Transforming Device Efficiency and Stability in NiO-Sputtered n–i–p Perovskite Solar Cells by Soft-Landing and a Thin Spiro-OMeTAD Buffer Layer
Authors: Susmita Basak, Rajat Sharma, Debasmita Pariari, Nisha Sarda, Sudeshna Ghosh, Subhashis Ghosh, Arya Vidhan, Niranjan Singh Baghel, Satyaprasad P. Senanayak, Pablo P. Boix, Iván Mora-Seró, D. D. Sarma, Shaibal K. Sarkar
Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials
Year of Publication: 2026
Volume: 16
Pagination: e03291
Acknowledgments: The authors thank the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India, for financial support. S.K.S. and D.D.S. thank the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, for financial support through bilateral research grants. S.K.S., I.M-S, and P.P.B. thank the IITB Institute of Eminence grant for Seeding International Collaborations. D.P. and S.B. thank the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for the student fellowship. D.D.S. thanks CSIR for the Bhatnagar Fellowship, Science and Engineering Research Board, and the Department of Science and Technology, all under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, for supporting a part of this research. SPS acknowledges funding support from DAE, Government of India through projects RIN-4001 and RNI-4011. SG acknowledges NISER for fellowship. P.P.B and I.M-S. thanks funding from the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. The HEPAFLEX project has received funding from HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions under Grant Agreement no. 101122345. These results are part of the grant CNS2023-144270 funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
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