ZnO for stable and efficient perovskite bulk heterojunction solar cell fabricated under ambient atmosphere

Ahmad, Sultan; Abbas, Hasan; Khan, Mohd Bilal; Nagal, Vandana; Hafiz, Aurangzeb Khurram; Khan, Zishan H.

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2021.01.015

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“…ZnO with different morphology and dimension ( e.g. bulk ZnO, nanoparticles, films, 3D hierarchical structures) has broad applications as sensors, catalysts, solar cells, and optoelectronic devices 15 – 17 . Furthermore, zinc is a necessary element of our health and has high biocompatibility with human cells, low toxicity, and good antimicrobial activity 10 , 18 , 19 .…”

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ZnO size and shape effect on antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity profile

Babayevska

Przysiecka

Iatsunskyi

et al. 2022

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The aim of our work was the synthesis of ZnO nano- and microparticles and to study the effect of shapes and sizes on cytotoxicity towards normal and cancer cells and antibacterial activity toward two kinds of bacteria. We fabricated ZnO nano- and microparticles through facile chemical and physical routes. The crystal structure, morphology, textural properties, and photoluminescent properties were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, electron microscopies, nitrogen adsorption/desorption measurements, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The obtained ZnO structures were highly crystalline and monodispersed with intensive green emission. ZnO NPs and NRs showed the strongest antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus compared to microparticles due to their high specific surface area. However, the ZnO HSs at higher concentrations also strongly inhibited bacterial growth. S. aureus strain was more sensitive to ZnO particles than the E. coli. ZnO NPs and NRs were more harmful to cancer cell lines than to normal ones at the same concentration.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

ZnO size and shape effect on antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity profile

Babayevska

Przysiecka

Iatsunskyi

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

152

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“…A number of inorganic materials such as metal oxides (e.g., TiO 2 [13,14,184], ZnO [185,186], SnO 2 [181,182,187], selenides (e.g., CdSe [188]), sulfides (e.g., CdS [143,189]), mp-Al 2 O 3 [190], fullerene [191], PCBM (i.e., phenyl-C 61 -butyric acid methyl ester) [192], as well as various ternary metal oxides (e.g., SrTiO 3 [193], BaSnO 3 [194,195], Zn 2 SO 4 [196,197]) have been introduced by many researchers. However, the majority of the research to date has focused on TiO 2 -based ETLs, from the very initial stage of its journey due to its low-cost availability and high photo-conversion performance under different experimental conditions.…”

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Recent Criterion on Stability Enhancement of Perovskite Solar Cells

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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have captured the attention of the global energy research community in recent years by showing an exponential augmentation in their performance and stability. The supremacy of the light-harvesting efficiency and wider band gap of perovskite sensitizers have led to these devices being compared with the most outstanding rival silicon-based solar cells. Nevertheless, there are some issues such as their poor lifetime stability, considerable J–V hysteresis, and the toxicity of the conventional constituent materials which restrict their prevalence in the marketplace. The poor stability of PSCs with regard to humidity, UV radiation, oxygen and heat especially limits their industrial application. This review focuses on the in-depth studies of different direct and indirect parameters of PSC device instability. The mechanism for device degradation for several parameters and the complementary materials showing promising results are systematically analyzed. The main objective of this work is to review the effectual strategies of enhancing the stability of PSCs. Several important factors such as material engineering, novel device structure design, hole-transporting materials (HTMs), electron-transporting materials (ETMs), electrode materials preparation, and encapsulation methods that need to be taken care of in order to improve the stability of PSCs are discussed extensively. Conclusively, this review discusses some opportunities for the commercialization of PSCs with high efficiency and stability.

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“…Some concerted attempts are at the present time being made to improve the stability. For instance, Ahmad et al 2021 [84] employed ZnO and NiO x as the electron and hole transport layers, respectively. They reported that the device retained 83.82% of its original 8.97% PCE after 30 days under ambient air.…”

Section: Challenges and Future Directions Of Zno-based Pscsmentioning

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Influence of ZnO Nanostructure Morphologies on Perovskite Solar Cell Performance: A Review

Manabeng¹,

Mwankemwa²,

Ocaya³

et al. 2022

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Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been widely studied over the last decade for its remarkable properties in optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices because of its high electron mobility and excitonic properties, probably the broadest range of nanostructured forms, and their ease and low cost of synthesis by a wide variety of methods. The volume of recent work on ZnO nanostructures and their devices can potentially overshadow significant developments in the field. Therefore, there is a need for a concise description of the most recent advances in the field. In this review, we focus on the effect of ZnO nanostructure morphologies on the performance of ZnO-based solar cells sensitized using methylammonium lead iodide perovskite. We present an exhaustive discussion of the synthesis routes for different ZnO nanostructure morphologies, ways to control the morphology, and the impact of morphology on the photo-conversion efficiency of a given PSC.

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ZnO for stable and efficient perovskite bulk heterojunction solar cell fabricated under ambient atmosphere

Cited by 24 publications

References 35 publications

ZnO size and shape effect on antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity profile

ZnO size and shape effect on antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity profile

Recent Criterion on Stability Enhancement of Perovskite Solar Cells

Influence of ZnO Nanostructure Morphologies on Perovskite Solar Cell Performance: A Review

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