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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Synergistic Graphene Polishing Enabling van der Waals Anchors for Efficient and Robust Carbon-Based Perovskite Solar Cells.

Kausar Ali Khawaja, Muzhi Li, Christopher Picart, Yizhao Wang, Nicholas Rolston, Lin Li, Feng Yan

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Kausar Ali KhawajaMaterials Science and Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9975-086X
Muzhi LiMaterials Science and Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Christopher PicartMaterials Science and Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Yizhao WangMaterials Science and Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Nicholas RolstonSchool of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Lin LiMaterials Science and Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Feng YanMaterials Science and Engineering Program, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-6886

Funding

Department of EnergyNational Science Foundation CMMI-2226918National Science Foundation DMR-2330738National Science Foundation DMREF-2323766National Science Foundation ECCS-2339233National Science Foundation ECCS-2413632National Science Foundation MOMS-2330728National Science Foundation TI-2329871Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy DE-EE0009833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) offer a low-cost, stable alternative to metal electrodes; however, the high porosity of carbon electrodes leads to poor interfacial contact and weak mechanical adhesion to the underlying carrier transport layer, limiting device performance and robustness. Here, we report a solvent-free additive polishing strategy using a synergistic combination of two-dimensional (2D) graphene nanoplatelets and 3D graphite flakes to densify the hole-transport-layer (HTL)/carbon interface by creating conformal van der Waals (vdW) anchors. This graphene/graphite additive polishing process fills micro-voids on the porous carbon electrode surface, reduces carbon electrode surface roughness, and creates a graphene anchor that increases interfacial fracture energy and promotes the carbon surface heating release. Electrically, the polished interface facilitates superior charge extraction, thereby reducing charge-transfer resistance. Consequently, regular n-i-p perovskite solar devices achieve a promised power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 23.28% (0.09 cm

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additive graphene nanoplatelets/graphite flakes polishingcarbon‐based perovskite solar cellsinterface engineeringmechanical and thermal robustnessscalability

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PMID42504583
PMCPMC13569036

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