Themed collection Editor’s Choice: Perovskite Nanomaterials and Devices

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have aroused great interest as a potential renewable energy resource to fulfill the 21^st century global energy demand.

Ammonium halide facilitated perovskite NC synthesis significantly improves the PLQY and the NC-based light-emitting performances.

A simple kinetic approach to form self-assembled one-dimensional CsPbBr₃ perovskite nanocrystal arrays templated inside a pod shaped inert PbSO₄ scaffold.

2D halide perovskite is promising material for reliable waferscale resistive memory even working at high temperature of 87 °C.

A simple strategy to synthesize TDPA coated CsPbBr₃ QDs with improved stability and high PLQY.

Well-crystallized inorganic cesium lead halide perovskites were prepared by an efficient method and applied to photodetectors and perovskite solar cells.

Herein, the fabricated photodetectors based on α-CsPbI₃ QDs and NaYF₄:Yb,Er QDs exhibit remarkable stability, broad-bandwidth photodetection, and easy fabrication process.

Atomically thin CsPbBr₃ quantum wires with a high quantum yield of 21.13% were demonstrated and understood.

We describe how the use of photo-induced charge extraction technique can be useful to study and understand the relationship between perovskite composition, ion reorganization process and solar cell efficiency.

All-inorganic metal halide perovskites of the formulation ABX₃ (where A is Cs⁺, B is commonly Pb²⁺, and X is a halide, X = Cl, Br, I) have been studied intensively for their unique properties.

Performance of scalable carbon-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is enhanced using a thin interlayer of spinel cobaltite oxide by suppressing charge recombination and enhancing holes extraction.

Post treatment of the CH₃NH₃PbBr₃ perovskite nanocrystals by surfactants with a similar molecular architecture results in the enhanced colloidal stability as well as much increased PLQY.

Taking advantage of the cooperation between the excitonic transition of the CsPbCl₃ perovskite NC host and the intrinsic emissions from Bi³⁺ and Mn²⁺ ions, white light emission was developed in the codoped CsPbCl₃ NCs.

Harvesting of hot electrons and biexcitons from CdTe quantum dots by all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals is demonstrated through femtosecond transient absorption measurements.

Adsorbed carbon nanomaterial based dual electron transport layer ensures more efficient and stable perovskite solar cells.

Photo-communication has attracted great attention because of the rapid development of wireless information transmission technology.

Uniform CsPbX₃ quantum dots were synthesized via an emulsion fabrication and demulsion method at room temperature. The as-prepared CsPbX₃ QDs exhibit high synthetic yield and highly uniform morphology, as well as excellent photocatalytic activity toward the degradation of MO.

Using low-cost sub-micrometer microgel particles in perovskite solar cells reduces expensive conjugated polymer use, increases stability and provides good efficiencies.

Elemental migration has been observed at the nanoscale in perovskite solar cells after prolonged light exposure under operational conditions.

The perovskite films with larger grains and increased crystallinity on DMSO-doped PEDOT:PSS result in a 37% boost in the power conversion efficiency(PCE). Moreover, DMSO-doped PEDOT:PSS devices possess enhanced PCE durability over time.

Herein, we demonstrate the enhancement in the performance of perovskite solar cells through the combined use of Au NPs and MgO, both experimentally and theoretically.

This research confirms that the effect of the solvent in solvent dropping method is to fabricate a uniform perovskite film and to passivate the defect sites of the perovskite crystal films.

Water as a ‘green’ solvent instead of organic one such as N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was utilized to develop an efficient synthetic route to grow various kinds of lead halide perovskite nanowires (NWs) for optoelectronic devices.

We investigate the interaction of bimetallic plasmonic nanostructures with methylammonium tribromide perovskites and probe the effects on charge separation and injection with transient absorption spectroscopy and time-resolved photoluminescence.

Plasmonic gold nanoislands (Au NIs) harvest light at the interface of NiO and perovskite in perovskite solar cells.