In this paper, we have successfully utilized a facile hydrothermal method to prepare crystalline Zn2SnO4 nanoparticles (ZSO NPs) and applied them as an efficient electron-transporting layer (ETL) via a simple room-temperature solution process for perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). The superior semiconducting properties of this ZSO-based ETL enable an efficient (PCE: 17.7%) inverted p–i–n PVSC to be fabricated with respectable ambient stability. It can retain over 90% of its original PCE after being stored under ambient conditions for 14 days under 30 ± 5% relative humidity. Moreover, it also facilitates the fabrication of efficient conventional n–i–p PVSCs with a PCE of –14.5% and –11.4% achieved on a glass/ITO rigid substrate and PEG/ITO flexible substrate, respectively.
Liu, Xiao, et al. "Highly crystalline Zn<sub>2</sub>SnO<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles as efficient electron-transporting layers toward stable inverted and flexible conventional perovskite solar cells." Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, vol. 4, no. 40, Aug. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta05745d
Liu, Xiao, Chueh, Chu -Chen, Zhu, Zonglong, Jo, Sae Byeok, Sun, Ye, & Jen, Alex K. -Y. (2016). Highly crystalline Zn<sub>2</sub>SnO<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles as efficient electron-transporting layers toward stable inverted and flexible conventional perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, 4(40). https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta05745d
@article{osti_1343590,
author = {Liu, Xiao and Chueh, Chu -Chen and Zhu, Zonglong and Jo, Sae Byeok and Sun, Ye and Jen, Alex K. -Y.},
title = {Highly crystalline Zn<sub>2</sub>SnO<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles as efficient electron-transporting layers toward stable inverted and flexible conventional perovskite solar cells},
annote = {In this paper, we have successfully utilized a facile hydrothermal method to prepare crystalline Zn2SnO4 nanoparticles (ZSO NPs) and applied them as an efficient electron-transporting layer (ETL) via a simple room-temperature solution process for perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). The superior semiconducting properties of this ZSO-based ETL enable an efficient (PCE: 17.7%) inverted p–i–n PVSC to be fabricated with respectable ambient stability. It can retain over 90% of its original PCE after being stored under ambient conditions for 14 days under 30 ± 5% relative humidity. Moreover, it also facilitates the fabrication of efficient conventional n–i–p PVSCs with a PCE of –14.5% and –11.4% achieved on a glass/ITO rigid substrate and PEG/ITO flexible substrate, respectively.},
doi = {10.1039/c6ta05745d},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1343590},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
issn = {ISSN 2050-7488},
number = {40},
volume = {4},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
year = {2016},
month = {08}}
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Contributing Organization:
This work is supported by the Office of Naval Research (N00014-
14-1-0246), the National Science Foundation (DMR-1608279),
the Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (FA2386-15-1-4106), and the
Department of Energy SunShot (DE-EE 0006710). A. K.-Y. Jen
thanks the Boeing–Johnson Foundation for their nancial
support. X. Liu thanks the State-Sponsored Scholarship for
Graduate Students from China Scholarship Council. The
authors thank Nan Li for the contact angle measurements.
DOE Contract Number:
EE0006710
OSTI ID:
1343590
Report Number(s):
DOE-UW--Jen-24
Journal Information:
Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 40 Vol. 4; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488