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Suppressed Degradation and Enhanced Performance of CsPbI3 Perovskite Quantum Dot Solar Cells via Engineering of Electron Transport Layers

Title of paper
Suppressed Degradation and Enhanced Performance of CsPbI3 Perovskite Quantum Dot Solar Cells via Engineering of Electron Transport Layers
Author
[박태호교수 연구실] ETL 공정을 통한 고효율 페로브스카이트 양자점 태양전지 개발
Publication in journal
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 6119−6129
Publication date
20210127

 

[Abstract] 

CsPbI3 pervskite quantum dots (CsPbI3-PQDs) have recently come into focus as a light-harvesting material that can act as a platform through which to combine the material advantages of both perovskites and QDs. However, the low cubic-phase stability of CsPbI3-PQDs in ambient conditions has been recognized as a factor that inhibits device stability. TiO2 nanoparticles are the most regularly used materials as an electron transport layer (ETL) in CsPbI3-PQD photovoltaics; however, we found that TiO2 can facilitate the cubic-phase degradation of CsPbI3-PQDs due to its vigorous photocatalytic activity. To address these issues, we have developed chloride-passivated SnO2 QDs (Cl@SnO2 QDs), which have low photocatalytic activity and few surface traps, to suppress the cubic-phase degradation of CsPbI3-PQDs. Given these advantages, the CsPbI3-PQD solar cells based on Cl@SnO2 ETLs show significantly improved device operational stability (under conditions of 50% relative humidity and 1-sun illumination), compared to those based on TiO2 ETLs. In addition, the Cl@SnO2-based devices showed improved open circuit voltage and photocurrent density, resulting in enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 14.5% compared to that of TiO2-based control devices (PCE of 13.8%). 

 

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15484 

LINK: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsami.0c15484