Issue 8: Photonics for Enhanced Perovskite Optoelectronics (2021)

Ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited carriers in perovskite semiconductor nanocrystals

Ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited carriers in perovskite semiconductor nanocrystals

Perovskite semiconductor nanocrystals have emerged as a promising family of materials for optoelectronic applications including light-emitting diodes, lasers, light-to-electricity convertors and quantum light emitters. The performances of these devices are …

Ligand-modulated electron transfer rates from CsPbBr3 nanocrystals to titanium dioxide

Ligand-modulated electron transfer rates from CsPbBr3 nanocrystals to titanium dioxide

In most perovskite nanocrystal (PeNC)-based optoelectronic and photonic applications, surface ligands inevitably lead to a donor–bridge–acceptor charge transfer configuration. In this article, we demonstrate successful modulation of electron transfer …

Exploring the physics of cesium lead halide perovskite quantum dots via Bayesian inference of the photoluminescence spectra in automated experiment

Exploring the physics of cesium lead halide perovskite quantum dots via Bayesian inference of the photoluminescence spectra in automated experiment

The unique optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskite quantum dots (QDs) make them promising candidates for applications in light-emitting diodes (LEDs), scintillators, and other photonic devices. The automated micropipetting synthesis platform …

Silicon heterojunction-based tandem solar cells: past, status, and future prospects

Silicon heterojunction-based tandem solar cells: past, status, and future prospects

Due to stable and high power conversion efficiency (PCE), it is expected that silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells will dominate the photovoltaic market. So far, the highest PCE of the SHJ-interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells has reached 26.7%, …

Photon recycling in perovskite solar cells and its impact on device design

Photon recycling in perovskite solar cells and its impact on device design

Metal halide perovskites have emerged in recent years as promising photovoltaic materials due to their excellent optical and electrical properties, enabling perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with certified power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) greater than 25%. …

Comparing optical performance of a wide range of perovskite/silicon tandem architectures under real-world conditions

Comparing optical performance of a wide range of perovskite/silicon tandem architectures under real-world conditions

Since single junction c-Si solar cells are reaching their practical efficiency limit. Perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells hold the promise of achieving greater than 30% efficiencies. In this regard, optical simulations can deliver guidelines for reducing the …

Efficient wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells enabled by doping a bromine-rich molecule

Efficient wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells enabled by doping a bromine-rich molecule

Wide-bandgap (wide-Eg, ~1.7 eV or higher) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted extensive attention due to the great potential of fabricating high-performance perovskite-based tandem solar cells via combining with low-bandgap absorbers, which is …

Advances in Dion-Jacobson phase two-dimensional metal halide perovskite solar cells

Advances in Dion-Jacobson phase two-dimensional metal halide perovskite solar cells

Low-dimensional metal halide perovskites have emerged as promising alternatives to the traditional three-dimensional (3D) components, due to their greater structural tunability and environmental stability. Dion-Jacobson (DJ) phase two-dimensional (2D) …

Recent advancements and perspectives on light management and high performance in perovskite light-emitting diodes

Recent advancements and perspectives on light management and high performance in perovskite light-emitting diodes

Perovskite semiconductors have experienced meteoric rise in a variety of optoelectronic applications. With a strong foothold on photovoltaics, much focus now lies on their light emission applications. Rapid progress in materials engineering have led to the …

Two-dimensional perovskites with alternating cations in the interlayer space for stable light-emitting diodes

Two-dimensional perovskites with alternating cations in the interlayer space for stable light-emitting diodes

Lead halide perovskites have attracted tremendous attention in photovoltaics due to their impressive optoelectronic properties. However, the poor stability of perovskite-based devices remains a bottleneck for further commercial development. Two-dimensional …

Hard and soft Lewis-base behavior for efficient and stable CsPbBr3 perovskite light-emitting diodes

Hard and soft Lewis-base behavior for efficient and stable CsPbBr3 perovskite light-emitting diodes

All-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite is an attractive emission material for high-stability perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs), due to the high thermal and chemical stability. However, the external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) of CsPbBr3 based PeLEDs are …

Quasi-2D lead halide perovskite gain materials toward electrical pumping laser

Quasi-2D lead halide perovskite gain materials toward electrical pumping laser

Quasi two-dimensional (2D) lead halide perovskite materials have shown outstanding performance in various photoelectric devices, including perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and perovskite optical pumping lasers. Due to the structure diversity of bulky …

Lead-free metal-halide double perovskites: from optoelectronic properties to applications

Lead-free metal-halide double perovskites: from optoelectronic properties to applications

Lead (Pb) halide perovskites have witnessed highly promising achievements for high-efficiency solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and photo/radiation detectors due to their exceptional optoelectronic properties. However, compound stability and Pb …

Lead-free halide perovskite photodetectors spanning from near-infrared to X-ray range: a review

Lead-free halide perovskite photodetectors spanning from near-infrared to X-ray range: a review

Photodetectors based on semiconducting materials are vital building blocks for modern systems containing optoelectronic modules. Although commercial semiconductors have established good performances, they are plagued by complex processing procedures and …

Tailoring the electron and hole dimensionality to achieve efficient and stable metal halide perovskite scintillators

Tailoring the electron and hole dimensionality to achieve efficient and stable metal halide perovskite scintillators

Metal halide perovskites have recently been reported as excellent scintillators for X-ray detection. However, perovskite based scintillators are susceptible to moisture and oxygen atmosphere, such as the water solubility of CsPbBr3, and oxidation …

Remarkable photoluminescence enhancement of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots assisted by metallic thin films

Remarkable photoluminescence enhancement of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots assisted by metallic thin films

All-inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite quantum dots have recently received much attention as promising optoelectronic materials with great luminescent properties and bright application prospect in lighting, lasing, and photodetection. Although notable …