Improving Hole Transport and Extraction by Interface Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells
Lingfeng Li
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorQianwen Wei
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorLeiming Yu
Department of Physics, Center for Optoelectronics Engineering Research, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorJuan Wang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorRongfei Wang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorTao Sun
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorChong Wang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
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Yu Yang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
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Xiaoming Wen
Center for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, 3122 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorLingfeng Li
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorQianwen Wei
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorLeiming Yu
Department of Physics, Center for Optoelectronics Engineering Research, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorJuan Wang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorRongfei Wang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorTao Sun
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
Search for more papers by this authorChong Wang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
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Yu Yang
National Center for International Research on photovoltaic and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091 China
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Xiaoming Wen
Center for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, 3122 Australia
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Efficient carrier transport and extraction is essentially important for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, an outstanding organic material tetraphenyldibenzoperiflanthene (DBP) is used to modify the perovskite/spiro-OMeTAD interface as the intermediate layer. Using time-resolved photoluminescence technique and dynamic analysis of photogenerated charge carriers, a significantly faster hole extraction and faster hole transport occurring in perovskite/DBP/spiro interface is demonstrated, this is ascribed to an intermixing layer of perovskite and thin DBP layer. The improved mobility has been further confirmed by the Hall measurement. As a consequence, the improved hole extraction and reduced interface recombination result in an improved performance of PSC, including improved conversion efficiency, mitigated J–V hysteresis, and amelioration of stability under humid conditions. This work provides a detailed insight into the transport and extraction of charge carriers improved by the intermediate layer of organic small molecules as an effective strategy for interface engineering by solution spin coating.
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