Graphene-Modified Tin Dioxide for Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Electron Extraction and Reduced Hysteresis

Zhu, Menghua; Liu, Weiwei; Ke, Weijun; Xie, Lisha; Dong, Pei; Hao, Feng

doi:10.1021/acsami.8b15665

Title: Graphene-Modified Tin Dioxide for Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Electron Extraction and Reduced Hysteresis

Journal Article · Mon Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2018 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b15665· OSTI ID:1566559

Zhu, Menghua ^[1]; Liu, Weiwei ^[1];

^[2]; Xie, Lisha ^[1]; Dong, Pei ^[3];

^[1]

Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu (China)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA (United States)

Tin dioxide (SnO₂) as an efficient electron transport layer (ETL) has been demonstrated for emerging high-performance organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the low-temperature solution-processed SnO₂ usually results in high trap-state density and current–voltage hysteresis. Here, we reported an effective strategy to solve this problem by incorporating graphene ink into the low-temperature processed SnO₂ for planar structure PSCs. The electron extraction efficiency has been significantly improved with graphene-doped SnO2 ETL coupled with attenuated charge recombination at the ETL/perovskite interface. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of PSCs based on the graphene–SnO₂ ETL reached over 18% with negligible hysteresis. Incorporation of graphene into the ETL layer also enhanced the device stability retaining 90% of the initial PCE value after storing in ambient condition with a relative humidity of 40 ± 5% for 300 h. Our results provide an important insight into further efficiency boost in SnO₂-based low-temperature processed PSCs.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1566559

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 1944-8244

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