Efficient CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Fill Factor via Interface Engineering
Paper ID : 1265-ICNS
Authors
Farzaneh Sadat Ghoreishi *1, Vahid Ahmadi2, Reza Poursalehi3, Mahmoud Samadpour4, Malin Johansson5, Gerrit Boschloo5, Erik Johansson6
1Tarbiat Modares University
2Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Nanotechnology Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Physics, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
5Department of Chemistry—Ångström-Laboratory, Institution of Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala Sweden
6Department of Chemistry—Ångström-Laboratory, Institution of Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala Sweden
Abstract
Interface engineering in perovskite solar cells is a crucial parameter to gain high power conversion efficiency by reducing electron-hole recombination and accelerating charge carrier extraction. In this research, a new material namely benzyl ammonium iodide (BAI) is used, to modify the interface between methylammonium lead triiodide (MAPbI3) perovskite and Spiro-OMeTAD as a hole transport layer in solar cell devices. The structural and optical properties of the perovskite films are studied, and the X-ray diffraction patterns and photoluminescence results reveal the formation of a two-dimensional perovskite interfacial layer on the surface of the MAPbI3 film modified with BAI. The BAI bulky cation has a large molecular radius that results in the isolation of the metal halide layers in the 3D architecture and thus transforms it into a 3D/2D perovskite. In addition, slower open-circuit voltage decay is observed for the modified cells which in the total lead to the improvement of the photovoltaic performance.
Keywords
"perovskite solar cells” “methylammonium lead triiodide” “interface engineering” “benzyl ammonium iodide”
Status: Abstract Accepted (Oral Presentation)