• openAccess   Analytical model for light modulating impedance spectroscopy (LIMIS) in all-solid-state p-n junction solar cells at open-circuit 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Miravet, Daniel; Matt, Gebhard J.; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà; Brabec, Christoph J. American Institute of Physics (2010-01-02)
      Potentiostatic impedance spectroscopy (IS) is a well-known tool for characterization of materials and electronic devices. It can be complemented by numerical simulation strategies relying on drift-diffusion equations without ...
    • openAccess   Ballistic-like space-charge-limited currents in halide perovskites at room temperature 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Miravet, Daniel; García-Batlle, Marisé; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà American Institute of Physics (2021-12-13)
      The emergence of halide perovskites in photovoltaics has diversified the research on this material family and extended their application toward several fields in the optoelectronics, such as photo- and ionizing-radiation ...
    • openAccess   Beyond Protocols: Understanding the Electrical Behavior of Perovskite Solar Cells by Impedance Spectroscopy 

      Ghahremanirad, Elnaz; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Suresh, Sunil; Drew, Amandine A.; Chowdhury, Towhid; Uhl, Alexander R. Wiley (2023-08-11)
      Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is an effective characterization technique used to probe and distinguish charge dynamics occurring at different timescales in optoelectronic and electric devices. With the rapid rise of research ...
    • openAccess   Characterization of Aerosol Deposited Cesium Lead Tribromide Perovskite Films on Interdigited ITO Electrodes 

      These, Albert; Khansur, Neamul H; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Luer, Larry; Matt, Gebhard J.; Eckstein, Udo; Barabash, Anastasia; Osvet, Andres; Webber, Kyle; Brabec, Christoph J. John Wiley & Sons (2021-01-15)
      Aerosol deposition (AD) is a promising additive manufacturing method to fabricate low-cost, scalable films at room temperature, but has not been considered for semiconductor processing, so far. The successful preparation ...
    • openAccess   Coupling between Ion Drift and Kinetics of Electronic Current Transients in MAPbBr3 Single Crystals 

      García-Batlle, Marisé; Mayén Guillén, Javier; Chapran, Marian; Baussens, Oriane; Zaccaro, Julien; Verilhac, Jean‐Marie; Gros-Daillon, Eric; Guerrero, Antonio; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà American Chemical Society (2022-03-11)
      The optoelectronic properties of halide perovskite materials have fostered their utilization in many applications. Unravelling their working mechanisms remains challenging because of their mixed ionic–electronic conductive ...
    • closedAccess   Degradation through Directional Self-Doping and Homogeneous Density of Recombination Centers Hindered by 1,8-Diiodooctane Additive in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Wiegand, Julius; López Varo, Pilar; Matt, Gebhard Josed; Brabec, Christoph J. Wiley (2021-03-01)
      Non-fullerene-based organic solar cells (OSCs) have recently proven to perform with efficiencies above 18%. This is an important milestone for one of the most promising technologies in the fields of flexible and ...
    • openAccess   Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 2) 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Baran, Derya; Bazan, Guillermo; Berger, Christian; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Et al. Wiley-VCH Verlag (2021-11-11)
      Following the 1st release of the “Emerging photovoltaic (PV) reports”, the best achievements in the performance of emerging photovoltaic devices in diverse emerging photovoltaic research subjects are summarized, as reported ...
    • openAccess   Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 2) 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Baran, Derya; Bazan, Guillermo; Berger, Christian; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Catchpole, Kylie; Erten Ela, Sule; Guo, Fei; Hauch, Jens; Ho-Baillie, Anita; Jacobsson, Jesper; Janssen, Rene; Kirchartz, Thomas; Kopidakis, Nikos; Li, Yongfang; Loi, Maria Antonietta; Lunt, Richard; Mathew, Xavier; McGehee, Michael; Min, Jie; Mitzi, David; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja; Nelson, Jenny; Nogueira, Ana Flavia; Paetzold, Ulrich Wilhelm; Park, Nam-Gyu; Rand, Barry; Rau, Uwe; Snaith, Henry; Unger, Eva; Vaillant Roca, Lidice; Yip, Hin-Lap; Brabec, Christoph J. Wiley (2021-11-11)
      Following the 1st release of the “Emerging photovoltaic (PV) reports”, the best achievements in the performance of emerging photovoltaic devices in diverse emerging photovoltaic research subjects are summarized, as reported ...
    • openAccess   Device Physics of Hybrid Perovskite Solar cells: Theory and Experiment 

      Lopez-Varo, Pilar; Jiménez Tejada, Juan Antonio; Garcia-Rosell, Manuel; Ravishankar, Sandheep; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà; Bisquert, Juan; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel Wiley (2018)
      Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) exhibit a series of distinctive features in their optoelectronic response which have a crucial influence on the performance, particularly for long-time response. Here, a survey of recent ...
    • openAccess   Direct observation of surface polarization at hybrid perovskite/Au interfaces by dark transient experiments 

      Caram, Jorge; García-Batlle, Marisé; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Arce, Roberto; Guerrero, Antonio; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà American Institute of Physics (2020-05-05)
      A distinctive feature of hybrid perovskite light-absorbing materials is the non-negligible ionic conductivity influencing photovoltaic performance and stability. Moving ions or vacancies can naturally accumulate at the ...
    • openAccess   Discerning recombination mechanisms and ideality factors through impedance analysis of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Taek Cho, Kyung; Aghazada, Sadig; Zimmermann, Iwan; Matt, Gebhard J.; Brabec, Christoph J.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà Elsevier (2018)
      The ubiquitous hysteresis in the current-voltage characteristic of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) interferes in a proper determination of the diode ideality factor (n), a key parameter commonly adopted to analyze recombination ...
    • openAccess   Do Capacitance Measurements Reveal Light-Induced Bulk Dielectric Changes in Photovoltaic Perovskites? 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Aranda Alonso, Clara; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà American Chemical Society (2018-06)
      Several studies have identified complex interactions between photogenerated carriers and the crystal lattice in perovskite materials for photovoltaics, which are regarded to have an inherently soft character. Light is known ...
    • openAccess   Effective Ion Mobility and Long-Term Dark Current of Metal Halide Perovskites with Different Crystallinities and Compositions 

      García-Batlle, Marisé; Deumel, Sarah; Tedde, Sandro Francesco; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà Wiley (2022-12)
      Ion transport properties in metal halide perovskite still constitute a subject of intense research because of the evident connection between mobile defects and device performance and operation degradation. In the case of ...
    • openAccess   High-sensitivity high-resolution X-ray imaging with soft-sintered metal halide perovskites 

      Deumel, Sarah; van Breemen, Albert; Gelinck, Gerwin; Peeters, Bart; Maas, Joris; Verbeek, Roy; Shanmugam, Santhosh; Akkerman, Hylke; Meulenkamp, Eric; Huerdler, Judith E.; Acharya, Manognya; García-Batlle, Marisé; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Guerrero, Antonio; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà; Heiss, Wolfgang; Schmidt, Oliver; Tedde, Sandro Francesco Nature Research (2021-09-23)
      To realize the potential of artificial intelligence in medical imaging, improvements in imaging capabilities are required, as well as advances in computing power and algorithms. Hybrid inorganic–organic metal halide ...
    • openAccess   Ion-mediated hopping electrode polarization model for impedance spectra of CH3NH3PbI3 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; González Lezcano, Alfredo; Guerrero, Antonio; Brabec, Christoph J.; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà American Institute of Physics (2020-08-18)
      Methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) is one of the most attractive materials for optoelectronic applications, and it is the most typical absorber in perovskite solar cells, which are unprecedentedly successful devices ...
    • openAccess   Ionic Field Screening in MAPbBr3 Crystals Revealed from Remnant Sensitivity in X-ray Detection 

      Alvarez, Agustin; Lédée, Ferdinand; García-Batlle, Marisé; López Varo, Pilar; Gros-Daillon, Eric; Mayén Guillén, Javier; Verilhac, Jean-Marie; Lemercier, Thibault; Zaccaro, Julien; Marsal, Lluis F.; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel American Chemical Society (2023-05-03)
      Research on metal halide perovskites as absorbers for X-ray detection is an attractive subject due to the optimal optoelectronic properties of these materials for high-sensitivity applications. However, the contact degradation ...
    • openAccess   Light intensity modulated impedance spectroscopy (LIMIS) in all-solid-state solar cells at open-circuit 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Zhao, Yicheng; Du, Xiaoyan; Heumueller, Thomas; Matt, Gebhard Josed; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà; Brabec, Christoph J. Elsevier (2020)
      Potentiostatic impedance spectroscopy (IS) is a well-established characterization technique for elucidating the electric resistivity and capacitive features of materials and devices. For solar cells, by applying a small ...
    • openAccess   Long-term field screening by mobile ions in thick metal halide perovskites: understanding saturation currents 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Miravet, Daniel; Gelmetti, Ilario; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà Wiley (2022-09-06)
      Metal halide perovskite-based semiconductor devices with micrometer-to-millimeter-thick perovskite layers show a current response upon polarization which evolves up to several hours, transiting several regimes. This is the ...
    • openAccess   Mobile Ion-Driven Modulation of Electronic Conductivity Explains Long-Timescale Electrical Response in Lead Iodide Perovskite Thick Pellets 

      García-Batlle, Marisé; Deumel, Sarah; Huerdler, Judith E.; Tedde, Sandro Francesco; Guerrero, Antonio; Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà American Chemical Society (2021-07-26)
      The favorable optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskites have been used for X- and γ-ray detection, solar energy, and optoelectronics. Large electronic mobility, reduced recombination losses of the electron–hole ...
    • closedAccess   Noncapacitive hysteresis in perovskite solar cells at room temperature 

      Almora Rodríguez, Osbel; Aranda Alonso, Clara; Zarazúa, Isaac; Guerrero, Antonio; Garcia-Belmonte, Germà American Chemical Society (2016)
      The current density−voltage (J−V) curves of perovskite solar cells have been found to present a hysteresis-like distortion when the measurement is done by sweeping the applied voltage at different scan conditions. ...