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Title: Defect density and dielectric constant in perovskite solar cells

Abstract

We report on measurement of dielectric constant, mid-gap defect density, Urbach energy of tail states in CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub x}Cl{sub 1−x} perovskite solar cells. Midgap defect densities were estimated by measuring capacitance vs. frequency at different temperatures and show two peaks, one at 0.66 eV below the conduction band and one at 0.24 eV below the conduction band. The attempt to escape frequency is in the range of 2 × 10{sup 11}/s. Quantum efficiency data indicate a bandgap of 1.58 eV. Urbach energies of valence and conduction band are estimated to be ∼16 and ∼18 meV. Measurement of saturation capacitance indicates that the relative dielectric constant is ∼18.

Authors:
; ; ; ; ;  [1]; ; ;  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
  2. Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22350925
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 15; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; CAPACITANCE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DENSITY; EV RANGE; PERMITTIVITY; PEROVSKITE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SATURATION; SOLAR CELLS; VALENCE

Citation Formats

Samiee, Mehran, Konduri, Siva, Abbas, Hisham A., Joshi, Pranav, Zhang, Liang, Dalal, Vikram, Ganapathy, Balaji, Kottokkaran, Ranjith, Noack, Max, and Kitahara, Andrew. Defect density and dielectric constant in perovskite solar cells. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4897329.
Samiee, Mehran, Konduri, Siva, Abbas, Hisham A., Joshi, Pranav, Zhang, Liang, Dalal, Vikram, Ganapathy, Balaji, Kottokkaran, Ranjith, Noack, Max, & Kitahara, Andrew. Defect density and dielectric constant in perovskite solar cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897329
Samiee, Mehran, Konduri, Siva, Abbas, Hisham A., Joshi, Pranav, Zhang, Liang, Dalal, Vikram, Ganapathy, Balaji, Kottokkaran, Ranjith, Noack, Max, and Kitahara, Andrew. 2014. "Defect density and dielectric constant in perovskite solar cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897329.
@article{osti_22350925,
title = {Defect density and dielectric constant in perovskite solar cells},
author = {Samiee, Mehran and Konduri, Siva and Abbas, Hisham A. and Joshi, Pranav and Zhang, Liang and Dalal, Vikram and Ganapathy, Balaji and Kottokkaran, Ranjith and Noack, Max and Kitahara, Andrew},
abstractNote = {We report on measurement of dielectric constant, mid-gap defect density, Urbach energy of tail states in CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub x}Cl{sub 1−x} perovskite solar cells. Midgap defect densities were estimated by measuring capacitance vs. frequency at different temperatures and show two peaks, one at 0.66 eV below the conduction band and one at 0.24 eV below the conduction band. The attempt to escape frequency is in the range of 2 × 10{sup 11}/s. Quantum efficiency data indicate a bandgap of 1.58 eV. Urbach energies of valence and conduction band are estimated to be ∼16 and ∼18 meV. Measurement of saturation capacitance indicates that the relative dielectric constant is ∼18.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4897329},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22350925}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 15,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}