We have worked previously on dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), as well as other nanostructured PVs (such as quantum-dot sensitised). Across all technologies we are interested in exploring new materials, (nano)structures and device architectures in order to improve the efficiency, stability, or scalability of these low-cost PV technologies.

Currently our main focus is on PSCs, in particular exploring the novel process we developed to post-treat halide perovskites using a solvent aerosol, which we have recently improved upon by including additives in the aerosol, and showing that we can stabilise α-FAPbI3 for use in PSCs.

Associated publications:

Li Z, Huang YT, Mohan L, Zelewski SJ, Friend RH, Briscoe J and Hoye RLZ. “Elucidating the Factors Limiting the Photovoltaic Performance of Mixed Sb–Bi Halide Elpasolite Absorbers.” Wiley Solar Rrl.
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202200749
20-09-2022

Du T, Macdonald TJ, Yang RX, Li M, Jiang Z, Mohan L, Xu W, Su Z, Gao X, Whiteley R, Lin C-T, Min G, Haque SA, Durrant JR, Persson KA, McLachlan MA and Briscoe J. “Additive-free, Low-temperature Crystallization of Stable α-FAPbI3 Perovskite.” Wiley Advanced Materials. 
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107850 
11-12-2021

Mohan L, Ratnasingham S, Panidi J, Daboczi M, Kim J-S, Anthopoulos T, Briscoe J, McLachlan M and Kreouzis T. “Determining out-of-plane hole mobility in CuSCN via the time-of-flight technique to elucidate its function in perovskite solar cells.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09750
07-08-2021

Du T, Ratnasingham SR, Kosasih FU, Macdonald TJ, Mohan L, Augurio A, Ahli H, Lin CT, Xu S, Xu W, Binions R, Ducati C, Durrant JR, Briscoe J and McLachlan MA. “Aerosol Assisted Solvent Treatment: A Universal Method for Performance and Stability Enhancements in Perovskite Solar Cells.” Wiley Advanced Energy Materials.
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202101420
11-07-2021

Butt MTZ, Hussain SZ, Li X, Briscoe J and Rehman HU. “Ambient Air-Stable CH3NH3PbI3Perovskite Solar Cells Using Dibutylethanolamine as a Morphology Controller.” ACS Applied Energy Materials.
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c02986
17-04-2021

Ratnasingham SR, Mohan L, Dabaczi M, Degousee T, Binions R, Fenwick O, Kim J-S, McLachlan M and Briscoe J. “Novel scalable aerosol-assisted CVD route for perovskite solar cells.” RSC Materials Advances.
DOI: 10.1039/D0MA00906G 
05-02-2021

Butt MTZ, Preuss K, Titirici MM, ur Rehman H and Briscoe J. “Biomass-derived nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel counter electrodes for dye sensitized solar cells.” MDPI Materials.
DOI: 10.3390/ma11071171
09-07-2018

Chen S, Wang J, Zhang Z, Briscoe J, Warwick MEA, Li H and Hu P. “Aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition of conformal ZnO compact layers for efficient electron transport in perovskite solar cells.” Elsevier Materials Letters.
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.01.090 
15-04-2018

Polydorou E, Botzakaki MA, Sakellis I, Soultati A, Kaltzoglou A, Papadopoulos TA, Briscoe J, Drivas C, Seintis K, Fakis M, Palilis LC, Georga SN, Krontiras CA, Kennou S, Falaras P, Boukos N, Davazoglou D, Argitis P and Vasilopoulou M. “Improved Stability of Polymer Solar Cells in Ambient Air via Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultrathin Dielectric Layers.” Wiley Advanced Materials Interfaces 
DOI: 10.1002/admi.201700231 
12-07-2017

Polydorou E, Sakellis I, Soultati A, Kaltzoglou A, Papadopoulos TA, Briscoe J, Tsikritzis D, Fakis M, Palilis LC, Kennou S, Argitis P, Falaras P, Davazoglou D and Vasilopoulou M. “Avoiding ambient air and light induced degradation in high-efficiency polymer solar cells by the use of hydrogen-doped zinc oxide as electron extraction material.” Elsevier Nano Energy. 
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.02.047 
24-02-2017

Titirici M-M, Marinovic A, Dunn S, Swee Kiat L and Briscoe J. “Carbon Nanodot Solar Cells from Renewable Precursors.” Wiley-VCH ChemSusChem.
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201601741 
20-01-2017

Polydorou E, Zeniou A, Tsikritzis D, Soultati A, Sakellis I, Gardelis S, Papadopoulos TA, Briscoe J, Palilis LC, Kennou S, Gogolides E, Argitis P, Davazoglou D and Vasilopoulou M. “Surface passivation effect by fluorine plasma treatment on ZnO for efficiency and lifetime improvement of inverted polymer solar cells.” RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 
DOI: 10.1039/c6ta03594a 
24-06-2016

Briscoe J, Marinovic A, Sevilla M, Dunn S and Titirici M. “Biomass-Derived Carbon Quantum Dot Sensitizers for Solid-State Nanostructured Solar Cells.” Wiley Angewandte Chemie – International Edition. 
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409290 
07-04-2015

Loh L, Briscoe J and Dunn S. “Enhanced performance with bismuth ferrite perovskite in ZnO nanorod solid state solar cells.” RSC Nanoscale.
DOI: 10.1039/c4nr00911h 
21-06-2014

Shoaee S, Briscoe J, Durrant JR and Dunn S. “Acoustic enhancement of polymer/ZnO nanorod photovoltaic device performance.” Wiley Advanced Materials. 
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201303304 
15-01-2014

Briscoe J, Gallardo DE, Hatch S, Lesnyak V, Gaponik N and Dunn S. “Enhanced quantum dot deposition on ZnO nanorods for photovoltaics through layer-by-layer processing.” RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry. 
DOI: 10.1039/c0jm02279a
01-01-2011