Strain-relaxed tetragonal MAPbI3 results in efficient mesoporous solar cells

Ye, Tao; Wang, Kai; Ma, Shaoyang; Wu, Congcong; Hou, Yuchen; Yang, Dong; Wang, Ke; Priya, Shashank

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105788

Title: Strain-relaxed tetragonal MAPbI₃ results in efficient mesoporous solar cells

Journal Article · Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Nano Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105788· OSTI ID:1808291

Ye, Tao ^[1]; Wang, Kai ^[1]; Ma, Shaoyang ^[2]; Wu, Congcong ^[3]; Hou, Yuchen ^[1]; Yang, Dong ^[1]; Wang, Ke ^[1]; Priya, Shashank ^[1]

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Beijing Jiaotong Univ. (China)
Hubei Univ., Wuhan (China)

In mesoporous organo-halide perovskite solar cells, the coexistence of tetragonal phase and cubic phase in the perovskite layer is found to result in strained crystal structure at the mesoporous TiO₂ (mp-TiO₂)/perovskite heterointerface. This results in structural defects pinholes, grain boundaries, and interfacial porosity which is detrimental towards photovoltaic performance and device stability. The strain at the interface originates from the lattice mismatch between the mp-TiO₂ nanoparticles (NPs) and perovskite. Here, a transformative approach is demonstrated to realize relaxed and high purity tetragonal phase MAPbI₃ (RP) near the mp-TiO₂ interface region. This approach involves inserting a ~2 nm lattice matched buffer layer of cubic CsPbBr₃ between mp-TiO₂ NPs and MAPbI₃, which serves as a template for epitaxial growth for top MAPbI₃. As a result, the solar cell with relaxed MAPbI3 shows a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 22.12% with significantly enhanced environmental, light, and thermal stability.

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Research Organization:: NanoSonic Inc., Pembroke, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019844

OSTI ID:: 1808291

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1780324

Journal Information:: Nano Energy, Vol. 83; ISSN 2211-2855

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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