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M. Hu, M. Chen, P. Guo, H. Zhou, J. Deng, Y. Yao, Y. Jiang, J. Gong, Z. Dai, Y. Zhou, F. Qian, X. Chong, J. Feng*, R.D. Schaller, K. Zhu, N.P. Padture*, Y. Zhou*.

Sub-1.4 eV Bandgap Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with Long-Term Stability.

Nat. Commun. 11, 151 (2020). Download

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J. Song, Y. Zhou*, N.P. Padture, B.D. Huey*. 

Anomalous 3D Nanoscale Photoconduction in Hybrid Perovskite Semiconductors Revealed by Tomographic Atomic Force Microscopy

Nat. Commun. 11, 3308 (2020). Download

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S. Cai, Y. Zhou*.

Visualizing the Invisibles in Perovskites.

Joule 3, 641 (2020). Download 

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Y. Zhou*, H. Zhou*, J. Deng, W. Cho, Z. Cai.

Decisive Structural and Functional Characterization of Halide Perovskites with Synchrotron. 

Matter 2, 360 (2020). Download

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M. Chen, M.-G. Ju, H.F. Garces, A.D. Carl, L.K. Ono, Z. Hawash, Y. Zhang, T. Shen, Y. Qi, R.L. Grimm, D. Pacifici, X.C. Zeng, Y. Zhou*, N.P. Padture*.

Highly Stable and Efficient All-Inorganic Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells with Native-Oxide Passivation.

Nat. Commun. 10, 16 (2019). Download 

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Y. Zhou*, H. Sternlicht*, N.P. Padture*.

Transmission Electron Microscopy for Halide Perovskite Materials and Devices.

Joule 3, 641 (2019). Download 

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Y. Zhou*, Y. Zhao*.

Chemical Stability and Instability of Inorganic Halide Perovskites.

Energy Environ. Sci. 12, 1495 (2019). Download

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Y. Zhang #, H. Yang #, M. Chen, N.P. Padture*, O. Chen*, Y. Zhou*.

Fusing Nanowires into Thin Films: Fabrication of Graded-Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Performance.

Adv. Energy Mater. 9, 1900243 (2019). Download

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J. Gong #, M. Flatken #, A. Abate*, J.-P. Correa-Baena*, I. Mora-Sero*, M. Saliba*, Y. Zhou*.

The Bloom of Perovskite Optoelectronics: Fundamental Science Matters.

ACS Energy Lett. 4, 861 (2019). Download

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M. Chen, M.-G. Ju, M. Hu, Z. Dai, Y. Hu*, Y. Rong, H. Han, X. C. Zeng, Y. Zhou*, N.P. Padture*.

Lead-Free Dion-Jacobson Tin Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaics.

ACS Energy Lett. 4, 276 (2019). Download 

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M. Que #, Z. Dai #, H. Yang, H. Zhu, Y. Zong, W. Que*, N.P. Padture*, Y. Zhou*, O. Chen*.

Quantum-Dot-Induced Cesium-Rich Surface Imparts Enhanced Stability to Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells.

ACS Energy Lett. 4, 1970 (2019). Download 

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Y. Zong #, Y. Zhou # *, Y. Zhang, Z. Li, L. Zhang, M.-G. Ju, M. Chen, S. Pang*, X.C. Zeng, N.P. Padture*.

Continuous Grain-Boundary Functionalization for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells with Exceptional Stability.

Chem 4, 1404 (2018). Download 
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M. Chen, M.-G. Ju, A.D. Carl, Y. Zong, R.L. Grimm, J. Gu, X.C. Zeng, Y. Zhou*, N.P. Padture*.

Cesium Titanium(IV) Bromide Thin Films Based Stable Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells.

Joule 2, 558 (2018). Download  
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M.-G. Ju #, M. Chen #, Y. Zhou*, D. Jun, L. Ma, N.P. Padture*, X.C. Zeng*.

Towards Eco-friendly and Stable Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaics.

Joule 2, 1231 (2018). Download 

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Y. Zong #. Z. Zhou #, M. Chen, N.P. Padture*, Y. Zhou*.

Lewis-Adduct Mediated Grain-Boundary Functionalization for Efficient Ideal-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells with Superior Stability.

Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1800997 (2018). Download 

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T. Liu, Y. Zhou*, Z. Li, L. Zhang, M.-G. Ju, D. Luo, Y. Yang, M. Yang, D. Kim, W. Yang, N.P. Padture, M.C. Beard, X.C. Zeng, K. Zhu*, Q. Gong, R. Zhu*.

Stable Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells via In Situ Grain Encapsulation.

Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1800232 (2018). Download 
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M.-G. Ju #, M. Chen #, Y. Zhou*, J. Dai, L. Ma, N.P. Padture*, X. C. Zeng*.

Earth-Abundant Non-Toxic Titanium (IV) Based Vacancy-Ordered Double Perovskite Halides with Tunable 1.0 to 1.8 eV Bandgaps for Photovoltaic Applications.

ACS Energy Lett. 3, 297 (2018). Download 
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F. Ji, S. Pang*, L. Zhang, Y. Zong, G. Cui, N.P. Padture*, Y. Zhou*.

Simultaneous Evolution of Uniaxially-Oriented Grains and Ultralow-Density Grain-Boundary Network in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Films Mediated by Precursor-Phase Metastability.

ACS Energy Lett. 2,1734 (2017). Download 

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Y. Zong #, N. Wang #, L. Zhang, M. Ju, X.C. Zeng, X.W. Sun*, Y. Zhou*, N.P. Padture*.

Homogenous Alloys of Formamidinium Lead Triiodide and Cesium Tin Triiodide for Efficient Ideal-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 12658 (2017). Download 
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Y. Zhou*, N.P. Padture*.

Gas-Induced Formation/Transformation of Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskites.

ACS Energy Lett. 2, 2166 (2017). Download 

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C. Li #, Y. Zhou #, Y. Chang, L. Wang, Y. Zong, Z. Zhou, J. Zhang, L. Etgar, G. Cui*, S. Pang*, N.P. Padture.

Methylammonium-Mediated Evolution of Mixed-Organic-Cation Perovskite Thin Films: A Dynamic Composition-Tuning Process.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 7674 (2017). Download 

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B. Wu #, Y. Zhou #, G. Xing, A. Solanki, H.F. Garces, N.P. Padture*, T.C. Sum*.

Long Minority-Carrier Diffusion Length and Low Surface-Recombination Velocity in Inorganic Lead-free CsSnI3 Perovskite Crystal for Solar Cells.

Adv. Funct. Mater. 27, 1604818 (2017). Download 

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N. Wang, Y. Zhou*, M. Gang, H. F. Garces, T. Ding, S. Pang, X.C. Zeng, N.P. Padture*, X. Sun*.

Heterojunction-Depleted Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells with Coarse-Grained B-γ-CsSnI3 Thin Films.

Adv. Energy Mater. 6, 1601130 (2016). Download                      
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Y. Zhou #, M. Yang #, S. Pang, K. Zhu*, N.P. Padture*.

Exceptional Morphology-Preserving Evolution of Formamidinium Lead Triiodide Perovskite Thin Films via Organic-Cation Displacement.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 5535 (2016). Download 

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Y. Zong, Y. Zhou*, M.-G. Ju, H.F. Garces, A.R. Krause, F. Ji, G. Cui, X.C. Zeng, N.P. Padture*, S. Pang*.

Thin-Film Transformation of NH4PbI3 to CH3NH3PbI3-Perovskite: A Methylamine-Induced Conversion-Healing Process.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 14723 (2016). Download 

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S. Pang #, Y. Zhou #, Z. Wang #, M. Yang, A.R. Krause, Z. Zhou, K. Zhu*, N.P. Padture*, G. Cui*.

Transformative Evolution of Organolead Triiodide Perovskite Thin Films from Strong Room-Temperature Solid-Gas Interaction between HPbI3-CH3NH2 Precursor Pair.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 750 (2016). Download

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Y. Zhou, K. Zhu*.

Perovskite Solar Cells Shine in the ‘Valley of the Sun’.

ACS Energy Lett. 1, 64 (2016). Download
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M. Yang #, Y. Zhou #, Y. Zeng, C.-S. Jiang, N.P. Padture*, K. Zhu*.

Square-Centimeter Solution-Processed Planar CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 15%.

Adv. Mater. 27, 6363 (2015). Download

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Z. Zhou #, Z. Wang #, Y. Zhou #, S. Pang*, D. Wang, H. Xu, Z. Liu, N.P. Padture, G. Cui*.

Methylamine-Gas-Induced Defect-Healing Behavior of CH3NH3PbI3 Thin Films for Perovskite Photovoltaics.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 9702 (2015). [Very Important Paper] Download

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