SiO2 nanoparticle-regulated crystallization of lead halide perovskite and improved efficiency of carbon-electrode-based low-temperature planar perovskite solar cells

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab8da5

Abstract SiO₂ nanoparticles were used to regulate the crystallizing process of lead halide perovskite films prepared by the sequential deposition method, which was used in the low-temperature-processed, carbon-electrode-basing, hole-conductor-free planar perovskite solar cells. It was observed that, after adding small amount of SiO₂ precursor (1 vol%) into the lead iodide solution, performance parameters of open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current and fill factor were all upgraded, which helped to increase the power conversion efficiency (reverse scan) from 11.44(±1.83)% (optimized at 12.42%) to 14.01(±2.14)% (optimized at 15.28%, AM 1.5G, 100 mW/cm²). Transient photocurrent decay curve measurements showed that, after the incorporation of SiO₂ nanoparticles, charge extraction was accelerated, while transient photovoltage decay and dark current curve tests both showed that recombination was retarded. The improvement is due to the improved crystallinity of the perovskite film. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy studies observed that, with incorporation of amorphous SiO₂ nanoparticles, smaller crystallites were obtained in lead iodide films, while larger crystallites were achieved in the final perovskite film. This study implies that amorphous SiO₂ nanoparticles could regulate the coarsening process of the perovskite film, which provides an effective method in obtaining high quality perovskite film.

Keywords: perovskite solar cell carbon-electrode crystallization low temperature SiO₂ lead iodide

Received: 05 March 2020
Revised: 20 April 2020
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PACS:	84.60.Jt	(Photoelectric conversion)
	88.40.H-	(Solar cells (photovoltaics))
	88.40.hj	(Efficiency and performance of solar cells)
	81.10.-h	(Methods of crystal growth; physics and chemistry of crystal growth, crystal morphology, and orientation)

Fund: Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central South University, China (Grant No. 2019zzts426), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61172047, 61774170, and 51673218), the Scientific and Technological Project of Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, China, the National Science Foundation, USA (Grant Nos. CBET-1437656 and DMR-1903962), and the Innovation-Driven Project of Central South University (Grant No. 2020CX006).

Corresponding Authors: Bingchu Yang, Conghua Zhou
E-mail: bingchuyang@csu.edu.cn;chzhou@csu.edu.cn

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Zerong Liang(梁泽荣), Bingchu Yang(杨兵初), Anyi Mei(梅安意), Siyuan Lin(林思远), Hongwei Han(韩宏伟), Yongbo Yuan(袁永波), Haipeng Xie(谢海鹏), Yongli Gao(高永立), Conghua Zhou(周聪华) SiO₂ nanoparticle-regulated crystallization of lead halide perovskite and improved efficiency of carbon-electrode-based low-temperature planar perovskite solar cells 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 078401

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