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Tin–Lead Alloying for Efficient and Stable All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials
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  1. Ningbo Univ. of Technology (China); University of Washington Department of Chemistry
  2. Ningbo Univ. of Technology (China)
  3. Cavendish Lab., Cambridge (United Kingdom); Univ.of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  4. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Cesium containing all-inorganic perovskites have received considerable interest in photovoltaics research because of their potential for improved stability compared to their organic-inorganic hybrid counterparts. However, the inorganic perovskites studied thus far still suffer from lower power conversion efficiency and long-term instability, due to an unfavorable bandgap and either phase instability or air-sensitivity. Herein, A strategy to mitigate these concerns is investigated by alloying tin and lead on the B site to form tin-lead alloyed low-bandgap (~1.34 eV) inorganic CsSn0.3Pb0.7I3 perovskites. Solar cells made using this material in an inverted full-structured architecture with a PEDOT:PSS hole transport materials (HTM) attain power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 9.41% (stabilized PCE 7.23%). Furthermore, a simple HTM-free device without PEDOT:PSS layer is demonstrated more stable than the full-structured device and exhibits a PCE of 7.60% (stabilized PCE 7.31%) – the highest efficiency to date for an inorganic perovskite with a bandgap below 1.40 eV. This simplified device structure shows good reproducibility and stability. Finally, this work provides a possible route for fabricating low-cost, high stability devices with competitive efficiencies.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); Zhejiang Provincial Nature Science Foundation of China; Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipal Government of China; Foundation of Department of Education of Zhejiang Province; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0013957
OSTI ID:
1604969
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 32; ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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