All-inorganic perovskite of CsPbBr 3 thin-films solar cells has attracted increasing interest in recent years due to its potential long-term stability over the generally used hybrid perovskites. Herein, all-inorganic CsPbBr 3 perovskites are doped with Eu 2+ to enhance the efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). The perovskite films exhibit a better crystallinity with smooth morphology after the introduction of rare-earth elements. Hence, the hole-transport layer-free device with presence of Eu 2+ and low-cost carbon electrode achieves both enhanced efficiency and stability. In particular, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) enhances from 5.66% to 7.28% with high V OC of 1.45 V by optimizing the doping concentration of Eu 2+ . In addition, the storage stability measurements reveal excellent performances of PCE without encapsulation in air with relative humidity of 70–80%. These results can pave changes in future inorganic PVSCs.
Qiao Liu,Xing-Li Xie,Chang-Jie Mao,Jing-Shuai Chen,He-Lin Niu,Ji-Ming Song
A highly selective DNA-based electrochemiluminescence (ECL) based biosensor is described for the detection of human IgG. It is exploiting the effect of steric hindrance that affects the strength of the ECL signal in the presence of IgG. Digoxin-linked signaling DNA was specifically bound to IgG, and this causes steric hindrance which limits the ability of DNA to hybridize with capturing DNA attached to a gold electrode. Europium (II) doped CdSe quantum dots were covalently linked to the DNA in order to generate the ECL signal. Using this steric hindrance hybridization method, the ECL signal of the biosensor were proportional to the concentration of IgG with a wide linear range and a 14 pM detection limit. Conceivably, the method can be expanded to the detection of a wide range of proteins for which homologous recognition elements are available.