Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages 6383-6391Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02845
Keywords
perovskite; S vacancies; charge transfer; two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides; heterojunction
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Funding
- Singapore National Research Foundation through the Singapore-Berkeley Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy (SinBeRISE) CREATE Program
- ARF Tier 1 Grant 2-D Crystals as Platform for Optoelectronics [R-143-000-556-112]
- A* star-DST project [1425203139]
- Nanyang Technological University [M4080514]
- Ministry of Education [RG101/15]
- AcRF [MOE2013-T2-1-081, MOE2014-T2-1-044]
- [ZYGX2015KYQD057 (A03013023601007)]
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The performance of a photovoltaic device is strongly dependent on the light harvesting properties of the absorber layer as well as the charge separation at the donor/acceptor interfaces. Atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2-D TMDCs) exhibit strong light matter interaction, large optical conductivity, and high electron mobility; thus they can be highly promising materials for next-generation ultrathin solar cells and optoelectronics. However, the short optical absorption path inherent in such atomically thin layers limits practical applications. A heterostructure geometry comprising 2-D TMDCs (e.g., MoS2) and a strongly absorbing material with long electron hole diffusion lengths such as methylammonium lead halide perovskites (CH3NH3PbI3) may overcome this constraint to some extent, provided the charge transfer at the heterostructure interface is not hampered by their band offsets. Herein, we demonstrate that the intrinsic band offset at the CH3NH3PbI3/MoS2 interface can be overcome by creating sulfur vacancies in MoS2 using a mild plasma treatment; ultrafast hole transfer from CH3NH3PbI3 to MoS2 occurs within 320 fs with 83% efficiency following photo excitation. Importantly, our work highlights the feasibility of applying defect-engineered 2-D TMDCs as charge-extraction layers in perovskite-based optoelectronic devices.
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