Thermally evaporated methylammonium tin triiodide thin films for lead-free perovskite solar cell fabrication
Abstract
Here, we report on the synthesis of methylammonium tin triiodide (MASnI3) thin films at room temperature by a hybrid thermal evaporation method and their application in fabricating lead (Pb)-free perovskite solar cells. The as-deposited MASnI3 thin films exhibit smooth surfaces, uniform coverage across the entire substrate, and strong crystallographic preferred orientation along the < 100 > direction. By incorporating this film with an inverted planar device architecture, our Pb-free perovskite solar cells are able to achieve an open-circuit voltage (Voc) up to 494 mV. The relatively high Voc is mainly ascribed to the excellent surface coverage, the compact morphology, the good stoichiometry control of the MASnI3 thin films, and the effective passivation of the electron-blocking and hole-blocking layers. Finally, our results demonstrate the potential capability of the hybrid evaporation method to prepare high-quality Pb-free MASnI3 perovskite thin films which can be used to fabricate efficient Pb-free perovskite solar cells.
- Authors:
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- The Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, OH (United States)
- Nanjing Univ. of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing (People's Republic of China)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE SunShot Initiative, Next Generation Photovoltaics 3 Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1329460
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-67300
Journal ID: ISSN 2046-2069; RSCACL
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- RSC Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 93; Journal ID: ISSN 2046-2069
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; methylammonium tin triiodide; thin films; fabrication; synthesis
Citation Formats
Yu, Yue, Zhao, Dewei, Grice, Corey R., Meng, Weiwei, Wang, Changlei, Liao, Weiqiang, Cimaroli, Alexander J., Zhang, Hongmei, Zhu, Kai, and Yan, Yanfa. Thermally evaporated methylammonium tin triiodide thin films for lead-free perovskite solar cell fabrication. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1039/C6RA19476A.
Yu, Yue, Zhao, Dewei, Grice, Corey R., Meng, Weiwei, Wang, Changlei, Liao, Weiqiang, Cimaroli, Alexander J., Zhang, Hongmei, Zhu, Kai, & Yan, Yanfa. Thermally evaporated methylammonium tin triiodide thin films for lead-free perovskite solar cell fabrication. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA19476A
Yu, Yue, Zhao, Dewei, Grice, Corey R., Meng, Weiwei, Wang, Changlei, Liao, Weiqiang, Cimaroli, Alexander J., Zhang, Hongmei, Zhu, Kai, and Yan, Yanfa. Fri .
"Thermally evaporated methylammonium tin triiodide thin films for lead-free perovskite solar cell fabrication". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA19476A. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1329460.
@article{osti_1329460,
title = {Thermally evaporated methylammonium tin triiodide thin films for lead-free perovskite solar cell fabrication},
author = {Yu, Yue and Zhao, Dewei and Grice, Corey R. and Meng, Weiwei and Wang, Changlei and Liao, Weiqiang and Cimaroli, Alexander J. and Zhang, Hongmei and Zhu, Kai and Yan, Yanfa},
abstractNote = {Here, we report on the synthesis of methylammonium tin triiodide (MASnI3) thin films at room temperature by a hybrid thermal evaporation method and their application in fabricating lead (Pb)-free perovskite solar cells. The as-deposited MASnI3 thin films exhibit smooth surfaces, uniform coverage across the entire substrate, and strong crystallographic preferred orientation along the < 100 > direction. By incorporating this film with an inverted planar device architecture, our Pb-free perovskite solar cells are able to achieve an open-circuit voltage (Voc) up to 494 mV. The relatively high Voc is mainly ascribed to the excellent surface coverage, the compact morphology, the good stoichiometry control of the MASnI3 thin films, and the effective passivation of the electron-blocking and hole-blocking layers. Finally, our results demonstrate the potential capability of the hybrid evaporation method to prepare high-quality Pb-free MASnI3 perovskite thin films which can be used to fabricate efficient Pb-free perovskite solar cells.},
doi = {10.1039/C6RA19476A},
journal = {RSC Advances},
number = 93,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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