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Title: Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films

Abstract

Carrier recombination at defects is detrimental to the performance of solar energy conversion systems, including solar cells and photoelectrochemical devices. Point defects are localized within the bulk crystal while extended defects occur at surfaces and grain boundaries. If not properly managed, surfaces can be a large source of carrier recombination. Separating surface carrier dynamics from bulk and/or grain-boundary recombination in thin films is challenging. Here, we employ transient reflection spectroscopy to measure the surface carrier dynamics in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite polycrystalline films. We find that surface recombination limits the total carrier lifetime in perovskite polycrystalline thin films, meaning that recombination inside grains and/or at grain boundaries is less important than top and bottom surface recombination. As a result, the surface recombination velocity in polycrystalline films is nearly an order of magnitude smaller than that in single crystals, possibly due to unintended surface passivation of the films during synthesis.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States)
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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE NREL Director's Fellowship; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1343263
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-67004
Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; surface recombination; perovskite solar cells; transient spectroscopy; solar cells; solar energy; optical spectroscopy

Citation Formats

Yang, Ye, Yang, Mengjin, Moore, David T., Yan, Yong, Miller, Elisa M., Zhu, Kai, and Beard, Matthew C. Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.207.
Yang, Ye, Yang, Mengjin, Moore, David T., Yan, Yong, Miller, Elisa M., Zhu, Kai, & Beard, Matthew C. Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.207
Yang, Ye, Yang, Mengjin, Moore, David T., Yan, Yong, Miller, Elisa M., Zhu, Kai, and Beard, Matthew C. Mon . "Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.207. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343263.
@article{osti_1343263,
title = {Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films},
author = {Yang, Ye and Yang, Mengjin and Moore, David T. and Yan, Yong and Miller, Elisa M. and Zhu, Kai and Beard, Matthew C.},
abstractNote = {Carrier recombination at defects is detrimental to the performance of solar energy conversion systems, including solar cells and photoelectrochemical devices. Point defects are localized within the bulk crystal while extended defects occur at surfaces and grain boundaries. If not properly managed, surfaces can be a large source of carrier recombination. Separating surface carrier dynamics from bulk and/or grain-boundary recombination in thin films is challenging. Here, we employ transient reflection spectroscopy to measure the surface carrier dynamics in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite polycrystalline films. We find that surface recombination limits the total carrier lifetime in perovskite polycrystalline thin films, meaning that recombination inside grains and/or at grain boundaries is less important than top and bottom surface recombination. As a result, the surface recombination velocity in polycrystalline films is nearly an order of magnitude smaller than that in single crystals, possibly due to unintended surface passivation of the films during synthesis.},
doi = {10.1038/nenergy.2016.207},
journal = {Nature Energy},
number = 2,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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  • Guo, Zhanglin; Gao, Liguo; Zhang, Chu
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ta10742k

Research Update: Recombination and open-circuit voltage in lead-halide perovskites
journal, October 2018

  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Krückemeier, Lisa; Unger, Eva L.
  • APL Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5052164

Dual Functions of Crystallization Control and Defect Passivation Enabled by Sulfonic Zwitterions for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
text, January 2018

  • X., Xiao,; Y., Lin,; Y., Fang,
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
  • DOI: 10.17615/vb0v-qt95

Photodoping through local charge carrier accumulation in alloyed hybrid perovskites for highly efficient luminescence
text, January 2020

  • Feldmann, Sascha; Macpherson, Stuart; Senanayak, Sp
  • Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.54198

Performance-limiting nanoscale trap clusters at grain junctions in halide perovskites.
text, January 2020

  • Doherty, Tiarnan; Winchester, Andrew J.; Macpherson, Stuart
  • Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.54201

High-efficiency perovskite–polymer bulk heterostructure light-emitting diodes
text, January 2018

  • Zhao, Baodan; Bai, S.; Kim, Vincent
  • Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.33461

Thin single crystal perovskite solar cells to harvest below-bandgap light absorption
text, January 2017

  • Shi, Tang,; Yehao, Deng,; Xun, Xiao,
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
  • DOI: 10.17615/fs7k-w655

Hot Electron Injection into Semiconducting Polymers in Polymer Based-Perovskite Solar Cells and Their Fate
journal, January 2018

  • Jiménez-López, Jesús; Puscher, Bianka M. D.; Cambarau, Werther
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3305584

Nonradiative Recombination in Perovskite Solar Cells: The Role of Interfaces
text, January 2019


High-efficiency perovskite-polymer bulk heterostructure light-emitting diodes
text, January 2018


Efficient Carbon-Based CsPbBr3 Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells by Using Cu-Phthalocyanine as Hole Transport Material
journal, January 2018


Monitoring Charge Carrier Diffusion across a Perovskite Film with Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
journal, December 2019

  • Pasanen, Hannu P.; Vivo, Paola; Canil, Laura
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03427

Thin single crystal perovskite solar cells to harvest below-bandgap light absorption
journal, December 2017


Lead halide perovskites for photocatalytic organic synthesis
journal, June 2019


Carrier lifetime enhancement in halide perovskite via remote epitaxy
journal, September 2019


Regulating strain in perovskite thin films through charge-transport layers
journal, March 2020


Fabricating Surface-Functionalized CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 Nanosheets for Visible-Light Photocatalytic Oxidation of Styrene
journal, March 2020