{"title":"Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC): Principles, materials and working mechanism","authors":"Samina Qamar, Sule Erten Ela","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101871","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101871","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This review provides a comprehensive summary of the research advancements made in recent years regarding photoanode, sensitizer, electrolytes, counter electrode materials, and solid-state electrolytes for long-term stable dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Its objectives are to facilitate comprehension of the underlying design principles, elucidate the fundamental research, and develop high-performance DSSCs for practical applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101871"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mildred Muñoz Cardona , Alejandro Ortiz Gonzalez , Angélica García
{"title":"Fundamentals in organic dyes for perovskite solar cells","authors":"Mildred Muñoz Cardona , Alejandro Ortiz Gonzalez , Angélica García","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101869","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101869","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the last years, the rapid emergence of photovoltaic technology has introduced a clean and renewable energy source, the significant potential of photovoltaic devices lies in their ability to transform light energy into electrical energy using cost-effective and eco-friendly methods. Organic materials have achieved notable increases in power conversion efficiency through chemical functionalization, proving advantages such as low-cost synthesis, high purity, and good charge transport properties in perovskites solar cells (PSCs). Challenges are still, including the stability and efficiency of organic materials, however, advances in material chemistry and structural optimization offer promising solutions that could significantly enhance the performance and commercial viability of PSCs. The integration of organic dyes for passivators, hole and electron transport layers in PSCs has shown improvements in device efficiency and stability, offering potential for increased efficiency and reduced production costs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101869"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad Tanver Hossain , Ramdas Tiwari , Randy H. Ewoldt
{"title":"Protorheology in practice: Avoiding misinterpretation","authors":"Mohammad Tanver Hossain , Ramdas Tiwari , Randy H. Ewoldt","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101866","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101866","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Protorheology is the paradigm that any observed flow or deformation is a chance to infer quantitative rheological properties. While this creates many opportunities for insight, there is significant risk of misunderstanding the physics involved, e.g. misinterpreting a liquid as a solid or mistaking viscous flow time as viscoelastic relaxation time. We describe these and other potential mistakes, use case studies to show how serious the problems can be, and contrast misinterpretations with correct approaches and interpretations. Some issues are especially important with materials involving colloidal particles and flows involving surface tension. Whether the reader is making inference from a tilted vial, time-lapse gravity-driven flow, a bounce test, die swell, or any other protorheology observation, the examples here serve as a guide for avoiding bad data in protorheology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101866"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142438130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernando Martínez-Pedrero , Carlo Carbone , Ramón G. Rubio , Francisco Ortega , Eduardo Guzmán
{"title":"A critical examination of the physics behind the formation of particle-laden fluid interfaces","authors":"Fernando Martínez-Pedrero , Carlo Carbone , Ramón G. Rubio , Francisco Ortega , Eduardo Guzmán","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101868","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101868","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Particle trapping is a powerful tool for tailoring fluid interfaces, offering unprecedented control over interfacial properties and behaviors. In this review, we delve into the intricate mechanisms driving the trapping of particles at the fluid interface. By strategically manipulating particles at fluid interfaces, researchers have unlocked a myriad of opportunities for engineering interfacial phenomena with precision and versatility. In fact, particle trapping strategies enable tailored modifications of fluid interfaces that span a wide range of length scales and material systems. This work explores the underlying principles governing particle–surface interactions, highlighting key factors such as particle size, shape, surface chemistry, and interfacial tension. Through a comprehensive examination of recent developments, this review provides valuable insights into the transformative potential of particle trapping for shaping fluid interfaces, paving the way for innovative applications across various disciplines, including materials science, biotechnology, and environmental engineering.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101868"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rocío Dominguez , Leydi M. Moreno , Fernando Langa, Pilar de la Cruz
{"title":"Non-fused and fused ring non-fullerene acceptors","authors":"Rocío Dominguez , Leydi M. Moreno , Fernando Langa, Pilar de la Cruz","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101864","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101864","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted attention due to their lightweight, flexibility and transparency. Recent advances in OSC materials, especially non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), have led to marked improvements. NFAs are characterized by their tunable structures and broad absorption spectra, which enhance charge separation and overall performance. These developments make NFAs pivotal materials in advancing OSC technologies and they represent a promising alternative. The development of fused-ring acceptors (FRAs) has enabled power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 19 % to be achieved. Despite this success, the intricate synthesis processes and low material yields result in high production costs limiting the commercial viability of FRAs in OSCs. Conversely, non-fused-ring acceptors (NFRAs) offer significant advantages, including easier synthesis, higher yields and improved stability, facilitating the production of cost-effective OSCs. NFRA-based OSCs have provided similar PCE values to FRAs (above 19 %). The research published in recent months on FRAs – particularly NFRAs – is covered in this review.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101864"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rheological effects of rough colloids at fluid interfaces: An overview","authors":"Lijun Dai , Zhiwei Liu , Minna Li , Tao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101867","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101867","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Because of the capillary interactions arising from surface corrugation, rough particles at fluid interfaces often exhibit intricate rheological responses to interfacial deformations and material flows, challenging the conventional physicochemical and thermodynamic concepts that were typically applied in bulk suspensions. Although such rheological responses have been widely applied in industrial processes (i.e. crude oil recovery) and some biological systems (i.e. the dynamics of lung alveoli), studies on their physical mechanisms are not summarized systematically. In this work, we present an overview of the rheological effects of rough particle-laden interfaces, where the influences of particles’ softness and geometric roughness are emphatically discussed. We also point out that, relevant rheological effects can be strongly affected by a competition between the particles’ capillary attractions and frictional forces. Potentially, integrating experiments and simulations from a mesoscale perspective would gain deeper insights into the rheological properties for a quasi-2D system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101867"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endowing molecular motions in the solid materials","authors":"Jiachen Guo, Jianbin Huang, Yun Yan","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101861","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101861","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Building macro continuous materials that play an important role in our daily lives directly from powder is in line with the development needs of green chemistry. Powders or particles tend to spontaneously aggregate and fuse to reduce the interfacial energy of the system, but compared to solutions or melts, the molecular motion ability in the solid phase is significantly limited. Inspired by the agglomeration of powder and kneading dough, the introduction of a small amount of water and pressure has enabled the preparation of continuous self-supporting materials based on surfactants, and even the construction of ordered molecular membranes through solid-phase molecular self-assembly. This article summarizes the recent work on the construction of macroscopic materials using molecular motion in solid phase, and mainly introduces its principles, self-healing properties, and application directions, including strain sensing, oil absorption, humidity response, circularly polarized luminescence, etc., and looks forward to the future development space.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101861"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Méndez , José G. Sánchez , Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero , Emilio J. Palomares
{"title":"Insights into charge dynamics and recombination processes in ternary organic solar cells through photophysical characterization techniques","authors":"Maria Méndez , José G. Sánchez , Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero , Emilio J. Palomares","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101865","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The incorporation of a third component in organic solar cells (OSCs), the so-called ternary OSCs, has given rise to an increase in the power conversion efficiencies of the devices. This improvement has been assigned to the broadening of the absorption spectrum, the tuning of the energy levels, and positive changes in the morphology of the active layer, resulting in remarkable power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of up to 20.2 %. Current research highlights the crucial role of morphology in enhancing device performance. However, achieving higher efficiencies requires improved charge dissociation, balanced charge transport, and minimized energy loss and recombination, which is not always attained. This review describes the most common steady-state techniques, such as photoluminescence, and advanced transient techniques, such as transient photovoltage and transient absorption spectroscopy, to gain insights into the photovoltaic charge dynamic processes to contribute to the improvement of the performance of TOSCs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101865"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jorge Pascual , Teresa S. Ripolles , Silver-Hamill Turren-Cruz , Juan Luis Delgado
{"title":"The rise and potential of top interface modification in tin halide perovskite solar cells","authors":"Jorge Pascual , Teresa S. Ripolles , Silver-Hamill Turren-Cruz , Juan Luis Delgado","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101863","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101863","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Top interface engineering is becoming one of the preferred methodologies for easily improving tin halide perovskite solar cell efficiency. The particular effectiveness of this strategy for tin-based materials may stem from their fragility in terms of oxidation and defect chemistry. Studies mainly focus on the design of novel fullerenes as interlayers or electron-selective layers, as well as on the application of organic and inorganic molecules of varying sizes. In this mini-review, we highlight the rise and potential of top interface modification in tin halide perovskite solar cells.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101863"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Harito , Syauqi Abdurrahman Abrori , Munawar Khalil , Brian Yuliarto , Sule Erten-Ela
{"title":"Current progress of perovskite solar cells stability with bibliometric study","authors":"Christian Harito , Syauqi Abdurrahman Abrori , Munawar Khalil , Brian Yuliarto , Sule Erten-Ela","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101862","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101862","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perovskite solar cells have matched or even surpassed commercial silicone-based photovoltaics (PVs) in terms of cost effectiveness and power conversion efficiency. However, the stability is quite far behind the commercial silicone-based PV. Humidity, electrical bias, high temperature, and ultraviolet light are the determining stressors in the degradation of perovskite solar cells. This review provides the current advancement (2022 to July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2024) to the stability problem in perovskite solar cells. Equipped with bibliometric study, we deploy keyword analysis, citation analysis, and notable progress to give an overview and latest progress in perovskite solar cells stability. The importance of interface passivation is highlighted. The scalability studies of nontoxic, lead-free, stable perovskite solar cells are expected in near future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101862"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}