Issue 2, 2017

Measurement and modelling of dark current decay transients in perovskite solar cells

Abstract

The current decay in response to a sudden change of applied bias up to 1 V has been measured on a methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite solar cell with titania and spiro-OMeTAD transport layers, for temperatures between 258 and 308 K. These measurements are highly reproducible, in contrast to most other techniques used to investigate perovskite cells. A drift–diffusion model that accounts for slow moving ions as well as electrons and holes acting as charge carriers was used to predict the current transients. The close fit of the model predictions to the measurements shows that mobile ions in the perovskite layer influence transient behaviour on timescales of up to 50 s. An activation energy of 0.55 eV is inferred from fitting simulations to measurements made at room temperature.

Graphical abstract: Measurement and modelling of dark current decay transients in perovskite solar cells

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Nov 2016
Accepted
15 Dec 2016
First published
15 Dec 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 452-462

Measurement and modelling of dark current decay transients in perovskite solar cells

S. E. J. O'Kane, G. Richardson, A. Pockett, R. G. Niemann, J. M. Cave, N. Sakai, G. E. Eperon, H. J. Snaith, J. M. Foster, P. J. Cameron and A. B. Walker, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 452 DOI: 10.1039/C6TC04964H

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