Influence of Charge Transport Layers on Capacitance Measured in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Abstract
Capacitance-based techniques were previously used to measure the electrical properties of halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) such as defect activation energy and density, carrier concentration, and dielectric constant, which provide key information for evaluating the device performance. Herein, we show that capacitance-based techniques cannot be used to reliably analyze the properties of defects in the perovskite layer or at its interface, since the high-frequency capacitance signature is due to the response of charge carriers in the hole-transport layer (HTL). For HTL-free PSCs, the high-frequency capacitance can be considered as the geometric capacitance for analyzing the dielectric constant of the perovskite layer, since there is no trapping and de-trapping of charge carriers in the perovskite layer. We also find that the low-frequency capacitance signature can be used to calculate the activation energy of the ionic conductivity of the perovskite layer, but the overlapping effects with charge transport materials must be avoided.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Toledo, OH (United States); Univ. of Tikrit (Iraq)
- Univ. of Toledo, OH (United States)
- National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan City (Taiwan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Toledo, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1599340
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1704032
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0008753; FA9453-18-2-0037; DMR-1807818
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Joule
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351
- Publisher:
- Elsevier - Cell Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; admittance spectroscopy; capacitance-voltage; perovskite solar cells; n-i-pp-i-n; charge transport layers; dielectric constant; capacitance signatures; temperature dependence
Citation Formats
Awni, Rasha A., Song, Zhaoning, Chen, Cong, Li, Chongwen, Wang, Changlei, Razooqi, Mohammed A., Chen, Lei, Wang, Xiaoming, Ellingson, Randy J., Li, Jian V., and Yan, Yanfa. Influence of Charge Transport Layers on Capacitance Measured in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2020.01.012.
Awni, Rasha A., Song, Zhaoning, Chen, Cong, Li, Chongwen, Wang, Changlei, Razooqi, Mohammed A., Chen, Lei, Wang, Xiaoming, Ellingson, Randy J., Li, Jian V., & Yan, Yanfa. Influence of Charge Transport Layers on Capacitance Measured in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.01.012
Awni, Rasha A., Song, Zhaoning, Chen, Cong, Li, Chongwen, Wang, Changlei, Razooqi, Mohammed A., Chen, Lei, Wang, Xiaoming, Ellingson, Randy J., Li, Jian V., and Yan, Yanfa. Wed .
"Influence of Charge Transport Layers on Capacitance Measured in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.01.012. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1599340.
@article{osti_1599340,
title = {Influence of Charge Transport Layers on Capacitance Measured in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells},
author = {Awni, Rasha A. and Song, Zhaoning and Chen, Cong and Li, Chongwen and Wang, Changlei and Razooqi, Mohammed A. and Chen, Lei and Wang, Xiaoming and Ellingson, Randy J. and Li, Jian V. and Yan, Yanfa},
abstractNote = {Capacitance-based techniques were previously used to measure the electrical properties of halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) such as defect activation energy and density, carrier concentration, and dielectric constant, which provide key information for evaluating the device performance. Herein, we show that capacitance-based techniques cannot be used to reliably analyze the properties of defects in the perovskite layer or at its interface, since the high-frequency capacitance signature is due to the response of charge carriers in the hole-transport layer (HTL). For HTL-free PSCs, the high-frequency capacitance can be considered as the geometric capacitance for analyzing the dielectric constant of the perovskite layer, since there is no trapping and de-trapping of charge carriers in the perovskite layer. We also find that the low-frequency capacitance signature can be used to calculate the activation energy of the ionic conductivity of the perovskite layer, but the overlapping effects with charge transport materials must be avoided.},
doi = {10.1016/j.joule.2020.01.012},
journal = {Joule},
number = 3,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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