SONATA BIS 10

Project description

The overall goal of the project is to develop advantageous strategies in enhancing the stability of PSCs. To realize the aims, the compositional and additive engineering will be applied to develop the fabrication of high quality perovskite thin films with improved stability. For example, the addition of bulky and hydrophobic organic ligands on the top of perovskite surface with the concomitant formation of mixed 3D/2D perovskite structures will simultaneously overcome issues related to stability of perovskites towards moisture. As another approach, we plan to take attempts on the structural modification of all-inorganic lead-halide CsPbI3−xBrx based perovskites by the use of additives, which would enhance their thermal and phase stability. In addition to engineering of the perovskite layer, the formation of appropriate charge-selective contacts with suitable energy-level alignment for perovskite layer in device is another key strategy in determining the device properties. Especially, electron transport layers (ETLs) play a vital role in PSCs performance and stability. Hence, the search for efficient ETL and an understanding of their interactions with the lightabsorbing perovskite layers have constituted one of the hottest topics in PSC research. In this project the mentioned issue will be addressed by surface engineering of the ETL/perovskite interface with novel fullerene derivatives and hybrid 3D porous metal organic-framework (MOF) materials, which would promote the development of stable and efficient PSCs. Integral part of the proposal will be the fully physicochemical characterization and stability analysis in complex conditions of temperature and humidity of the resulted solar cells. Furthermore, the relationship between optoelectronic properties of the newly developed perovskite compositions and modification of ETL with the device performance will be systematically investigated.

Project members

• Prof. Daniel Prochowicz
• Dr Rohit D. Chavan
• Msc Joanna Kruszyńska
• Msc Muhammad Ans

Publications

1. J. Kruszyńska, J. Ostapko, V. Ozkaya, B. Surucu, O. Szawcow, K. Nikiforow, M. Hołdyński, M. M. Tavakoli, P. Yadav, M. Kot, G. P. Kołodziej, M. Wlazło, S. Satapathi, S. Akin, D. Prochowicz Adv. Mater. Interf. 2022, 9, 2200575.

2. A. Mishra, D. J. Kubicki, A. Boziki, R. D. Chavan, M. Dankl, M. Mladenović, D. Prochowicz, C. P. Grey, U. Rothlisberger, L. Emsley ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 2745−2752.

3. J. Kruszyńska, F. Sadegh, M. J. Patel, E. Akman, P. Yadav, M. M. Tavakoli, S. K. Gupta, P. N. Gajjar, S. Akin, D. Prochowicz ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 13617–13626.

4. R. D. Chavan, B. Bończak, J. Kruszyńska, A. Mahapatra, M. Ans, J. Nawrocki, K. Nikiforow, P. Yadav, J. Paczesny, F. Sadegh, M. Unal, S. Akin, D. Prochowicz Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 8309−8320

5. V. Kumar, D. Kumar, R. D. Chavan, K. P. Kumar, B. Yadagiri, M. Ans, J. Kruszyńska,  A. Mahapatra, J. Nawrocki, K. Nikiforow, N. Mrkyvkova, P. Siffalovic, P. Yadav, S. Akin, S. P. Sing, D. Prochowicz, J. Mater. Chem. A. 2024, 12, 8370.

6. M. Ans, Z. Biyiklioglu, A. Mahapatra, R.D. Chavan, J. Kruszyńska, M. Unal, H. Fazlı, K. Nikiforow, P. Yadav, S. Akin, E. Güzel, D. Prochowicz. Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2405284.

7. Wagner, R. D. Chavan, J. Kruszyńska, M. Ans, A. Mahapatra, N. Mrkyvkova, P. Siffalovic, P. Yadav, M. Ebic, S. Akin, A. Kubas, M. Lindner*, D. Prochowicz*. ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 64940−64950.