Fig. 1.
(Color online) Interface energetics in PSCs. (a) Device structure of PSCs. (b) Underlying electrode dependent perovskite surface energetics. (c) Constructing perovskite p−n (n−p) homojunction for p−i−n (n−i−p) PSCs.
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Shaobing Xiong, Mats Fahlman, Qinye Bao. Interface energetics in organic and perovskite semiconductor solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2025, In Press. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/25010021
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S B Xiong, M Fahlman, and Q Y Bao, Interface energetics in organic and perovskite semiconductor solar cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2025, 46(5), 050301 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/25010021
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Interface energetics in organic and perovskite semiconductor solar cells
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/25010021
CSTR: 32376.14.1674-4926.25010021
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Shaobing Xiong is currently an associate professor in School of Physics and Electronic Science at East China Normal University. He received his B.S. in Physics from Soochow University in 2017 and Ph.D. in Physical Electronics from East China Normal University in 2022. His research focuses on the interface properties and photoelectric regulation of organic and perovskite optoelectronic devices -
Mats Fahlman received his M.S. in Engineering Physics (1991) and Ph.D. in Surface Physics and Chemistry (1995) from Linköping University, Sweden, where he is currently a full professor at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics. He is active in the research of organic semiconductors using primarily surface science techniques to explore materials and interfaces as well as their effect on device properties -
Qinye Bao is currently a professor in School of Physics and Electronic Science at East China Normal University. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 in Surface Physics and Chemistry from Linköping University, Sweden. The focus of his work is on surface science techniques, such as ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, to reveal the relationship between interface electronic structures and device performance, especially for application in organic solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes, and perovskite-based optoelectronic devices - Corresponding author: mats.fahlman@liu.se; qybao@clpm.ecnu.edu.cn
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