Passivated Interfaces and Surface Recombination Velocities in Halide Perovskites
- University of Washington
Surfaces and charge-extracting contacts remain major sources of non-radiative recombination loss; limiting the performance of perovskite PV compared to theoretical limits. We investigate mixed-cation mixed-halide perovskites and demonstrate that, with chemical surface passivation, they can achieve >4 μs minority carrier lifetimes, and >20% external PL quantum yields (PLQY), and nearly single-exponential decay kinetics. This high PLQY observed corresponds to ~97% of the Shockley-Queisser theoretical quasi-fermi level splitting, a first for MA-free mixed-cation mixed-halide compositions. The high PLQY and long PL lifetimes allow us to measure average surface recombination velocities (SRV) <10cm/s, with a champion low of ~1cm/s (a conservative estimate). We show how such improvements in SRV should lead to an absolute improvement in PCE of >4% even with the best of contact alignments. We investigate different MA-free high bandgap compositions, including bandgaps relevant for tandem applications (1.7-1.8eV), and demonstrate performance improvements across all these compositions with our surface passivation strategy. Lastly, using a combination of surface characterization techniques, we show Lewis base interactions of the passivating agent with the perovskite surfaces.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0008747
- OSTI ID:
- 1910164
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: MRS Fall Meeting 2020
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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