X‐Ray microscopy of halide perovskites: techniques, applications, and prospects

M Kodur, RE Kumar, Y Luo, DN Cakan… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray microscopy can provide unique chemical, electronic, and structural insights into
perovskite materials and devices leveraging bright, tunable synchrotron X‐ray sources. Over …

Nanoscale hard X-ray microscopy methods for materials studies

M Holt, R Harder, R Winarski… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
This review discusses recent progress in the development of hard X-ray microscopy
techniques for materials characterization at the nanoscale. Although the utility of traditionally …

Imaging and map** characterization tools for perovskite solar cells

J Hidalgo, AF Castro‐Méndez… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted much attention as efficiencies have gone
beyond 24%. To achieve these impressive numbers, the PSC scientific community is …

Hard x-ray nanofocusing by multilayer Laue lenses

H Yan, R Conley, N Bouet, YS Chu - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Multilayer Laue lens (MLL) is a new class of x-ray optics that offer great promise for
achieving nanometre-level spatial resolution by focusing hard x-rays. Fabricating an MLL via …

Engineering solar cells based on correlative X-ray microscopy

M Stuckelberger, B West, T Nietzold, B Lai… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - cambridge.org
In situ and operando measurement techniques combined with nanoscale resolution have
proven invaluable in multiple fields of study. We argue that evaluating device performance …

Effect of Ordered Vacancy Compounds on the Carrier Collection in Wide‐Gap (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

J Keller, N Martin, O Donzel‐Gargand, K Kiselman… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This contribution studies the effect of ordered vacancy compounds (OVCs) on the minority
carrier collection in wide‐gap (Ag, Cu)(In, Ga) Se2 (ACIGS) solar cells. For this purpose …

[HTML][HTML] X-ray nanobeam diffraction imaging of materials

TU Schülli, SJ Leake - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Unprecedented tools to image crystalline structure distributions in materials have been
made possible by recent advances in X-ray sources, X-ray optics and X-ray methods …

Grain engineering: How nanoscale inhomogeneities can control charge collection in solar cells

BM West, M Stuckelberger, H Guthrey, L Chen, B Lai… - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Statistical and correlative analysis are increasingly important in the design and study of new
materials, from semiconductors to metals. Non-destructive measurement techniques, with …

The relationship between chemical flexibility and nanoscale charge collection in hybrid halide perovskites

Y Luo, S Aharon, M Stuckelberger… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hybrid organometal halide perovskites are known for their excellent optoelectronic
functionality as well as their wide‐ranging chemical flexibility. The composition of hybrid …

X-ray fluorescence at nanoscale resolution for multicomponent layered structures: a solar cell case study

BM West, M Stuckelberger, A Jeffries… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
The study of a multilayered and multicomponent system by spatially resolved X-ray
fluorescence microscopy poses unique challenges in achieving accurate quantification of …