LAPSE:2023.27234
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LAPSE:2023.27234
Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks as (Photo)Active Material in Hybrid Photovoltaic Technologies
April 4, 2023
Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are two innovative classes of porous coordination polymers. MOFs are three-dimensional materials made up of secondary building blocks comprised of metal ions/clusters and organic ligands whereas COFs are 2D or 3D highly porous organic solids made up by light elements (i.e., H, B, C, N, O). Both MOFs and COFs, being highly conjugated scaffolds, are very promising as photoactive materials for applications in photocatalysis and artificial photosynthesis because of their tunable electronic properties, high surface area, remarkable light and thermal stability, easy and relative low-cost synthesis, and structural versatility. These properties make them perfectly suitable for photovoltaic application: throughout this review, we summarize recent advances in the employment of both MOFs and COFs in emerging photovoltaics, namely dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) organic photovoltaic (OPV) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs). MOFs are successfully implemented in DSSCs as photoanodic material or solid-state sensitizers and in PSCs mainly as hole or electron transporting materials. An innovative paradigm, in which the porous conductive polymer acts as standing-alone sensitized photoanode, is exploited too. Conversely, COFs are mostly implemented as photoactive material or as hole transporting material in PSCs.
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are two innovative classes of porous coordination polymers. MOFs are three-dimensional materials made up of secondary building blocks comprised of metal ions/clusters and organic ligands whereas COFs are 2D or 3D highly porous organic solids made up by light elements (i.e., H, B, C, N, O). Both MOFs and COFs, being highly conjugated scaffolds, are very promising as photoactive materials for applications in photocatalysis and artificial photosynthesis because of their tunable electronic properties, high surface area, remarkable light and thermal stability, easy and relative low-cost synthesis, and structural versatility. These properties make them perfectly suitable for photovoltaic application: throughout this review, we summarize recent advances in the employment of both MOFs and COFs in emerging photovoltaics, namely dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) organic photovoltaic (OPV) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs). MOFs are successfully implemented in DSSCs as photoanodic material or solid-state sensitizers and in PSCs mainly as hole or electron transporting materials. An innovative paradigm, in which the porous conductive polymer acts as standing-alone sensitized photoanode, is exploited too. Conversely, COFs are mostly implemented as photoactive material or as hole transporting material in PSCs.
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covalent organic frameworks, dye-sensitized solar cells, emerging photovoltaics, metal organic frameworks, perovskite solar cells
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Yildirim O, Bonomo M, Barbero N, Atzori C, Civalleri B, Bonino F, Viscardi G, Barolo C. Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks as (Photo)Active Material in Hybrid Photovoltaic Technologies. (2023). LAPSE:2023.27234
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Yildirim O: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Bonomo M: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Barbero N: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Atzori C: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, CEDEX 9, 38043 Grenoble, France [ORCID]
Civalleri B: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Bonino F: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Viscardi G: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Barolo C: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy; ICxT Interdepartmental Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Lungo Dora, Siena 100, 10153 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Bonomo M: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Barbero N: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Atzori C: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, CEDEX 9, 38043 Grenoble, France [ORCID]
Civalleri B: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Bonino F: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Viscardi G: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
Barolo C: Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, via G. Quarello 15a, 10135 Turin, Italy; ICxT Interdepartmental Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Lungo Dora, Siena 100, 10153 Turin, Italy [ORCID]
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Energies
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13
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21
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E5602
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2020
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2020-10-26
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1996-1073
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