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Title: Mechanism of charge recombination in meso-structured organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells: A macroscopic perspective

Abstract

In the currently popular organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells, the slowness of the charge recombination processes is found to be a key factor for contributing to their high efficiencies and high open circuit voltages, but the underlying recombination mechanism remains unclear. In this work, we investigate the bimolecular recombination (BR) and the trap-assisted monomolecular recombination (MR) in meso-structured perovskite solar cells under steady state working condition, and try to reveal their roles on determining the device performance. Some interfacial effects such as the injection barriers at the selective contacts are examined as well. Based on the macroscopic device modeling, the recombination resistance-voltage (R{sub rec}−V) and the current density-voltage (J–V) curves are calculated to characterize the recombination mechanism and describe the device performance, respectively. Through comparison with the impedance spectroscopy extracted R{sub rec} data, it is found that under the typical BR reduction factor and deep trap densities observed in experiments, the MR dominates the charge recombination in the low voltage regime, while the BR dominates in the high voltage regime. The short circuit current and the fill factor could be reduced by the significant MR but the open circuit voltage is generally determined by the BR. The different electron injectionmore » barriers at the contact can change the BR rate and induce different patterns for the R{sub rec}–V characteristics. For the perovskites of increased band gaps, the R{sub rec}'s are significantly enhanced, corresponding to the high open circuit voltages. Finally, it is revealed that the reduced effective charge mobility due to the transport in electron and hole transporting material makes the R{sub rec} decrease slowly with the increasing voltage, which leads to increased open circuit voltage.« less

Authors:
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22402896
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 15; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; FILL FACTORS; HOLES; IMPEDANCE; PERFORMANCE; PEROVSKITE; RECOMBINATION; SOLAR CELLS; TRAPS

Citation Formats

Yang, Wenchao, Yao, Yao, Wu, Chang-Qin, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433. Mechanism of charge recombination in meso-structured organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells: A macroscopic perspective. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4918722.
Yang, Wenchao, Yao, Yao, Wu, Chang-Qin, & Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433. Mechanism of charge recombination in meso-structured organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells: A macroscopic perspective. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918722
Yang, Wenchao, Yao, Yao, Wu, Chang-Qin, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433. 2015. "Mechanism of charge recombination in meso-structured organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells: A macroscopic perspective". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918722.
@article{osti_22402896,
title = {Mechanism of charge recombination in meso-structured organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells: A macroscopic perspective},
author = {Yang, Wenchao and Yao, Yao and Wu, Chang-Qin and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433},
abstractNote = {In the currently popular organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells, the slowness of the charge recombination processes is found to be a key factor for contributing to their high efficiencies and high open circuit voltages, but the underlying recombination mechanism remains unclear. In this work, we investigate the bimolecular recombination (BR) and the trap-assisted monomolecular recombination (MR) in meso-structured perovskite solar cells under steady state working condition, and try to reveal their roles on determining the device performance. Some interfacial effects such as the injection barriers at the selective contacts are examined as well. Based on the macroscopic device modeling, the recombination resistance-voltage (R{sub rec}−V) and the current density-voltage (J–V) curves are calculated to characterize the recombination mechanism and describe the device performance, respectively. Through comparison with the impedance spectroscopy extracted R{sub rec} data, it is found that under the typical BR reduction factor and deep trap densities observed in experiments, the MR dominates the charge recombination in the low voltage regime, while the BR dominates in the high voltage regime. The short circuit current and the fill factor could be reduced by the significant MR but the open circuit voltage is generally determined by the BR. The different electron injection barriers at the contact can change the BR rate and induce different patterns for the R{sub rec}–V characteristics. For the perovskites of increased band gaps, the R{sub rec}'s are significantly enhanced, corresponding to the high open circuit voltages. Finally, it is revealed that the reduced effective charge mobility due to the transport in electron and hole transporting material makes the R{sub rec} decrease slowly with the increasing voltage, which leads to increased open circuit voltage.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4918722},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22402896}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 15,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}