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Chen N, Yi X, Zhuang J, Wei Y, Zhang Y, Wang F, Cao S, Li C, Wang J. An Efficient Trap Passivator for Perovskite Solar Cells: Poly(propylene glycol) bis(2-aminopropyl ether). NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2020; 12:177. [PMID: 34138219 PMCID: PMC7770690 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-020-00517-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are regarded as promising candidates for future renewable energy production. High-density defects in the perovskite films, however, lead to unsatisfactory device performances. Here, poly(propylene glycol) bis(2-aminopropyl ether) (PEA) additive is utilized to passivate the trap states in perovskite. The PEA molecules chemically interact with lead ions in perovskite, considerably passivate surface and bulk defects, which is in favor of charge transfer and extraction. Furthermore, the PEA additive can efficiently block moisture and oxygen to prolong the device lifetime. As a result, PEA-treated MAPbI3 (MA: CH3NH3) solar cells show increased power conversion efficiency (PCE) (from 17.18 to 18.87%) and good long-term stability. When PEA is introduced to (FAPbI3)1-x(MAPbBr3)x (FA: HC(NH2)2) solar cells, the PCE is enhanced from 19.66 to 21.60%. For both perovskites, their severe device hysteresis is efficiently relieved by PEA.
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- Ningli Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China.
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Chen J, Qi J, Liu R, Zhu X, Wan Z, Zhao Q, Tao S, Dong C, Ashebir GY, Chen W, Peng R, Zhang F, Yang S, Tian X, Wang M. Preferentially oriented large antimony trisulfide single-crystalline cuboids grown on polycrystalline titania film for solar cells. Commun Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s42004-019-0225-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Photovoltaic conversion of solar energy into electricity is an alternative way to use renewable energy for sustainable energy production. The great demand of low-cost and efficient solar cells inspires research on solution-processable light-harvesting materials. Antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) is a promising light-harvester for photovoltaic purposes. Here we report on the in situ grown monolayer of preferentially oriented, large Sb2S3 single-crystalline cuboids on a polycrystalline titania (TiO2) nanoparticle film. A facile, oriented seed-assisted solution-processing method is used, providing the Sb2S3/TiO2-based bulk/nano-planar heterojunction with a preferred structure for efficient planar solar cells. An orientation-competing-epitaxial nucleation/growth mechanism is proposed for understanding the growth of the Sb2S3 single-crystalline cuboids. With an organic hole transporting material, the stable solar cell of the heterojunction yields a power conversion efficiency of 5.15% (certified as 5.12%). It is found that the [221]-oriented Sb2S3 cuboids provide highly effective charge transport channels inside the Sb2S3 layer.
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Xu X, Li M, Xie YM, Ma Y, Ma C, Cheng Y, Lee CS, Tsang SW. Porous and Intercrossed PbI 2-CsI Nanorod Scaffold for Inverted Planar FA-Cs Mixed-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:6126-6135. [PMID: 30668090 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b20933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Depth-dependent growth of perovskite crystals remains challenging for high-performance perovskite solar cells made by a two-step spin-coating method. Effective morphology engineering approaches that enable depth-independent perovskite crystals growth and facile characterization technique to monitor subtle yet influential accompanying changes are urgently required. Here, a porous and intercrossed PbI2-(CsI)0.15 nanorods scaffold is prepared by integrating CsI incorporation with toluene dripping in ambient air, and the underlying mechanism is uncovered. With this porous scaffold and moisture-assisted thermal annealing, depth-independent growth of FA0.85Cs0.15PbI3 is achieved, as evidenced in the photoluminescent (PL) spectra acquired by exciting the perovskite film from the top and bottom individually. It is of broad interest that PL spectroscopy is demonstrated as a sensitive technique to monitor the depth-dependent growth of perovskite. Moreover, the resulting inverted planar FA0.85Cs0.15PbI3 perovskite solar cells deliver an efficiency of 16.85%, along with superior thermal and photostability. By incorporating 2% large-sized diammonium cation, propane-1,3-diammonium, the efficiency is further increased to 17.74%. Our work not only proposes a unique porous PbI2-(CsI)0.15 nanorods scaffold to achieve high-quality perovskite films in a two-step method but also highlights the distinctive advantage of PL spectroscopy in monitoring the depth-dependent quality of perovskite films.
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- Xiuwen Xu
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute , Shenzhen 518057 , P. R. China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute , Shenzhen 518057 , P. R. China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute , Shenzhen 518057 , P. R. China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute , Shenzhen 518057 , P. R. China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute , Shenzhen 518057 , P. R. China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute , Shenzhen 518057 , P. R. China
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He Y, Wang W, Qi L. HPbI 3 as a Bifunctional Additive for Morphology Control and Grain Boundary Passivation toward Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:38985-38993. [PMID: 30339348 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b15513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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One of the key aspects contributing to the rapid development of perovskite solar cells is to prepare high-quality perovskite films via morphology control and interface engineering. Here, we demonstrate that the additive HPbI3 works effectively on both morphology control and grain boundary passivation of CH3NH3PbI3- xCl x thin films. By inducing HPbI3 to the crystal transformation process, high-quality perovskite films consisting of micro-sized grains with boundaries passivated by PbI2 can be readily produced. The perovskite film obtained with HPbI3 as the additive achieves a much longer carrier lifetime compared to the pristine perovskite film without the additive. Under the optimal HPbI3 amount (5.0%), the average power conversion efficiency of the planar-heterojunction solar cells is increased by ∼24% to 17.42% from 14.09% for the device without the additive, and the champion efficiency reaches 18.59%. The devices without any encapsulation show impressive shelf stability, retaining more than 85% of the initial efficiency after being stored in ambient environment for over 40 days.
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- Yutong He
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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