these solar devices. The article also highlights the challenges associated with PSCs such as their poor stability under ambient conditions and discusses various strategies employed to enhance their stability. These strategies include the use of novel materials for charge transport layers and encapsulation techniques to protect PSCs from moisture and oxygen. Finally, this article provides a critical assessment of the current state of the art in PSC research and discusses future prospects for this technology. This review concludes that PSCs have great potential as a low-cost alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells but require further research to improve their stability under ambient conditions in view of their definitive commercialization.

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Section: Carbon-based Htmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review of the Latest Advances in Materials, Fabrication Techniques, and Stability Enhancement Strategies

Afre,

Pugliese

2024

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“…The very first successful inclusion of a CNS in a DSSC has paved the way to a new concept in the design of the solar cell. At first, the synergistic use of graphene-materials regarded mainly the construction of transparent electrodes, semiconducting layers and counter-electrodes, as already exhaustively reported [ 5 , 50 ], and the specific use of carbon nanotubes in the construction of DSSCs has been studied and reviewed as well [ 51 ]. However, the only use of a carbon nanostructure reported before 2010 was as a pristine sensitizer of a semiconductor, in the form of quantum dots [ 52 ].…”

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“…Since then, the evolution of the field of non-conventional or third-generation photovoltaics have introduced new families of devices, such as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), perovskite solar cells (PSCs), and photocatalytic cells, based on different active materials, but sometimes also reinventing the role of fullerenes [ 4 ]. At the same time, new carbon allotropes, collectively named carbon nanostructures (CNSs), have been explored as components with the aim to improve energy-conversion efficiency or stability of devices [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ].…”

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Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

2021

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This review presents an overview of the use of organic functionalized carbon nanostructures (CNSs) in solar energy conversion schemes. Our attention was focused in particular on the contribution of organic chemistry to the development of new hybrid materials that find application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), as well as in photocatalytic fuel production, focusing in particular on the most recent literature. The request for new materials able to accompany the green energy transition that are abundant, low-cost, low-toxicity, and made from renewable sources has further increased the interest in CNSs that meet all these requirements. The inclusion of an organic molecule, thanks to both covalent and non-covalent interactions, in a CNS leads to the development of a completely new hybrid material able of combining and improving the properties of both starting materials. In addition to the numerical data, which unequivocally state the positive effect of the new hybrid material, we hope that these examples can inspire further research in the field of photoactive materials from an organic point of view.

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“…Since then, the evolution of the field of non-conventional or third-generation photovoltaics have introduced new families of devices, such as dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC), perovskite solar cells (PSC) and photocatalytic cells, based on different active materials, but sometimes also reinventing the role of fullerenes [4]. At the same time, new carbon allotropes, collectively named carbon nanostructures (CNS), have been explored as components with the aim to improve energy conversion efficiency or stability of devices [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

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Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

Lazzarin¹,

Pasini²,

Menna³

2021

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This review proposes an overview on the use of organic functionalized carbon nanostructures (CNSs) into solar energy conversion schemes. Our attention has focused in particular on the contribution given by organic chemistry to the development of new hybrid materials that find application in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC), organic photovoltaics (OPV), perovskite solar cells (PSC) and also in photocatalytic fuel production, focusing in particular on the most recent literature. The request for new materials able to accompany the green energy transition that are abundant, low cost, with low toxicity, from renewable sources has further increased the interest in CNSs that meet all these requirements. The inclusion of an organic molecule, thanks to both covalent and non-covalent interactions, into a CNS, leads to the development of a completely new hybrid material able of combining and improving the properties of both starting materials. Besides the numerical data, which unequivocally state the positive effect of the new hybrid material, we hope that these examples can be inspiring for further research in the field of photoactive materials from an organic point of view.

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Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices

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Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review of the Latest Advances in Materials, Fabrication Techniques, and Stability Enhancement Strategies

Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review of the Latest Advances in Materials, Fabrication Techniques, and Stability Enhancement Strategies

Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

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