PMID- 34835673
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20211129
IS  - 2079-4991 (Print)
IS  - 2079-4991 (Electronic)
IS  - 2079-4991 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 11
DP  - 2021 Oct 30
TI  - Lithium-Based Upconversion Nanoparticles for High Performance Perovskite Solar 
      Cells.
LID - 10.3390/nano11112909 [doi]
LID - 2909
AB  - In this work, we report an easy, efficient method to synthesize high quality 
      lithium-based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) which combine two promising 
      materials (UCNPs and lithium ions) known to enhance the photovoltaic performance 
      of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Incorporating the synthesized YLiF(4):Yb,Er 
      nanoparticles into the mesoporous layer of the PSCs cells, at a certain doping 
      level, demonstrated a higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19%, additional 
      photocurrent, and a better fill factor (FF) of 82% in comparison to undoped PSCs 
      (PCE = ~16.5%; FF = 71%). The reported results open a new avenue toward efficient 
      PSCs for renewable energy applications.
FAU - Alkahtani, Masfer
AU  - Alkahtani M
AD  - National Center for Renewable Energy, King Abdulaziz City for Science and 
      Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College 
      Station, TX 77843, USA.
FAU - Almuqhim, Anas Ali
AU  - Almuqhim AA
AD  - National Center for Renewable Energy, King Abdulaziz City for Science and 
      Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Qasem, Hussam
AU  - Qasem H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3376-5600
AD  - National Center for Renewable Energy, King Abdulaziz City for Science and 
      Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alsofyani, Najla
AU  - Alsofyani N
AD  - National Center for Renewable Energy, King Abdulaziz City for Science and 
      Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alfahd, Anfal
AU  - Alfahd A
AD  - National Center for Renewable Energy, King Abdulaziz City for Science and 
      Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alenzi, Sultan M
AU  - Alenzi SM
AD  - National Center for Nanotechnology and Semiconductors, King Abdulaziz City for 
      Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Aljuwayr, Abdulaziz
AU  - Aljuwayr A
AD  - National Center for Renewable Energy, King Abdulaziz City for Science and 
      Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alzahrani, Yahya A
AU  - Alzahrani YA
AD  - National Center for Nanotechnology and Semiconductors, King Abdulaziz City for 
      Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - National Petrochemical Technology Center (NPTC), Materials Science Research 
      Institute (MSRI), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 
      11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Al-Badri, Abdurahman
AU  - Al-Badri A
AD  - National Center for Nanotechnology and Semiconductors, King Abdulaziz City for 
      Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alotaibi, Mohammad Hayal
AU  - Alotaibi MH
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5435-5200
AD  - National Petrochemical Technology Center (NPTC), Materials Science Research 
      Institute (MSRI), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 
      11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Bagabas, Abdulaziz
AU  - Bagabas A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3590-7369
AD  - National Petrochemical Technology Center (NPTC), Materials Science Research 
      Institute (MSRI), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 
      11442, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - AlHazaa, Abdulaziz N
AU  - AlHazaa AN
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6213-6662
AD  - Research Chair for Tribology, Surface, and Interface Sciences (TSIS), Department 
      of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, 
      Saudi Arabia.
AD  - King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, 
      Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Hemmer, Philip R
AU  - Hemmer PR
AD  - Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College 
      Station, TX 77843, USA.
AD  - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College 
      Station, TX 77843, USA.
AD  - FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, 
      Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211030
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Nanomaterials (Basel)
JT  - Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101610216
PMC - PMC8623711
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - efficiency
OT  - lithium
OT  - perovskite solar cell
OT  - upconversion nanoparticles
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/11/28 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/28 06:01
PMCR- 2021/10/30
CRDT- 2021/11/27 01:28
PHST- 2021/10/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/10/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/10/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/11/27 01:28 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/11/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/28 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/10/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - nano11112909 [pii]
AID - nanomaterials-11-02909 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/nano11112909 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nanomaterials (Basel). 2021 Oct 30;11(11):2909. doi: 10.3390/nano11112909.