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ReviewChemical Society reviews2021

Solution-processed two-dimensional materials for next-generation photovoltaics.

Sebastiano Bellani, Antonino Bartolotta, Antonio Agresti, Giuseppe Calogero, Giulia Grancini, Aldo Di Carlo, Emmanuel Kymakis, Francesco Bonaccorso

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Review in Chemical Society reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. First-principles study of YScientific reports · 2026
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  4. Solution-Processed Heterojunction Photodiodes Based on WSeSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  11. In Situ Growth of MoSAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  12. Axially Growing Carbon Quantum Ribbon with 2D Stacking Control for High-Stability Solar Cell.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  19. Screen-Printing Technology for Scale Manufacturing of Perovskite Solar Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sebastiano BellaniBeDimensional S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy. f.bonaccorso@bedimensional.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3576-1702
Antonino BartolottaCNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Via F. Stagno D'alcontres 37, 98158 Messina, Italy.
Antonio AgrestiCHOSE - Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy.
Giuseppe CalogeroCNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Via F. Stagno D'alcontres 37, 98158 Messina, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0409-1440
Giulia GranciniUniversity of Pavia and INSTM, Via Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Aldo Di CarloCHOSE - Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6828-2380
Emmanuel KymakisDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos 71410 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0257-1192
Francesco BonaccorsoBeDimensional S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy. f.bonaccorso@bedimensional.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7238-9420

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the ever-increasing energy demand scenario, the development of novel photovoltaic (PV) technologies is considered to be one of the key solutions to fulfil the energy request. In this context, graphene and related two-dimensional (2D) materials (GRMs), including nonlayered 2D materials and 2D perovskites, as well as their hybrid systems, are emerging as promising candidates to drive innovation in PV technologies. The mechanical, thermal, and optoelectronic properties of GRMs can be exploited in different active components of solar cells to design next-generation devices. These components include front (transparent) and back conductive electrodes, charge transporting layers, and interconnecting/recombination layers, as well as photoactive layers. The production and processing of GRMs in the liquid phase, coupled with the ability to "on-demand" tune their optoelectronic properties exploiting wet-chemical functionalization, enable their effective integration in advanced PV devices through scalable, reliable, and inexpensive printing/coating processes. Herein, we review the progresses in the use of solution-processed 2D materials in organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells, quantum dot solar cells, and organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells, as well as in tandem systems. We first provide a brief introduction on the properties of 2D materials and their production methods by solution-processing routes. Then, we discuss the functionality of 2D materials for electrodes, photoactive layer components/additives, charge transporting layers, and interconnecting layers through figures of merit, which allow the performance of solar cells to be determined and compared with the state-of-the-art values. We finally outline the roadmap for the further exploitation of solution-processed 2D materials to boost the performance of PV devices.

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PMID34494631
PMCPMC8559907

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