Title: Visiting Undergraduate Research Assitant

B.S: Universidad del Valle (Colombia)

Nationality: Colombian

Contact Info: ncanosampa@utep.edu

Project Description: Synthesis and functionalization of new fullerene derivatives is become a hot topic in the scientific community, providing new compounds that have diverse applications from biological, catalytic to photovoltaic. In this regard, several attempts have been made to find new and more suitable fullerene derivatives to be used in Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) as Electron Transporting Materials (ETMs). It has been recently reported that the presence of amine or pyridine group in the fullerene moiety can provide a strong interaction with the surface of the perovskite layer, passivating it and decreasing the charge traps. We are focused on comparing the photovoltaic performance of C₆₀ and C₇₀ derivatives in PSCs. The new derivatives will have moieties with pyridine, furan, amine and hydroxy groups, and the main idea is to analyze how the interaction with the perovskite layer is enhanced or affected by the presence of a N or O involved in an aromatic system and out of it.