The Perovskite-Info newsletter (May 31, 2022)

A research team at Seoul National University, led by Prof. Tae-Woo Lee, has developed highly efficient large-area perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 22.5% and pixel size of 102 mm².

Professor Tae-Woo Lee's research team developed the scalable coating method of perovskite nanocrystals to make uniform large-area emitting films that helped fabricate these highly efficient large-area PeLEDs.

Researchers from the UK's University of Cambridge and Diamond Light Source, working with scientists from Japan's Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), have found that the defects which limit the efficiency of perovskites are also responsible for structural changes in the material that lead to degradation.

In their work, the researchers used a combination of techniques to mimic the process of aging under sunlight and observe changes in the materials at the nanoscale, helping them gain new insights into the materials. Their findings could accelerate the development of long-lasting, commercially available perovskite photovoltaics.

Researchers from the University of the Basque, University of Trieste and the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) have managed to improve the stability and power conversion efficiency of a solar cell based on methylammonium (MA)-formamidinium (FA) lead halide perovskite, by using graphitic and amorphous nitrogen-doped carbon dots (g-N-CDs) as an additive.

In their study, the team set out to examine the influence of carbon dot additives on he efficiency and stability of PSCs. They found that the stability of the g-N-CDs-containing cells was improved. The long-term evaluation of the performances of the cells showed improvement of the power conversion efficiency of the g-N-CDs-containing cells over time, up to 109% of the initial efficiency after 40 days while the reference performance without CDs dropped to 86%.

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• Researchers develop a method to achieve large-area efficient perovskite LEDs
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• Perovskite Solar Panel efficiency, current market status
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• CubicPV plans $1.1 billion investment under India's PLI scheme
• JinkoSolar announces a 30% perovskite cell technology platform
• Saule Technologies launches its production line of perovskite solar panels

Scientists at Russia's NUST MISiS, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Russian Academy of Sciences, RTU MIREA and Italy's CHOSE (Centre of Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy) have developed a halide perovskite-based material for use in high-speed and highly sensitive ionizing radiation detectors.

CH3NH3PbBr3 (MAPbBr3) monocrystal imaging under UV light and under visible ambient ligh. Credit: Arthur Ishteev and Phys.org

Perovskite responds to ionizing radiation in the form of light (luminescence) or current (as a photodiode). This is useful for high-speed and high-sensitivity components for high-energy particle registration. However, the structures inside the collider are exposed to high doses of radiation, which can damage them. Accordingly, components of ionizing radiation detectors must be resistant to such effects and retain their properties for a long time.

Researchers from Chonnam National University in South Korea, Shivaji University in India, the Belgian research institute KU Leuven and Cardiff University in the UK have built an all-inorganic perovskite solar cell with a terbium doped solar absorber, which reportedly increases thermal stability.

The scientists developed a low-cost and simple hot-air method and also used terbium doping and quantum passivation techniques to stabilize the perovskite phase in the ambient conditions - with all processes carried out in ambient conditions.

Scientists from Imperial College London, the University of Surrey, the University of Nottingham, research institute UCL, Switzerland-based Fluxim and London South Bank University have designed a perovskite solar cell that integrates a ferrocene co-mediator interlayer at the interface between the spiro-OMeTAD hole transport layer (HTL) and the active perovskite material.

The team noted that the migration of lithium is critical in the degradation of spiro-OMeTAD-based devices, which is accelerated at higher temperatures, leading to the rapid degradation of the perovskite. The scientists described ferrocene as a sandwich structured material that is highly stable and can be used as a low-cost transition metal complex.