A method for manufacturing a perovskite solar cell, includes disposing an electron transport layer on a transparent conductive substrate, disposing an additive-doped perovskite light absorption layer on the electron transport layer, disposing a hole transport layer on the additive-doped perovskite light absorption layer, and disposing an electrode on the hole transport layer. The disposing of the additive-doped perovskite light absorption layer includes adding an additive having hydrophobicity to a perovskite precursor solution, and applying the additive-added perovskite precursor solution onto the electron transport layer to form the additive-doped perovskite light absorption layer.

The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite nanocrystal (NC) layer, a charge separating layer, an insulating layer, a gate electrode, a cathode, and an anode, where the charge separating layer is positioned between the perovskite NC layer and the insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the charge separating layer and the gate electrode, and the cathode and the anode both electrically contact the charge separating layer and the insulating layer. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the device may be configured to operate as at least one of a photodetector, an optical switching device, and/or a neuromorphic switching device.

Provided are a composite that can be suitably used as an electrolyte in polymer-based solid-state batteries, and various electrochemical devices using the composite. The composite includes a fluorine-containing elastomer and an alkali metal salt as essential components, wherein the fluorine-containing elastomer is an amorphous fluorine-containing elastomer having a glass transition temperature of 25° C. or less, and the composite has a volatile content of 0.1 mass % or less with respect to the entire composite.

A device includes chalcogenide nanoparticles and a light-sensitive material configured to absorb upconverted light generated by the chalcogenide nanoparticles. A method includes receiving, at chalcogenide nanoparticles, input light having a first wavelength; and upconverting the input light using the chalcogenide nanoparticles, to generate output light having a second wavelength, in which the second wavelength is less than the first wavelength. A device includes a transparent material, the transparent material being transparent to at least one of infrared light and visible light, and chalcogenide nanoparticles embedded in the transparent material.

An organic hole transport material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an organic hole transport material doped with an acid-base adduct, in which the acid-base adduct is formed by an acid-base reaction involving an acid and a base, and the acid contains hydrogen ions (H.sup.+) and has the formula H.sup.+X.sup.−, where H.sup.+ corresponds to a hydrogen ion, and X.sup.− corresponds to an anion and corresponds to TFSI.sup.−.

The present disclosure discloses metal oxide nanoparticle ink, a method of preparing the same, a metal oxide nanoparticle thin film manufactured using the same, and a photoelectric device using the same. The method of preparing metal oxide nanoparticle ink according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a step of, using a ligand solution including a metal oxide and an organic ligand, synthesizing a first nanoparticle that is a metal oxide nanoparticle surrounded with the organic ligand; a step of preparing a dispersion solution by dispersing the first nanoparticle in a solvent; a step of preparing a second nanoparticle by mixing the dispersion solution and a pH-adjusted alcohol solvent and then performing ultrasonication treatment to remove the organic ligand surrounding the first nanoparticle; and a step of preparing metal oxide nanoparticle ink by dispersing the second nanoparticle in a dispersion solvent.

The present application provides a method for preparing a perovskite film, and a related perovskite film, solar cell and solar cell device thereof. The preparation method may include the steps of (1) providing a target material comprising the following elements: lead, a halogen, and one or more alkali metals; (2) sputtering using the target material in step (1), where a process gas is a noble gas, optionally, argon, so as to obtain a film; (3) subjecting the film obtained in step (2) to a chemical bath treatment, wherein the chemical bath is a solution of AX, A is selected from one or more of formamidine or methylamine, and X is a halogen; and (4) sputtering on the film obtained in step (3) using a tin metal, where a process gas comprises a noble gas, optionally, a mixture of argon and a halogen gas, so as to obtain the perovskite film.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device comprising: —forming a porous first conducting layer on one side of a porous insulating substrate, —coating the first conducting layer with a layer of grains of a doped semiconducting material to form a structure, —performing a first heat treatment of the structure to bond the grains to the first conducting layer, —forming electrically insulating layers on surfaces of the first conducting layer, —forming a second conducting layer on an opposite side of the porous insulating substrate, —applying a charge conducting material onto the surfaces of the grains, inside pores of the first conducting layer, and inside pores of the insulating substrate, and—electrically connecting the charge conducting material to the second conducting layer.

A photochemical electrode includes: an electrically conductive layer; and a photoexcitation material layer provided over the electrically conductive layer and including a photoexcitation material, wherein the photoexcitation material layer is one of a first photoexcitation material layer in which a potential of the conduction band minimum decreases from a second surface opposite to a first surface on the side of the electrically conductive layer toward the first surface and a second photoexcitation material layer in which a potential of the valence band maximum decreases from the second surface toward the first surface.

The present invention aims to provide a solar cell that is excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency, suffers little degradation during encapsulation (initial degradation), and has excellent durability. The present invention relates to a solar cell including: a laminate having an electrode, a counter electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the electrode and the counter electrode; and an inorganic layer covering the counter electrode to encapsulate the laminate, the photoelectric conversion layer including an organic-inorganic perovskite compound represented by the formula: R-M-X.sub.3, R representing an organic molecule, M representing a metal atom, X representing a halogen atom or a chalcogen atom, the inorganic layer containing a metal oxide, a metal nitride, or a metal oxynitride.