Fundamental mechanisms of perovskite photovoltaics and solar fuel devices.

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The main work on the team is the investigation of fundamental mechanisms governing the operation of light to energy conversion in semiconductor materials and devices. The research program is about in perovskite solar cells, nanostructured solar cells (including dye-sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, quantum-dot sensitized solar cells), and water splitting with visible light and semiconductors (solar fuel generation). We combine experimental investigation and theoretical and numerical tools to develop insights in the electronic processes in hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells, combining novel theory of semiconductor nanostructures, photoelectrochemistry, and systematic experimental demonstration. We apply a broad range of concepts and characterization methods to analyze the operation of photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices in general, in a highly interdisciplinary strategy. One important tool of analysis is the application of impedance spectroscopy and related frequency domain methods that enable us to separate different operation processes in working devices.

Short Biography of Prof. Bisquert

Juan Bisquert (M.Sc. degree in physics in 1985 and the Ph.D. degree in 1992, both from the Universitat de València, Spain) worked in the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, from 1987 to 1992, and is a professor of applied physics at Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (2004). At UJI he is the director of the Institute of Advanced Materials, that develops research activity on materials, nanostructures and devices for production and efficient use of clean energies. He published 320 papers in research journals, and a reference book, Nanostructured Energy Devices. He has 14000 citations and h-index 71. He is a Senior Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters and member of the editorial board of Energy and Environmental Science, ChemElectroChem and the South Korean Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology. He has been distinguished in the 2014 and 2015 list of ISI Highly Cited Researchers. He cooperates with research project management with King Abdulaziz University and King Saud University of Saudi Arabia. He conducts experimental and theoretical research on materials and devices for production and storage of clean energies. His main topics of interest are materials and processes in perovskite solar cells and solar fuel production. He has developed the application of measurement techniques and physical modeling of nanostructured energy devices, that relate the device operation with the elementary steps that take place at the nanoscale dimension: charge transfer, carrier transport, chemical reaction, etc., especially in the field of impedance spectroscopy, as well as general device models.

Publications

2021

  1. Small Methods, 2021, 2100661.
    Alvarez, A.O.; Ravishankar, S.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.         Combining Modulated Techniques for the Analysis of Photosensitive Devices.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smtd.202100661
  2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021, 125 (35), 9934–9949.
    Bou, A.; Bisquert, J.         Impedance Spectroscopy Dynamics of Biological Neural Elements: From Memristors to Neurons and Synapses.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03905
  3. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 7964–7971.
    Bisquert, J.; Janssen, M.         From Frequency Domain to Time Transient Methods for Halide Perovskite Solar Cells: The Connections of IMPS, IMVS, TPC, and TPV.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02065
  4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 7840–7845.
    Bisquert, J.         Unique Curve for the Radiative Photovoltage Deficit Caused by the Urbach Tail.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01935
  5. ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 2021, 1, 25-44.
    Bisquert, J.; Guerrero, A.; Gonzales, C.         Theory of Hysteresis in Halide Perovskites by Integration of the Equivalent Circuit.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsphyschemau.1c00009
  6. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13, 35617–35624.
    García-Batlle, M.; Deumel, S.; Huerdler, J.E.; Tedde, S.F.; Guerrero, A.; Almora, O.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.         Mobile Ion-Driven Modulation of Electronic Conductivity Explains Long-Timescale Electrical Response in Lead Iodide Perovskite Thick Pellets.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c06046
  7. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2021, 2100120.
    Bi, Z.; Zhang, S.; Thandapani, M.; Zhu, Y.; Zheng, Y.; Liem, N.Quang; Guerrero, A.; Xu, X.         High Shunt Resistance SnO2-PbO Electron Transport Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells Used in Low Lighting Applications.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsu.202100120
  8. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125, 15737−15741.
    Janssen, M.; Bisquert, J.         Locating the Frequency of Turnover in Thin-Film Diffusion Impedance.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c04572
  9. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 5615–5624.
    Chen, M.; Kamarudin, M.Akmal; Baranwal, A.K.; Kapil, G.; Ripollés-Sanchis, T.; Bisquert, J.; Shen, Q.; Hayase, S.         High-Efficiency Lead-Free Wide Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells via Guanidinium Bromide Incorporation.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaem.1c00413
  10. Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 2100807, 1-11.
    Navarro-Arenas, J.; Suárez, I.; Gualdrón-Reyes, A.F.; Mora-Seró, I.; Bisquert, J.; Martínez-Pastor, J.P.         Recycled Photons Traveling Several Millimeters in Waveguides Based on CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adom.202100807
  11. ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 2248–2255.
    Bou, A.; Abolins, H.; Ashoka, A.; Cruanyes, H.; Guerrero, A.; Deschler, F.; Bisquert, J.         Extracting in Situ Charge Carrier Diffusion Parameters in Perovskite Solar Cells with Light Modulated Techniques.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00871
  12. Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 2021, 2, 2000086.
    Perkhun, P.; Köntges, W.; Pourcin, F.; Gonzales, C.; Bisquert, J.; Guerrero, A.; Pfannmöller, M.; Dkhil, S.B.; Ackermann, J.         High-Efficiency Digital Inkjet-Printed Non-Fullerene Polymer Blends Using Non-Halogenated Solvents.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aesr.202000086
  13. Applied Physics Letters, 2021, 118, 073501.
    Gonzales, C.; Guerrero, A.; Bisquert, J.         Spectral properties of the dynamic state transition in metal halide perovskite-based memristor exhibiting negative capacitance.
    Article page: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0037916
  14. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 1078−1084.
    Teymourinia, H.; Gonzales, C.; Gallardo, J.Jesús; Salavati-Niasari, M.; Bisquert, J.; Navas, J.; Guerrero, A.         Interfacial Passivation of Perovskite Solar Cells by Reactive Ion Scavengers.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.0c01804

2020

  1. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 8654–8659.
    Bou, A.; Pockett, A.; Raptis, D.; Watson, T.M.; Carnie, M.J.; Bisquert, J.         Beyond Impedance Spectroscopy of Perovskite Solar Cells: Insights from the Spectral Correlation of the Electrooptical Frequency Techniques.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02459
  2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 8417−8423.
    Alvarez, A.O.; Arcas, R.; Aranda, C.; Bethencourt, L.; Mas-Marzá, E.; Saliba, M.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.         Negative Capacitance and Inverted Hysteresis: Matching Features in Perovskite Solar Cells.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/articlesonrequest/AOR-CPSMSUSBMJT4VMFCNIEF
  3. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2020, 6, 2000485.
    García-Batlle, M.; Baussens, O.; Amari, S.; Zaccaro, J.; Gros‐Daillon, E.; Verilhac, J.‐M.; Guerrero, A.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.         Moving Ions Vary Electronic Conductivity in Lead Bromide Perovskite Single Crystals through Dynamic Doping.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aelm.202000485
  4. Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, 128, 075104.
    Almora, O.; González-Lezcano, A.; Guerrero, A.; Brabec, C.J.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.         Ion-mediated hopping electrode polarization model for impedance spectra of CH3NH3PbI3.
    Article page: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0020554
  5. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020, 124, 15793–15799.
    Ravishankar, S.; García-Batlle, M.; Bisquert, J.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.; Odrobina, J.; Schiller, C.A.         Removing Instability-Caused Low-Frequency Features in Small Perturbation Spectra of Perovskite Solar Cells.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04050
  6. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4, 4003-4007 .
    Guenani, N.I.; Barawi, M.; Villar-García, I.J.; Bisquert, J.; O´Shea, V.A. de la P.; Guerrero, A.         Highly porous Ti-Ni anodes for electrochemical oxidations.
    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/se/d0se00242a#!divAbstract
  7. ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 2024–2026.
    Milić, J.V.; Ehrler, B.; Saliba, M.; Molina, C.; Bisquert, J.         Online Meetings in Times of Global Crisis: Toward Sustainable Conferencing.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01070
  8. Energy Technology, 2020, 8, 2000301.
    Lemsi, A.; Cardenas-Morcoso, D.; Haro, M.; Gil-Barrachina, C.; Aranda, C.; Maghraoui-Meherzi, H.; Garcia-Tecedor, M.; Giménez, S.; Julián-López, B.         PbS nanocubes for solar energy storage.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ente.202000301
  9. Applied Physics Letters, 2020, 116, 183503 .
    Caram, J.; García-Batlle, M.; Almora, O.; Arce, R.D.; Guerrero, A.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.         Direct observation of surface polarization at hybrid perovskite/Au interfaces by dark transient experiments.
    Article page: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0006409
  10. ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 187-191.
    Cardenas-Morcoso, D.; Bou, A.; Ravishankar, S.; Garcia-Tecedor, M.; Giménez, S.; Bisquert, J.         Intensity-Modulated Photocurrent Spectroscopy for Solar Energy Conversion Devices: What Does a Negative Value Mean?.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02555
  11. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 463-470.
    Solanki, A.; Guerrero, A.; Zhang, Q.; Bisquert, J.; Sum, T.Chien         Interfacial Mechanism for Efficient Resistive Switching in Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskites for Non-volatile Memories.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03181

2019

  1. ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 14, 16095−16102.
    Shaddad, M.N.; Cardenas-Morcoso, D.; Garcia-Tecedor, M.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.; Bisquert, J.; Al-Mayouf, A.M.; Giménez, S.         TiO2 Nanotubes for Solar Water Splitting: Vacuum Annealing and Zr Doping Enhance Water Oxidation Kinetics.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.9b02297
  2. ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 2579.
    Kamat, P.V.; Bisquert, J.         Hybrid Assemblies for Light‐Energy Conversion.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cphc.201900936
  3. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10, 21, 6857-6864.
    Li, C.; Wang, N.; Guerrero, A.; Zhong, Y.; Long, H.; Miao, Y.; Bisquert, J.; Wang, J.; Huettner, S.         Understanding the Improvement of Stability in Self-Assembled Multiple Quantum Wells Perovskite Light-Emitting Diode.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02467
  4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123, 41, 24995-25014.
    Ravishankar, S.; Riquelme, A.; Sarkar, S.S.; García-Batlle, M.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.; Bisquert, J.         Intensity Modulated Photocurrent Spectroscopy (IMPS) and its Application to Perovskite Solar Cells.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07434
  5. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10, 5889-5891.
    Juárez-Pérez, E.J.; Bisquert, J.         The Causes of Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00613
  6. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019, 151, 124201.
    Aranda, C.; Bisquert, J.; Guerrero, A.         Impedance Spectroscopy of Perovskite/Contact Interface: Beneficial Chemical Reactivity Effect.
    Article page: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5111925
  7. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 18807–18815.
    Kim, S.G.; Li, C.; Guerrero, A.; Yang, J.M.; Zhong, Y.; Bisquert, J.; Huettner, S.; Park, N.G.         Potassium ions as a kinetic controller in ionic double layers for hysteresis-free perovskite solar cells.
    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/ta/c9ta07595j#!divAbstract
  8. ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 20, 2587-2599.
    Aranda, C.; Guerrero, A.; Bisquert, J.         Crystalline Clear or not: Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Water in Perovskite Solar Cells.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cphc.201900393
  9. Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 1900881.
    Pospisil, J.; Guerrero, A.; Zmeskal, O.; Weiter, M.; Gallardo, J.Jesús; Navas, J.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.         Reversible Formation of Gold Halides in Single‐Crystal Hybrid‐Perovskite/Au Interface upon Biasing and Effect on Electronic Carrier Injection.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201900881
  10. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2019, 102, 10, 6337-6348.
    Ling, J.K.; Pal, B.; Chong, K.F.; Schmidt-Mende, L.; Bisquert, J.; Jose, R.         Photocurrents in crystal‐amorphous hybrid stannous oxide/alumina binary nanofibers.
    Article page: https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jace.16504
  11. Energy & Environmental Science, 2019, 12, 2054-2079.
    Wang, H.; Guerrero, A.; Bou, A.; Al-Mayouf, A.M.; Bisquert, J.         Kinetic and material properties of interfaces governing slow response and long timescale phenomena in perovskite solar cells.
    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/ee/c9ee00802k/unauth#!divAbstract
  12. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 8,11, 16546-16555.
    Liu, K.; Wu, L.; Valenti, M.; Cardenas-Morcoso, D.; Hofmann, J.Philipp; Bisquert, J.; Giménez, S.; Smith, W.A.         Electronic effects determine the selectivity of planar Au-Cu bimetallic thin films for electrochemical CO2 reduction.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.9b01553
  13. ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 3527−3536.
    Valenti, M.; Prasad, N.P.; Kas, R.; Bohra, D.; Ma, M.; Balasubramanian, V.; Chu, L.; Giménez, S.; Bisquert, J.; Dam, B.; Smith, W.A.         Suppressing H2 Evolution and Promoting Selective CO2 Electroreduction to CO at Low Overpotentials by Alloying Au with Pd.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.8b04604
  14. ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4, 741–746.
    Aranda, C.; Guerrero, A.; Bisquert, J.         Ionic Effect Enhances Light Emission and the Photovoltage of Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite Solar Cells by Reduced Surface Recombination.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00186
  15. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123, 6444-6449.
    Ravishankar, S.; Aranda, C.; Sanchez, S.; Bisquert, J.; Saliba, M.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.         Perovskite Solar Cell Modeling Using Light- and Voltage-Modulated Techniques.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01187

2018

  1. Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 5113.
    Li, C.; Guerrero, A.; Huettner, S.; Bisquert, J.         Unravelling the role of vacancies in lead halide perovskite through electrical switching of photoluminescence.
    Article page: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07571-6
  2. ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 12169.
    Rahman, M.M.; Fabregat-Santiago, F.; Guerrero, A.; Asiri, A.M.; Bisquert, J.         Semiconductor α‐Fe2O3 Hematite Fabricated Electrode for Sensitive Detection of Phenolic Pollutants.
    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/slct.201802503
  3. Electrochimica Acta, 2018, 292, 697-706.
    Suárez, B.; Aranda, C.; Macor, L.; Durantini, J.; Heredia, D.; Durantini, E.N.; Otero, L.; Guerrero, A.; Gervaldo, M.         Perovskite solar cells with versatile electropolymerized fullerene as electron extraction layer.
    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468618322059
  4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122, 22717−22727.
    Chulia-Jordan, R.; Mas-Marzá, E.; Segura, A.; Bisquert, J.; Martínez-Pastor, J.P.         Crystalline-Size Dependence of Dual Emission Peak on Hybrid Organic Lead-Iodide Perovskite Films at Low Temperatures.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06770
  5. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 9, 5897–5905.
    Bisquert, J.         Top Selected Papers in the Physical Chemistry of Energy Materials 2016–2017.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02731
  6. Physical Review Applied, 2018, 10, 034062.
    Ansari-Rad, M.; Bisquert, J.         Insight into Photon Recycling in Perovskite Semiconductors from the Concept of Photon Diffusion.
    Article page: https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.034062#fulltext
  7. Chemical Society Reviews, 2018, 47, 7659-7702.
    Pan, Z.; Rao, H.; Mora-Seró, I.; Bisquert, J.; Zhong, X.         Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells.
    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cs/c8cs00431e#!divAbstract
  8. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 19085-19093.
    Bi, Z.; Rodríguez-Martínez, X.; Aranda, C.; San José, E.Pascual; Goñi, A.R.; Campoy-Quiles, M.; Xu, X.; Guerrero, A.         Defect Tolerant Perovskite Solar Cells from Blade coated Non-Toxic Solvents.
    Article page: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2018/TA/C8TA06771F#!divAbstract
  9. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122, 11608−11615.
    Shaddad, M.N.; Cardenas-Morcoso, D.; Arunachalam, P.; Garcia-Tecedor, M.; Ghanem, M.A.; Bisquert, J.; Al-Mayouf, A.M.; Giménez, S.         Enhancing the Optical Absorption and Interfacial Properties of BiVO4 with Ag3PO4 Nanoparticles for Efficient Water Splitting.
    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b00738
  10. ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3, 1477−1481.
    Peng, W.; Aranda, C.; Bakr, O.M.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.; Bisquert, J.; Guerrero, A.         Quantification of Ionic Diffusion in Lead Halide Perovskite Single Crystals.
    Article page: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00641
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