Issue 42, 2015

Enhancement of solar cell efficiency using perovskite dyes deposited via a two-step process

Abstract

This study examined the effect of different thick-compact-TiO2 blocking layers (c-TiO2) and mesoporous-TiO2 layers (m-TiO2) on the efficiency of perovskite cells. Anatase c-TiO2 layers with different thicknesses were in situ deposited onto a FTO/glass substrate at a temperature of 400 °C via nano-cluster deposition (NCD). The 80 nm-thick c-TiO2 layers were deposited with good step-coverage on the rough-FTO surface, and were in situ crystallized via an anatase phase. The perovskite cells with 80 nm-thick c-TiO2 and 600 nm-thick-m-TiO2 layers showed the highest photovoltaic parameters: JSC of 21.0 mA cm−2, VOC of 0.89 V, FF of 62%, and efficiency (η) of 11.5%. For enhancement of the cell efficiency, solar cells with bi-layer perovskite dyes were deposited via a two-step process onto the m-TiO2 layer (200 nm)/TiO2 blocking layers (80 nm) and showed VOC and FF values of approximately 1.06 and 64%, respectively, with a maximum photo-conversion efficiency of approximately 14.2%.

Graphical abstract: Enhancement of solar cell efficiency using perovskite dyes deposited via a two-step process

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Feb 2015
Accepted
30 Mar 2015
First published
30 Mar 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 33515-33523

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Enhancement of solar cell efficiency using perovskite dyes deposited via a two-step process

T. Duong, Y. Kim, J. Eom, J. Choi, A. Le and S. Yoon, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 33515 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA03370E

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