In order to develop various thin-film photovoltaic devices and technologies that utilize solar energy, the laboratory is studying the preparation and photoelectric properties of various photovoltaic materials and the application of these materials to photovoltaic cells. We mainly focus on novel device structure, fabrication process and charge generation/transport mechanisms to improve the performance and stability of solar cells. Currently, we study several types of solar cells including perovskite solar cells, quantum-dots (or organic dye) sensitized solar cells and polymer solar cells. In our lab, efficiencies up to 19% on FTO substrates were achieved for perovskite solar cells based on perovskite:CdS film and 6% efficiency was achieved for inorganic quantum-dots solar cells based on PbS and CdSe quantum dots. Our research group currently consists mainly of 5 young professors under the age of 36. Since our group was established in 2013, we have published more than 40 research papers in various international journals and obtained 8 national invention patents, 6 National Natural Science Funds of China (NSFC), 5 Provincial Natural Science Funds and 3 university research funds.
Group members
1. Dr. Chong Chen, chongchen@henu.edu.cn; 2. Dr. Furui Tan, frtan2012@163.com;
3. Dr. Fumin Li, lifm@henu.edu.cn; 4. Dr. Qiwei Jiang, jqw@henu.edu.cn;
5. Dr. Gentian Yue, yuegentian@126.com;
Selected Publications
1. Chen, Junwei; Wan, Zhiyang; Liu, Jiandang; Fu, Shen-Quan; Zhang, Fapei; Yang, Shangfeng; Tao, Shanwen; Wang, Mingtai; Chen Chong. Growth of Compact CH3NH3PbI3 Thin Films Governed by the Crystallization in Pbl2 Matrix for Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10, 8649-8658, 2018.
2. Guo, Mingxuan; Li, Fumin; Ling, Lanyu; Chen Chong. Electrochemical and atomic force microscopy investigations of the effect of CdS on the local electrical properties of CH3NH3PbI3: CdS perovskite solar cells, Journal of materials chemistry C, 5, 12112-12120, 2017.
3. Chen, Chong; Zhai, Yong; Li, Fumin; et al. High efficiency CH3NH3PbI3:CdS perovskite solar cells with CuInS2 as the hole transporting layer, Journal of power sources, 341, 396-403, 2017.
4. Xu, Weizhe; Tan, Furui; Liu, Qing; et al. Efficient PbS QD solar cell with an inverted structure, Solar energy materials and solar cells, 159, 503-509, 2017.
5. Zhu, Mingsai; Zheng, Haiwu; Zhang, Ju; Yue Gentian, et al. Polarization dependent ferroelectric photovoltaic effects in BFTO/CuO thin films, Applied physics letters, 111, 032901, 2017.
6. Tan, Furui; Wang, Zhijie; Qu, Shengchun; et al. A CdSe thin film: a versatile buffer layer for improving the performance of TiO2 nanorod array: PbS quantum dot solar cells, Nanoscale, 8,10198-10204, 2016.
7. Zhai, Yong; Li, Fumin; Ling, Lanyun; et al. A comparative study of the effects of Ag2S films prepared by MPD and HRTD methods on the performance of polymer solar cells, Applied surface science, 384, 217-224, 2016.
8. Chen, Chong; Zhai, Yong; Li, Fumin; et al. Fabrication of silver sulfide thin films for efficient organic solar cells with high short-circuit currents based on double heterojunctions, Journal of power sources, 298, 259-268, 2015.
9. Tan, Furui; Qu, Shengchun; Jiang, Qiwei; et al. Interpenetrated Inorganic Hybrids for Efficiency Enhancement of PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells, Advanced energy materials, 4, 1400512, 2014.
10. Tan, Furui; Qu, Shengchun; Wang, Lei; et al. Core/shell-shaped CdSe/PbS nanotetrapods for efficient organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells, Journal of materials chemistry A, 2, 14502-14510, 2014.
11. Tan, Furui; Qu, Shengchun; Yu, Ping; et al. Hybrid bulk-heterojunction solar cells based on all inorganic nanoparticles, Solar energy materials and solar cells, 120 , 231-237, 2014.
12. Yue, Gentian; Wang, Lei; Zhang, Xin'an; et al. Fabrication of high performance multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polypyrrole counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells, Energy, 67, 460-467, 2014.
13. Yue, Gentian; Ma, Xingping; Jiang, Qiwei; et al. PEDOT:PSS and glucose assisted preparation of molybdenum disulfide/single-wall carbon nanotubes counter electrode and served in dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochimica Acta, 142, 68-75, 2014.
14. Yue, Gentian; Yang, Guang; Li, Fumin; et al. PEDOT:PSS assisted preparation of a graphene/nickel cobalt oxide hybrid counter electrode to serve in efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, RSC advances 5, 100159-100168, 2015.
15. Yue, Gentian; Tan, Furui; Li, Fumin; et al. Enhanced Performance of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell based on Nickel Sulfide/Polyaniline/Titanium Counter Electrode Electrochimica Acta,149, 117-125, 2014.
16. Yue, Gentian; Zhang, Xin'an; Wang, Lei; et al. Highly efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells based on nanographite/polypyrrole counter electrode, Electrochimica Acta, 129, 229-236, 2014.
