Issue 7, 2017

The application of Al2TiO5 at the TiO2/perovskite interface to decrease carrier losses in solar cells

Abstract

Herein we describe the mechanism of crystallization of Al3+ with amorphous TiO2 on a TiO2 film, and found that the resultant Al2TiO5 was able to improve the average efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs) from 15.4 to 17.2%. The electron lifetime in these Al-PSCs was about 3 times longer than that in unmodified PSCs. The O 1s X-ray photoelectron spectrum of the TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3 interface indicated that the oxygen vacancy or defect peak decreased by more than 31% on modifying the interface with Al2TiO5. The stability of the PSCs was improved substantially: Al-PSCs had still 88% of their initial value after 1440 hours, while the efficiency of the reference PSCs decreased to 68% of their initial value.

Graphical abstract: The application of Al2TiO5 at the TiO2/perovskite interface to decrease carrier losses in solar cells

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Dec 2016
Accepted
03 Jan 2017
First published
30 Jan 2017

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 3691-3698

The application of Al2TiO5 at the TiO2/perovskite interface to decrease carrier losses in solar cells

B. Zhao, X. Wen, M. Jiang, J. Wu, F. Lan, J. Wang, D. D. Engelsen, G. Li and D. Gao, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 3691 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10468A

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