Effects of Organic Cations on Carrier Transport at the Interface between Perovskites and Electron Transport Layers in (FA,MA)SnI3 Solar Cells

Bich Phuong Nguyen; Hye Ri Jung; Ka Yeon Ryu; Kyungkon Kim; William Jo

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08859

Effects of Organic Cations on Carrier Transport at the Interface between Perovskites and Electron Transport Layers in (FA,MA)SnI₃ Solar Cells

Bich Phuong Nguyen
, Hye Ri Jung
, Ka Yeon Ryu
, Kyungkon Kim
, William Jo

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Abstract

Charge extraction at carrier transport layers adjacent to perovskites is crucial for the optimization of perovskite solar cells. In particular, Sn-perovskites with no lead elements are known to struggle from charge extraction. Here, we report the effects of organic ligands such as FA and MA (FA = HC(NH₂)₂ ⁺ MA = CH₃NH₃ ⁺) on charge separation at the interface between electron transport layers and perovskites. TiO₂ mesoporous covering the tin-perovskites show significant changes in the electronic structure and built-in potentials according to the ratio of FA to MA. Through a local probe with potential and current mapping, charge transport has been intensively examined. The best cell in this study is obtained as 5.37% at FA/MA = 3:1 with only iodine at the halide sites. Even though the value itself is not comparable with lead halides, it could pave a new direction to improve lead-free perovskite solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30833-30841
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume	123
Issue number	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08859
State	Published - 26 Dec 2019

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by the NRF Basic Science Research Program funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and ICT (grant NRF-2018R1A2B2003607) and the Ministry of Education (NRF-2018R1A6A1A03025340), Republic of Korea. In particular, W.J. acknowledges that this work was also supported by the Ewha Womans University research grant of 2019.

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Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society.

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