Journal
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 19, Issue 27, Pages 17960-17966Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02523h
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- National Science Foundation [1355678, 1428298, 1547771]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys [GRANTS:13677091] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Human Resource Development
- Direct For Education and Human Resources [1547771] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Undergraduate Education
- Direct For Education and Human Resources [1355678] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1428298] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Carbon is inherently abundant in nature and relatively inexpensive, which can potentially reduce the manufacturing cost of solar cells. In recent years, carbon has been used as a hole transport layer or counter electrode in perovskite solar cells. Herein, we demonstrate that carbon can also be used as a charge transport layer capable of enhancing the energy conversion efficiency of a CH3NH3PbI3 Cl-x(x) solar cell when carbon is combined with PCBM. Particularly, we have been able to deposit an ultra-flat carbon layer using an e-beam irradiation method, which exhibited much better conductivity than the competitive PCBM/C60 layer. In addition, quantitative analysis of interfacial charge dynamics shows that the quenching efficiency of PCBM/carbon is comparable to that of PCBM/C60 but better interface defect passivation and improved series and shunt resistances were observed when PCBM/carbon was employed. For the photovoltaic performance, the reference perovskite solar cell fabricated from the widely used PCBM/C60 has a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 14% while the perovskite solar cell with PCBM/carbon has an increased PCE of 16%. Our results demonstrate the potential of the use of cost-effective carbon for perovskite solar cells, which could reduce production costs.
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