Karen Valadez‐Villalobos

ORCID: 0000-0003-4048-9026
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Research Areas
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Sustainable Industrial Ecology
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials

Swansea University
2023-2025

Materials Science & Engineering
2024

Universidad Pablo de Olavide
2022-2023

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
2020-2023

University of Bath
2022

Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute
2019-2022

University of Southampton
2022

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
2022

Universidad Univer
2020

We examine drivers and benefits of adopting circular economy practices for perovskite solar cells (PSCs), a promising low-cost PV technology, identifying key challenges reviewing research progress towards achieving PSCs.

10.1039/d3ee00841j article EN cc-by Energy & Environmental Science 2023-01-01

Abstract Perovskite solar cells hold promise for cost-effective, high-efficiency renewable energy generation; yet their commercialization is hindered by progress towards scalable fabrication methods. Roll-to-roll processing a promising solution large-scale production, and the incorporation of coated carbon electrodes offers several additional advantages, including low-cost manufacturing high-stability. Introducing compatible hole transporting layer between perovskite significantly improves...

10.1038/s43246-024-00516-1 article EN cc-by Communications Materials 2024-05-21

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have burst into photovoltaic (PV) research, revolutionising it and demonstrating that they can achieve performances comparable to technologies already on the market. Despite that, major...

10.1039/d4se01309c article EN cc-by-nc Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2025-01-01

A combination of experimental studies and drift‐diffusion modeling has been used to investigate the appearance inverted hysteresis, where area under J–V curve for reverse scan is lower than in forward scan, perovskite solar cells. It found that cells p–i–n configuration show hysteresis at a sufficiently high rate, whereas n–i–p tend have normal hysteresis. By examining influence composition charge transport layers, film crystallinity preconditioning treatment, possible causes presence are...

10.1002/ente.202200507 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Energy Technology 2022-08-24

Abstract Despite the youthfulness of hybrid halide perovskite solar cells, their efficiencies are currently comparable to commercial silicon and have surpassed quantum‐dots cells. Yet, scalability these devices is a challenge due low reproducibility stability under environmental conditions. However, techniques reported date tackle such issues recurrently involve use solvent methods that would further complicate transfer industry. Herein reliable alternative relaying in implementation an...

10.1002/aenm.202200812 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Advanced Energy Materials 2022-07-12

Many key features in photovoltaic perovskites occur relatively long time scales and involve mixed compositions. This requires realistic but also numerically simple models. In this work we present a transferable classical force field to describe the hybrid perovskite MA

10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01506 article EN cc-by Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 2022-05-16

For improved sustainability, remanufacturing is a vital loop of circular economy. We detail progress on strategies for perovskite solar cells and highlight key aspects that need advancement to deliver sustainable technology.

10.1039/d4su00100a article EN cc-by RSC Sustainability 2024-01-01

A simple synthesis of an ionic liquid is carried out using a trialkylphosphine and alkyl halide. The results showed that the quality perovskite crystals enhanced by incorporation B4PI, when percentage 1.5% PCE champion PSCs MA98.5(B4PI)1.5PbI3 increases significantly from 15.5%, with V OC 0.957 mV, J SC 23.6 mA cm-2, FF 68.4%. Stability tests show excess B4PI 20% has protective effect against humidity, MA80(B4PI)20PbI3 was more stable towards losing only efficiency for 200 h.

10.1039/d0ra04630b article EN cc-by-nc RSC Advances 2020-01-01

Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are mixed electronic-ionic semiconductors with a remarkable photovoltaic potential that has led to current world record efficiency surpassing 23%. This good performance stems from the combination of excellent light harvesting and relatively slow nonradiative recombination, which characteristic MHPs. However, taking advantage these properties requires electron hole transport materials can efficiently extract charge minimal photovoltage losses recombination. It...

10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03834 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2019-02-08

Thanks to their high absorption coefficient and ideal band-gap [1], lead halide perovskite materials are good candidates for the next generation of solar cells with an impressive certified power conversion efficiency >26% [2]. However, development based is impeded, in some architectures, by obstacles including degradation layer light, oxygen, moisture. Photoluminescence (PL) a measure photoexcited carrier radiative recombination thus great tool studying charge processes as later operates...

10.1149/ma2024-02352438mtgabs article EN Meeting abstracts/Meeting abstracts (Electrochemical Society. CD-ROM) 2024-11-22

Despite the youthfulness of hybrid halide perovskite solar cells, their efficiencies are currently comparable to commercial silicon and have surpassed quantum-dots cells. Yet, scalability these devices is a challenge due low reproducibility stability under environmental conditions. However, methods reported date tackle such issues recurrently involve use solvent that would further complicate transfer industry. Herein we present reliable alternative relaying in implementation an ultrathin...

10.48550/arxiv.2202.08188 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd arXiv (Cornell University) 2022-01-01

Ionic liquids (ILs) are gradually becoming relevant within the efforts towards more stable perovskite solar cells, either by their incorporation into active layer or as an interfacial additive. In this work, we synthesized ionic liquid tetrabutylphosphonium iodide and applied it additive at interface between electron selective contact – mesoporous TiO 2 CH 3 NH PbI layer. Specific conditions of B 4 PI modification resulted in improved device stability a reduction hysteretic behavior...

10.2139/ssrn.4170575 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2022-01-01
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