Gerrit Boschloo group

Dye-sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells
Our research
Gerrit Boschloo's research group investigates fundamental aspects of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) and perovskite solar cells (PSC). Both technologies offer the prospect of low-cost solar energy conversion, but need further research since the precise function of these complex systems is not well understood.
In DSC, organic dye molecules are adsorbed onto nanostructured metal oxide electrodes, leading to solar cells that can have all the colors of the rainbow. By careful tuning of the molecular design of dye and redox mediator or hole conductor, highly efficient solar cells can be made.
Perovskite solar cell research started 2012 in the Boschloo group. Lead halide perovskites are hybrid (organic-inorganic) materials with fascinating properties: they are highly light absorbing semiconductors that can be used in optoelectronics, such as solar cells and LEDs. Solar cells have reached more than 26% efficiency. These perovskites are also ion conductors, which can affect their long-term stability.
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Part of Solar RRL, 2025
- DOI for Improved Efficiency of Carbon-Based Perovskite Solar Cells by Using Alternative Solvent for Doping-Free P3HT
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Part of Advanced Energy Materials, 2025
- DOI for Mechanistic insights into ionic conduction in lead halide perovskites and perovskite-inspired materials
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 9200-9208, 2025
- DOI for Enhanced Optoelectronic Properties of Cs3Sb2I9 Perovskite Solar Cells through Sulfonium-Based Treatment
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The Dual Use of SAM Molecules for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
Part of Advanced Energy Materials, 2025
- DOI for The Dual Use of SAM Molecules for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
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Part of ChemPhotoChem, 2024
- DOI for An Indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene-based Organic Dye for P-type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Photoelectrochemical H2O2 Production
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Amine Gas-Induced Reversible Optical Bleaching of Bismuth-Based Lead-Free Perovskite Thin Films
Part of Advanced Science, 2024
- DOI for Amine Gas-Induced Reversible Optical Bleaching of Bismuth-Based Lead-Free Perovskite Thin Films
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Eco-Friendly All-Layer Green Solvent Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
Part of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, p. 13371-13381, 2024
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 33870-33881, 2024
Part of ACCOUNTS OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, p. 220-235, 2024
Part of Materials Advances, p. 4430-4437, 2024
- DOI for Slot-die coating of electron transport layers for perovskite solar cells using water and butanol-based tin oxide dispersions
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Part of Electrochimica Acta, 2023
- DOI for Reduced hysteresis and enhanced air stability of low-temperature processed carbon-based perovskite solar cells by surface modification
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Challenges and Progress in Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskite Solar Cells
Part of Solar RRL, 2023
- DOI for Challenges and Progress in Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskite Solar Cells
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 5720-5728, 2023
Part of Separation and Purification Technology, 2023
Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 7102-7108, 2023
- DOI for Solvent Engineering of Perovskite Crystallization for High Band Gap FAPbBr(3) Perovskite Solar Cells Prepared in Ambient Condition
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Part of Nature Communications, 2023
- DOI for Monolithic FAPbBr3 photoanode for photoelectrochemical water oxidation with low onset-potential and enhanced stability
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Part of Energy Technology, 2022
- DOI for Enhanced Thermal Stability of Low-Temperature Processed Carbon-Based Perovskite Solar Cells by a Combined Antisolvent/Polymer Deposition Method
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Part of Solar RRL, 2022
- DOI for Improved Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells with Low-Temperature-Processed Carbon by Introduction of a Doping-Free Polymeric Hole Conductor
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 4240-4246, 2022
- DOI for Improved Dye Regeneration through Addition of a Triphenylamine Electron Donor in Iodide-Based Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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Part of Energy Advances, p. 303-311, 2022
- DOI for Assessing the effect of surface states of mesoporous NiO films on charge transport and unveiling an unexpected light response phenomenon in tandem dye-sensitized solar cells
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 12022-12028, 2022
- DOI for Atomic Layer Deposition of SnO2 as an Electron Transport Material for Solid-State P-type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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Part of Solar RRL, 2022
Part of Nature Energy, p. 107-115, 2022
- DOI for An open-access database and analysis tool for perovskite solar cells based on the FAIR data principles
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Part of Nano Energy, 2022
- DOI for Efficient and bending durable flexible perovskite solar cells via interface modification using a combination of thin MoS2 nanosheets and molecules binding to the perovskite
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Copper coordination polymers with selective hole conductivity
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 9582-9591, 2022
Part of Nano Energy, 2022
- DOI for Interfacial engineering from material to solvent: A mechanistic understanding on stabilizing alpha-formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite photovoltaics
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The Complex Degradation Mechanism of Copper Electrodes on Lead Halide Perovskites
Part of ACS Materials Science Au, p. 301-312, 2022
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Electron-hopping across dye-sensitized mesoporous NiO surfaces
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 29850-29861, 2022
- DOI for Electron-hopping across dye-sensitized mesoporous NiO surfaces
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Part of Advanced Functional Materials, 2022
- DOI for Methylammonium Bromide Assisted Crystallization for Enhanced Lead-Free Double Perovskite Photovoltaic Performance
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Strain effects on halide perovskite solar cells
Part of Chemical Society Reviews, p. 7509-7530, 2022
- DOI for Strain effects on halide perovskite solar cells
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Nanotechnology for catalysis and solar energy conversion
Part of Nanotechnology, 2021
- DOI for Nanotechnology for catalysis and solar energy conversion
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 510-522, 2021
- DOI for SnOx Atomic Layer Deposition on Bare Perovskite: An Investigation of Initial Growth Dynamics, Interface Chemistry, and Solar Cell Performance
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 14080-14092, 2021
- DOI for Efficiency and Stability Enhancement of Perovskite Solar Cells Utilizing a Thiol Ligand and MoS2 (100) Nanosheet Surface Modification
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Beneficial effects of cesium acetate in the sequential deposition method for perovskite solar cells
Part of Nanoscale, p. 11478-11487, 2021
- DOI for Beneficial effects of cesium acetate in the sequential deposition method for perovskite solar cells
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 16035-16053, 2021
Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 9276-9282, 2021
- DOI for Efficient and Stable FAPbBr(3) Perovskite Solar Cells via Interface Modification by a Low-Dimensional Perovskite Layer
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Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back
Part of Chemical Society Reviews, p. 12450-12550, 2021
- DOI for Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back
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Hydrogel Electrolytes Based on Xanthan Gum: Green Route towards Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Part of Nanomaterials, 2020
- DOI for Hydrogel Electrolytes Based on Xanthan Gum: Green Route towards Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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Part of Journal of Power Sources, 2020
2-Terminal CIGS-perovskite tandem cells: A layer by layer exploration
Part of Solar Energy, p. 270-288, 2020
- DOI for 2-Terminal CIGS-perovskite tandem cells: A layer by layer exploration
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Part of Nano Energy, 2020
- DOI for Highly crystalline MAPbI3 perovskite grain formation by irreversible poor-solvent diffusion aggregation, for efficient solar cell fabrication
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 7125-7134, 2020
On the Mechanistic Understanding of Photovoltage Loss in Iron Pyrite Solar Cells
Part of Advanced Materials, 2020
- DOI for On the Mechanistic Understanding of Photovoltage Loss in Iron Pyrite Solar Cells
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Degradation Mechanism of Silver Metal Deposited on Lead Halide Perovskites
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 7212-7221, 2020
Understanding the Role of Surface States on Mesoporous NiO Films
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020
Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 4331-4337, 2020
- DOI for Simple Method for Efficient Slot-Die Coating of MAPbI(3) Perovskite Thin Films in Ambient Air Conditions
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Improving the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Part of Frontiers in Chemistry, 2019
- DOI for Improving the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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Light-induced electrolyte improvement in cobalt tris(bipyridine)-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 19495-19505, 2019
Photo-annealed amorphous titanium oxide for perovskite solar cells
Part of Nanoscale, p. 19488-19496, 2019
Cesium Bismuth Iodide Solar Cells from Systematic Molar Ratio Variation of CsI and BiI3
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 12040-12052, 2019
Contact
- If you have questions about our research, you are welcome to contact professor Gerrit Boschloo.
- Gerrit Boschloo
