Oxidation states in perovskite layers formed using various deposition techniques

Shahriar, Shaimum; Castaneda, Vanessa; Martinez, Manuel; Mishra, Aditya Kumar; Akter, Tahmina; Schutt, Kelly; Boscoboinik, J. Anibal; Hodges, Deidra

doi:10.1063/1.5108656

Title: Oxidation states in perovskite layers formed using various deposition techniques

Journal Article · 06 October 2019 · Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5108656 · OSTI ID:1597257

^[1]; Castaneda, Vanessa ^[1];

^[1]; Mishra, Aditya Kumar ^[1]; Akter, Tahmina ^[1]; Schutt, Kelly ^[2];

^[3]; Hodges, Deidra ^[1]

Univ. of Texas at El Paso, TX (United States)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Organic–inorganic halide perovskites have quickly become emerging materials for photovoltaic applications, but a major factor causing instability in perovskite solar cells could be the elemental shift due to oxygen. The present work demonstrates the oxidation states of perovskite layers formed by (i) one-step deposition, (ii) solvent-to-solvent extraction, (iii) hot casting, and (iv) mixed-cation solution processing. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is used to explore the compositional changes due to oxygen, and the spectra confirm the diffusion of oxygen in the perovskite layer. Mixed-cation perovskites show the most promising results among the four deposition techniques. The best photovoltaic performance is achieved by an SnO₂-based mixed-cation perovskite solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 18.75%. A power conversion efficiency of 16.74% is obtained by a TiO₂-based mixed-cation perovskite solar cell when the optimum thickness of the TiO₂ blocking layer is 60–65 nm.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1597257

Report Number(s):: BNL--213600-2020-JAAM; {"","Journal ID: ISSN 1941-7012"}

Journal Information:: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Journal Name: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 11; ISSN 1941-7012

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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