Interface Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells by Low Concentration of Phenylethyl Ammonium Iodide Solution in the Antisolvent Step

[EN] In spite of the outstanding properties of metal halide perovskites, its polycrystalline nature induces a wide range of structural defects that results in charge losses that affect the final device performance and stability. Herein, a surface treatment is used to passivate interfacial vacancies...

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Autores: Ripolles,Teresa S., Serafini, Patricio, Redondo-Obispo, Carlos, Climent-Pascual, Esteban, Masi, Sofía, Mora-Seró,Iván, Coya, Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/304306
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/304306
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Additives
Halide perovskites
Passivation
Phenethylammonium iodide
Solar cells
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Sumario:[EN] In spite of the outstanding properties of metal halide perovskites, its polycrystalline nature induces a wide range of structural defects that results in charge losses that affect the final device performance and stability. Herein, a surface treatment is used to passivate interfacial vacancies and improve moisture tolerance. A functional organic molecule, phenylethyl ammonium iodide (PEAI) salt, is dissolved with the antisolvent step. The additive used at low concentration does not induce formation of low-dimensional perovskites species. Instead, the organic halide species passivate the surface of the perovskite and grain boundaries, which results in an effective passivation. For sake of generality, this facile solution-processed synthesis was studied for halide perovskite with different compositions, the standard perovskite MAPbI, and double cation perovskites, MACsPbI and MAFAPbI, increasing the average photoconversion efficiency compared to the reference cell by 18%, 32%, and 4% respectively, observed for regular, n-i-p, and inverted, p-i-n, solar cell configurations. This analysis highlights the generality of this approach for halide perovskite materials in order to reduce nonradiative recombination as observed by impedance spectroscopy.