The optoelectronic role of chlorine in CH3NH3PbI3(Cl)-based perovskite solar cells

Qi Chen, Huanping Zhou (), Yihao Fang, Adam Z. Stieg, Tze-Bin Song, Hsin-Hua Wang, Xiaobao Xu, Yongsheng Liu, Shirong Lu, Jingbi You, Pengyu Sun, Jeff McKay, Mark S. Goorsky and Yang Yang ()
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Qi Chen: University of California
Huanping Zhou: University of California
Yihao Fang: University of California
Adam Z. Stieg: California NanoSystems Institute, University of California
Tze-Bin Song: University of California
Hsin-Hua Wang: University of California
Xiaobao Xu: University of California
Yongsheng Liu: University of California
Shirong Lu: University of California
Jingbi You: University of California
Pengyu Sun: University of California
Jeff McKay: University of California
Mark S. Goorsky: University of California
Yang Yang: University of California

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Perovskite photovoltaics offer a compelling combination of extremely low-cost, ease of processing and high device performance. The optoelectronic properties of the prototypical CH3NH3PbI3 can be further adjusted by introducing other extrinsic ions. Specifically, chlorine incorporation has been shown to affect the morphological development of perovksite films, which results in improved optoelectronic characteristics for high efficiency. However, it requires a deep understanding to the role of extrinsic halide, especially in the absence of unpredictable morphological influence during film growth. Here we report an effective strategy to investigate the role of the extrinsic ion in the context of optoelectronic properties, in which the morphological factors that closely correlate to device performance are mostly decoupled. The chlorine incorporation is found to mainly improve the carrier transport across the heterojunction interfaces, rather than within the perovskite crystals. Further optimization according this protocol leads to solar cells achieving power conversion efficiency of 17.91%.

Date: 2015
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