Journal
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 3052-3063Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c03681
Keywords
Perovskite solar cell; electron transport layer; mesoporous TiO2; SnO2 quantum dots; stability
Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [PA2021KCPY0036]
- National Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province [2108085ME147]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51602088, U19A2089]
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This study successfully constructed SnO2 quantum dot-modified m-TiO2 as an effective electron transport layer (ETL) for high-performance perovskite solar cells. The SnO2-modified m-TiO2 ETL exhibited more favorable electron extraction and transport characteristics, suppressing charge recombination and improving the efficiency and stability of the solar cells.
As a revolutionary photovoltaic technology, the perovskite solar cell has received enormous attention, owing to excellent electronic and optical properties of perovskite materials. The mesoporous TiO2 (m-TiO2) framework is extensively used as an electron transport layer (ETL) to construct high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs), showing efficient electron extraction capability, owing to the enlarged perovskite/ETL interface. However, the TiO2 ETL usually involves high-density oxygen vacancies, low electron mobility, and relatively high photocatalytic activity toward perovskite materials. To address such issues, herein, we demonstrate the successful construction of SnO2 quantum dot (QD)-modified m-TiO2 as an effective ETL for PSCs. It is revealed that the SnO2 QD-modified m-TiO2 ETL affords more favorable electron extraction and transport characteristics and suppressed charge recombination, resulting from the interfacial passivation and the enhanced conductivity of ETLs. Furthermore, the ultrathin SnO2 QD layer incorporated at the m-TiO2/perovskite interface effectively lowers the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 toward perovskite materials, thereby improving the long-term device stability. Eventually, the MAPbI(3)- and FAPbI(3)-based PSCs utilizing the SnO2 QD-modified m-TiO2 ETLs obtained appreciable power conversion efficiencies of 19.09 and 20.09%, respectively, higher than those of counterpart devices based on the conventional m-TiO2 and SnO2 ETLs.
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