Perovskite solar cells for artificial photosynthesis

Co-PI: Ana Flavia Nogueira– UNICAMP – Chemistry Institute – anafla@unicamp.br

This project aims at the development of efficient solar cells based on halide perovskites with multications in order to assist the photoelectrochemical processes of hydrogen generation from the water and reduction of carbon dioxide. The project also includes (i) physicochemical and structural studies of this class of semiconductors as defects, stability, composition, formation mechanisms, morphology, etc (ii) synthesis and characterization of lead-free perovskites and novel hole and electron transport layers and (iii) development of efficient lab-scale devices (efficiency > 20%) and large solar modules based on the n-i-p configuration.