Trap passivation and suppressed electrochemical dynamics in perovskite solar cells with C60 interlayers

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Beitragende

  • Tulus - , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) (Autor:in)
  • Loreta A. Muscarella - , AMOLF, Utrecht University (Autor:in)
  • Yulia Galagan - , Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, National Taiwan University (Autor:in)
  • Simon Christian Boehme - , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) (Autor:in)
  • Elizabeth von Hauff - , Professur für Beschichtungstechnologien für die Elektronik (gB/FG), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Fraunhofer-Institut für Organische Elektronik, Elektronenstrahl- und Plasmatechnik (Autor:in)

Abstract

In this study, we quantify the impact of C60-passivation layers in Cs0.15FA0.85PbI2.75Br0.25 double-cation perovskite solar cells. We apply a combination of impedance spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to identify the origin for the increase in power conversion efficiencies and operational stability for solar cells fabricated with C60/ZnO electron transport layer (ETL) versus reference cells with a ZnO ETL. XRD reveals an increase in PbI2 while PL spectroscopy reveals an increase in Br-rich regions in the perovskite bulk in devices containing C60 interlayers. We apply impedance spectroscopy to quantify the electrochemical dynamics in both solar cell architectures. Solar cells with C60/ZnO ETL demonstrate less pronounced and slower electrochemical dynamics in the impedance spectra than solar cells with ZnO ETL. We conclude that C60 leads to the formation of PbI2-rich and Br-rich domains in the perovskite absorber layer, resulting in reduced recombination losses and improved operational stability.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer141215
FachzeitschriftElectrochimica acta
Jahrgang433
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 20 Nov. 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • C, Equivalent circuit model, Impedance spectroscopy, Perovskite, Solar cell, Transport layer, ZnO