Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 9, Issue 40, Pages 34833-34843Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08536
Keywords
planar perovskite solar cells; electron-extraction layer; Ti-Fe-O oxides; coverage; conductivity; energy level alignment; hysteresis
Funding
- Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges NSFC [51561145007]
- Ministry of Science & Technology, P. R. China: Sino-Italy International Cooperation on Innovation [2016YFE0104000]
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Electron-extraction layer (EEL) plays a critical role in determining the charge extraction and the power conversion efficiencies of the organometal-halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, Ti-Fe-O ternary oxides were first developed to work as an efficient EEL in planar PSC. Compared with the widely used TiOx and the pure FeOx, the ternary composites show superior properties in multiple aspects including the excellent stability of the precursor solution, good coverage on the substrates, outstanding electrical properties, and suitable energy levels. By varying the Fe content from 0 to 100% in the Ti-Fe-O composites, the conductivity of the resultant compact layer was markedly improved, confirmed by consistent results from the conductive atomic force microscopy and the linear sweep voltammetry measurements. Meanwhile, the compositional engineering tunes the energy level alignment of the Ti-Fe-O EEL/CH3NH3PbI3 interface to a region that is favorable for obtaining excellent charge-extraction property. The combinational advantages of the Ti-Fe-O composites significantly improved the photovoltaic performance of the as-prepared solar cells. An increase of over 20% in the short-circuit current (J(sc)) density has been achieved due to a modified EEL conductivity and energy alignment with the perovskite layer. The reduction in the surface recombination and enhancement of the charge collection efficiency also result in about 15% increase in the fill factor. Notably, the device also showed remarkably alleviated hysteresis behavior, revealing a prominently inhibited surface recombination.
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