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Title: Enhanced efficiency and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells using highly crystalline SnO2 nanocrystals as the robust electron-transporting layer

Abstract

Here highly crystalline SnO2 is demonstrated to serve as a stable and robust electron-transporting layer for high-performance perovskite solar cells. Benefiting from its high crystallinity, the relatively thick SnO2 electron-transporting layer (≈120 nm) provides a respectable electron-transporting property to yield a promising power conversion efficiency (PCE)(18.8%) Over 90% of the initial PCE can be retained after 30 d storage in ambient with ≈70% relative humidity.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  2. The Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Kowloon (Hong Kong)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Contributing Org.:
This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research (N00014-14-1-0246), the Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (FA2386-11-1-4072), the Department of Energy SunShot (DE-EE0006710), HK Innovation and Technology Fund (ITS/004/14), and the NSFC/HK-RGC Joint Research Scheme (N_HKUST 610/14). Alex K.-Y. Jen thanks the Boeing-Johnson Foundation for their financial support.
OSTI Identifier:
1343586
Report Number(s):
DOE-UW-Jen-20
Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0006710
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 30; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY

Citation Formats

Zhu, Zonglong, Bai, Yang, Liu, Xiao, Chueh, Chu -Chen, Yang, Shihe, and Jen, Alex K. -Y. Enhanced efficiency and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells using highly crystalline SnO2 nanocrystals as the robust electron-transporting layer. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201600619.
Zhu, Zonglong, Bai, Yang, Liu, Xiao, Chueh, Chu -Chen, Yang, Shihe, & Jen, Alex K. -Y. Enhanced efficiency and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells using highly crystalline SnO2 nanocrystals as the robust electron-transporting layer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600619
Zhu, Zonglong, Bai, Yang, Liu, Xiao, Chueh, Chu -Chen, Yang, Shihe, and Jen, Alex K. -Y. 2016. "Enhanced efficiency and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells using highly crystalline SnO2 nanocrystals as the robust electron-transporting layer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600619. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343586.
@article{osti_1343586,
title = {Enhanced efficiency and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells using highly crystalline SnO2 nanocrystals as the robust electron-transporting layer},
author = {Zhu, Zonglong and Bai, Yang and Liu, Xiao and Chueh, Chu -Chen and Yang, Shihe and Jen, Alex K. -Y.},
abstractNote = {Here highly crystalline SnO2 is demonstrated to serve as a stable and robust electron-transporting layer for high-performance perovskite solar cells. Benefiting from its high crystallinity, the relatively thick SnO2 electron-transporting layer (≈120 nm) provides a respectable electron-transporting property to yield a promising power conversion efficiency (PCE)(18.8%) Over 90% of the initial PCE can be retained after 30 d storage in ambient with ≈70% relative humidity.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201600619},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1343586}, journal = {Advanced Materials},
issn = {0935-9648},
number = 30,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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