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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 7, Issue 22, Pages 4764-4794Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01951
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- Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
- JSPS KAKENHI [15K17925]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K17925] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The current challenges (e.g., stability, hysteresis, etc.) in organometal halide perovskite solar cell research are closely correlated with surfaces and interfaces. For instance, efficient generation of charges, extraction, and transport with minimum recombination through interlayer interfaces is crucial to attain high-efficiency solar cell devices. Furthermore, intralayer interfaces may be present in the form of grain boundaries within a film composed of the same material, for example, a polycrystalline perovskite layer. The adjacent grains may assume different crystal orientations and/or have different chemical compositions, which impacts charge excitation and dynamics and thereby the overall solar cell performance. In this Perspective, we present case studies to demonstrate (1) how surfaces and interfaces can impact material properties and device performance and (2) how these issues can be investigated by surface science techniques, such as scanning probe microscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, and so forth. We end this Perspective by outlining the future research directions based on the reported results as well as the new trends in the field.
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