Interface Design for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Abstract
With the rise of thin-film photovoltaics, the research community brought the interfaces within the device into the spotlight for performance enhancements. This Perspective lays out why this notion is especially applicable for solar cells based on metal halide perovskite (MHP) absorber materials, for which we reach a significant improvement of device functionality and stability through the means of engineering the energetics and electronic properties at the interface. After examining recent key developments in chemical and electronic structure characterization of MHPs that led to this avenue, we will iterate the next steps toward interlayer tailoring and analysis. The future goal is to derive a comprehensive model for interface energetics in perovskite solar cells and to set up respective design rules for stable high-efficiency cells. This approach also pertains to the broader scope of MHP-based optoelectronic devices for which charge carrier transport across the interfaces and surface recombination play a major role.
- Authors:
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[1]
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Institut Photovoltaique d’Ile de France (IPVF), Palaiseau (France)
- Publication Date:
- 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
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1462335
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5K00-72045
Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Energy Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; thin film photovoltaics; perovskites; absorber materials
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Schulz, Philip. Interface Design for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00404.
Schulz, Philip. Interface Design for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00404
Schulz, Philip. Fri .
"Interface Design for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00404. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1462335.
@article{osti_1462335,
title = {Interface Design for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells},
author = {Schulz, Philip},
abstractNote = {With the rise of thin-film photovoltaics, the research community brought the interfaces within the device into the spotlight for performance enhancements. This Perspective lays out why this notion is especially applicable for solar cells based on metal halide perovskite (MHP) absorber materials, for which we reach a significant improvement of device functionality and stability through the means of engineering the energetics and electronic properties at the interface. After examining recent key developments in chemical and electronic structure characterization of MHPs that led to this avenue, we will iterate the next steps toward interlayer tailoring and analysis. The future goal is to derive a comprehensive model for interface energetics in perovskite solar cells and to set up respective design rules for stable high-efficiency cells. This approach also pertains to the broader scope of MHP-based optoelectronic devices for which charge carrier transport across the interfaces and surface recombination play a major role.},
doi = {10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00404},
journal = {ACS Energy Letters},
number = 6,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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