Improvement in the Performance of Inverted 3D/2D Perovskite Solar Cells by Ambient Exposure
Yantao Wang
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorJingyang Lin
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, No. 1088, Xueyuan Rd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYanling He
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorYi Zhang
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorQiong Liang
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd., Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorFangzhou Liu
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorZhiwei Zhou
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher C. S. Chan
Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorGang Li
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd., Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorShien-Ping Feng
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Department of Advanced Design and Systems Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorAlan Man Ching Ng
Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, No. 1088, Xueyuan Rd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorKam Sing Wong
Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorJasminka Popović
Division of Materials Physics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, Zagreb, 10000 Croatia
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Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorYantao Wang
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorJingyang Lin
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, No. 1088, Xueyuan Rd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYanling He
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorYi Zhang
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorQiong Liang
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd., Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorFangzhou Liu
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorZhiwei Zhou
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher C. S. Chan
Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorGang Li
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd., Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorShien-Ping Feng
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Department of Advanced Design and Systems Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorAlan Man Ching Ng
Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, No. 1088, Xueyuan Rd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorKam Sing Wong
Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong, China
Search for more papers by this authorJasminka Popović
Division of Materials Physics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, Zagreb, 10000 Croatia
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Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are known to be sensitive to the exposure to ambient humidity, which typically results in the degradation and deterioration of performance, although positive effects of exposure to moisture have also been reported, due to recrystallization of the perovskite. Common approach to improve stability is to use 3D/2D perovskite active layer, where 2D capping layer is prepared by spin coating the bulky organic cation halide. Herein, it is shown that optimizing the exposure of the capping layer prepared by spin coating phenylethylammonium iodide (PEAI) to ambient atmosphere results in substantial improvement of the PSC performance. Furthermore, the initial effects of PEAI treatment are dependent on the NiO x /perovskite interface, but in all cases except at very high humidity (80–85% RH) optimized exposure to ambient results in improved performance. The variations in device performance with PEAI treatment and ambient exposure can be attributed to defect passivation and changes in the charge extraction due to energy-level alignment at the interfaces. The best performing devices have passivation of NiO x /perovskite interface and PEAI treatment of top surface followed by exposure to ambient atmosphere at RH of 40–45%, which results in the power conversion efficiency increase from 20.3% to 22.4%.
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