Erik Johansson group

Perovskite solar cells, quantum dot solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells
Our research
In my research group new solar cell devices based on solid state hybrid inorganic/organic nanoscale composites are constructed. We try to find new material combinations that are efficient and environmental friendly. We then use different advanced techniques to understand these devices from fundamental to applied level, and we also investigate different ways to prepare the solar cells on large scale. The results are then used to optimize the solar cell properties.
The solar cells may be divided into three different research areas: perovskite solar cells, quantum dot solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells. The function of these types of solar cells is closely related and the results for one type of solar cell can often be used to improve and understand all three types of solar cells.
Research projects
- Solar cells on trucks for environmentally friendly transports
- Perovskite solar cells (see below)
- Quantum dot solar cells (see below)
- Lead-free perovskite solar cells
- Building integrated solar
- Solar cells for transportation
- Feasibility study about solar cells on ships for decreased environmental- and climate impact from shipping.
- New large-scale energy storage systems for the electricity grid based on thermophotovoltaic energy conversion.

Perovskite solar cells
"Perovskite is the new favorite material of solar cell researchers. It has emerged in just a few years as a cheap alternative to silicon." The newspaper Forskning & Framsteg interviews Erik Johansson and writes about the research area. The article can be read on Forskning & Framsteg's website (in Swedish)

Quantum dot solar cells
The research on quantum dots for solar cells in our research group was noticed by Swedish Television, SVT, as part of the Nobel Studio program, in connection with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023, which also deals with quantum dots. See the feature on SVT play. (In Swedish, from 06:19 minutes into the program to 10:07.)

Gruppmedlemmar
Publications
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Part of Journal of Energy Storage, 2026
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MXene-modified polymer interfaces for stable quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells
Part of Carbon, 2026
- DOI for MXene-modified polymer interfaces for stable quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells
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Part of Energy Science & Engineering, p. 1273-1285, 2026
- DOI for Simulations of Photovoltaic Systems on Different Types of Ships in Sweden: Solar Energy Generation, Comparison to Energy Consumption, and Reduction of CO2 Emission
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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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The promise of operational stability in pnictogen-based perovskite-inspired solar cells
Part of EES Solar, p. 139-156, 2025
- DOI for The promise of operational stability in pnictogen-based perovskite-inspired solar cells
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 8467-8478, 2025
- DOI for Interfacial Chemistry between Formamidinium Lead Trihalide Perovskites and Atomic-Layer-Deposited Tin Oxide
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Controlling Electronic-Ionic Kinetics via Size Engineering in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 13917-13925, 2024
- DOI for Controlling Electronic-Ionic Kinetics via Size Engineering in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals
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Part of Advanced Functional Materials, 2024
- DOI for Tuning the Surface Energy of Hole Transport Layers Based on Carbazole Self‐Assembled Monolayers for Highly Efficient Sn/Pb Perovskite Solar Cells
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 31432-31444, 2024
- DOI for Effect of different halide-based ligands on the passivation and charge carrier dynamics in AgBiS2 nanocrystal solar cells
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Colloidal quantum dot for infrared-absorbing solar cells: State-of-the-art and prospects
Part of NANO RESEARCH ENERGY, 2024
- DOI for Colloidal quantum dot for infrared-absorbing solar cells: State-of-the-art and prospects
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Can photoluminescence quenching be a predictor for perovskite solar cell efficiencies?
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 22607-22613, 2023
- DOI for Can photoluminescence quenching be a predictor for perovskite solar cell efficiencies?
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Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 3085-3092, 2023
- DOI for Transient Energy-Resolved Photoluminescence Study of Excitons and Free Carriers on FAPbBr3 and FAPbBr3/SnO2 Interfaces
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Part of Separation and Purification Technology, 2023
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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 Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 11755-11766, 2023
- DOI for A carbazole-based self-assembled monolayer as the hole transport layer for efficient and stable Cs(0.25)FA(0.75)Sn(0.5)Pb(0.5)I(3) solar cells
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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 Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 1675-1684, 2022
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Part of Energy Technology, 2022
- DOI for Combining Quantum Dot and Perovskite Photovoltaic Cells for Efficient Photon to Electricity Conversion in Energy Storage Devices
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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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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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Part of Advanced Functional Materials, 2022
- DOI for Methylammonium Bromide Assisted Crystallization for Enhanced Lead-Free Double Perovskite Photovoltaic Performance
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Part of Nanoscale, p. 6234-6240, 2021
- DOI for Perovskite and quantum dot tandem solar cells with interlayer modification for improved optical semitransparency and stability
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Nanotechnology for catalysis and solar energy conversion
Part of Nanotechnology, 2021
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Emerging perovskite quantum dot solar cells: feasible approaches to boost performance
Part of Energy & Environmental Science, p. 224-261, 2021
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Regulating Thiol Ligands of p-Type Colloidal Quantum Dots for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells
Part of ACS Energy Letters, p. 1970-1989, 2021
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Solar-Driven Water Splitting at 13.8% Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency by an Earth-Abundant Electrolyzer
Part of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, p. 14070-14078, 2021
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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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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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Part of ChemSusChem, p. 4507-4515, 2021
- DOI for Mixed-Halide Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiX6 (X=Br, I) with Tunable Optical Properties via Anion Exchange
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Part of Journal of Power Sources, 2020
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2-Terminal CIGS-perovskite tandem cells: A layer by layer exploration
Part of Solar Energy, p. 270-288, 2020
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Part of Small, 2020
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 43876-43884, 2020
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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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Flexible Lead Bromide Perovskite Solar Cells
Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 9817-9823, 2020
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for A method for studying pico to microsecond time-resolved core-level spectroscopy used to investigate electron dynamics in quantum dots
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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
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Four-Terminal Tandem Solar Cell with Dye-Sensitized and PbS Colloidal Quantum-Dot-Based Subcells
Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 3157-3161, 2020
- DOI for Four-Terminal Tandem Solar Cell with Dye-Sensitized and PbS Colloidal Quantum-Dot-Based Subcells
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PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot Inks for Infrared Solar Cells
2020
- DOI for PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot Inks for Infrared Solar Cells
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 7372-7382, 2020
- DOI for Tuning the Bandgap in Silver Bismuth Iodide Materials by Partly Substituting Bismuth with Antimony for Improved Solar Cell Performance
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Cubic AgBiS2 Colloidal Nanocrystals for Solar Cells
Part of ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, p. 4014-4024, 2020
- DOI for Cubic AgBiS2 Colloidal Nanocrystals for Solar Cells
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Part of Chemical Engineering Journal, p. 999-1010, 2019
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Highly Stabilized Quantum Dot Ink for Efficient Infrared Light Absorbing Solar Cells
Part of Advanced Energy Materials, 2019
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Cesium Bismuth Iodide Solar Cells from Systematic Molar Ratio Variation of CsI and BiI3
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 12040-12052, 2019
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Metal nanowire networks: Recent advances and challenges for new generation photovoltaics
Part of Materials Today Energy, p. 152-185, 2019
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 13777-13786, 2019
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 5356-5362, 2019
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Part of Chemistry of Materials, p. 4081-4091, 2019
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Part of Materials technology (New York, N.Y.), p. 784-792, 2018
Contact
- If you have any questions about our research, you are welcome to contact Professor Erik Johansson.
- Erik Johansson