Issue 14, 2017

High-efficiency perovskite solar cells prepared by using a sandwich structure MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor film

Abstract

Two-step deposition has been widely used in the perovskite layer preparation for perovskite solar cells due to its attractive morphology controllability. However, the limited diffusivity of CH3NH3I (MAI) might cause some PbI2 to remain in the perovskite film. The residual PbI2 in the perovskite film would lead to inferior performance of devices, such as, low power conversion efficiency (PCE), poor reproducibility and weak air stability. In this work, we developed a sandwich structure MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor film to prepare a PbI2-free CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite film. In comparison to the two-step approach, the MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor film with a typical sandwich structure formed a uniform and pinhole-free perovskite film without any PbI2 residue, which could significantly improve the performance of the devices. Moreover, the bottom MAI layer of the MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor film could improve the interfacial contact of the porous TiO2 layer, leading to the promotion of the charge transfer and reduction of the recombination rate. Therefore, the devices fabricated from the sandwich structure MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor films showed dramatic improvements of open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current density (Jsc), fill factor (FF) and PCE. As a result, a promising PCE of 17.8% with good long-term air stability was achieved for the MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor film based PSC, which is better than that prepared by a two-step approach.

Graphical abstract: High-efficiency perovskite solar cells prepared by using a sandwich structure MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor film

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Sep 2016
Accepted
16 Dec 2016
First published
19 Dec 2016

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 4691-4699

High-efficiency perovskite solar cells prepared by using a sandwich structure MAI–PbI2–MAI precursor film

X. Zhang, J. Ye, L. Zhu, H. Zheng, G. Liu, X. Liu, B. Duan, X. Pan and S. Dai, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 4691 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR07689K

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