Improved efficiency and stability of Pb–Sn binary perovskite solar cells by Cs substitution

Liu, Xiao; Yang, Zhibin; Chueh, Chu -Chen; Rajagopal, Adharsh; Williams, Spencer T.; Sun, Ye; Jen, Alex K. -Y.

doi:10.1039/c6ta07712a

Improved efficiency and stability of Pb–Sn binary perovskite solar cells by Cs substitution

Journal Article · Mon Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta07712a· OSTI ID:1343595

Liu, Xiao ^[1]; Yang, Zhibin ^[2]; Chueh, Chu -Chen ^[2]; Rajagopal, Adharsh ^[2]; Williams, Spencer T. ^[2]; Sun, Ye ^[3]; Jen, Alex K. -Y. ^[2]

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China); University of Washington
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China)

Partially replacing Pb with Sn in organic–inorganic lead halide perovskites has been proven as a promising approach to reduce environmental toxicity and develop low bandgap (as low as 1.20 eV) perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) beneficial for constructing perovskite-based tandem solar cells. In this work, we demonstrated that partially replacing MA⁺ or FA⁺ with Cs⁺ in a Pb–Sn binary perovskite system can effectively retard the associated crystallization rate to facilitate homogenous film formation, subsequently resulting in enhanced device performance and stability, especially for high Sn-containing compositions. Here, the representative MA_0.9Cs_0.1Pb_0.5Sn_0.5I₃ PVSC with a low Eg of 1.28 eV not only achieves an improved efficiency up to 10.07% but also possesses much improved thermal and ambient stability as compared to the pristine MAPb0.5Sn0.5I3 PVSC showing poorer efficiency (6.36%) and stability. Similarly, when Cs was introduced into FAPb_1-xSn_xI₃ perovskite, enhanced performance was observed, affirming its general applicability and beneficial role in mediating the crystal growth and film formation of Pb–Sn binary perovskites.

Research Organization:: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Contributing Organization:: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DMR-1608279), the Office of Naval Research (N00014-14-1- 0246), the Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (FA2386-15-1-4106), and the Department of Energy SunShot (DE-EE0006710). Alex K.-Y. Jen thanks the Boeing-Johnson Foundation for the nancial support. X. Liu acknowledges the State-Sponsored Scholarship for Graduate Students from the China Scholarship Council. Zhibin Yang acknowledges the nancial support from the State of Washington through the University of Washington Clean Energy Institute. The authors also thank Francis Lin and Ting Zhao for material synthesis.

DOE Contract Number:: EE0006710

OSTI ID:: 1343595

Report Number(s):: DOE-UW--Jen-27

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 46 Vol. 4; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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