Reduced open-circuit voltage loss for highly efficient low-bandgap perovskite solar cells via suppression of silver diffusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (29) ◽  
pp. 17324-17333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meiyue Liu ◽  
Ziming Chen ◽  
Yongchao Yang ◽  
Hin-Lap Yip ◽  
Yong Cao

Ag diffused across the PCBM layer increased the trap density and down-shifted the energy level of the perovskite layer. Fortunately, PCBM/ZnO layer efficiently suppressed the Ag diffusion, resulting in a perovskite solar cell with PCE of 18.1%.

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
B GopalKrishna ◽  
Sanjay Tiwari

Perovskite solar cells are emerging photovoltaic devices with PCE of above 25%. Perovskite are suitable light absorber materials in solar cells with excellent properties like appropriate band gap energy, long carrier lifetime and diffusion length, and high extinction coefficient. Simulation study is an important technique to understand working mechanisms of perovskites solar cells. The study would help develop efficient, stable PSCs experimentally. In this study, modeling of perovskite solar cell was carried out through Setfos software. The optimization of different parameters of layer structure of solar cell would help to achieve maximum light absorption in the perovskite layer of solar cell. Simulation study is based drift-diffusion model to study the different parameters of perovskite solar cell. Hysteresis is one of the factors in the perovskite solar cell which may influence the device performance. The measurement of abnormal hysteresis can be done by current-voltage curve during backward scan during simulation study. In backward scan, the measurement starts from biasing voltage higher than open circuit voltage and sweep to voltage below zero. The numerical simulation used to study the various parameters like open circuit voltage, short circuit current, fill factor, power conversion efficiency and hysteresis. The simulation results would help to understand the photophysics of solar cell physics which would help to fabricate highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells experimentally.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Hu ◽  
Jiaping Wang ◽  
Peng Zhao ◽  
Zhenhua Lin ◽  
Siyu Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Due to excellent thermal stability and optoelectronic properties, all-inorganic perovskite is one of the promising candidates to solve the thermal decomposition problem of conventional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs), but the larger voltage loss (V loss) cannot be ignored, especially CsPbIBr2, which limits the improvement of efficiency. To reduce the V loss, one promising solution is the modification of the energy level alignment between perovskite layer and adjacent charge transport layer (CTL), which can facilitate charge extraction and reduce carrier recombination rate at perovskite/CTL interface. Therefore, the key issues of minimum V loss and high efficiency of CsPbIBr2-based PSCs were studied in terms of the perovskite layer thickness, the effects of band offset of CTL/perovskite layer, the doping concentration of the CTL, and the electrode work function in this study based on device simulations. The open-circuit voltage (V oc) is increased from 1.37 V to 1.52 V by replacing SnO2 with ZnO as electron transport layer (ETL) due to more matching conduction band with CsPbIBr2 layer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1731-1742
Author(s):  
Nabin Ghimire ◽  
Raja Sekhar Bobba ◽  
Ashim Gurung ◽  
Khan Mamun Reza ◽  
Md Ashiqur Rahman Laskar ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (29) ◽  
pp. 19738-19745 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Harwell ◽  
T. K. Baikie ◽  
I. D. Baikie ◽  
J. L. Payne ◽  
C. Ni ◽  
...  

We present a study of the energy levels present in a perovskite solar cell using Kelvin probe and UV air photoemission measurements. By constructing a detailed map of the energy levels in the system we are able to predict the maximum open circuit voltage of the solar cell.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meiyue Liu ◽  
Ziming Chen ◽  
Zhen Chen ◽  
Hin-Lap Yip ◽  
Yong Cao

A cascade-type and energy-level-aligned electron transport layer of ZnO/SnO2/C60-SAM is beneficial for suppressed charge recombination and improved charge extraction in low-bandgap perovskite solar cells, resulting in a reduced Voc loss.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 19988-19997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Do Kim ◽  
Nayu Yanagawa ◽  
Ai Shimazaki ◽  
Masaru Endo ◽  
Atsushi Wakamiya ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 01021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Istighfari Dzikri ◽  
Michael Hariadi ◽  
Retno Wigajatri Purnamaningsih ◽  
Nji Raden Poespawati

Research in solar cells is needed to maximize Indonesia’s vast solar potential that can reach up to 207.898 MW with an average radiation of 4.8 kWh/m2/day. Organometallic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have gained immense attention due to their rapid increase in efficiency and compatibility with low-cost fabrication methods. Understanding the role of hole transport layer is very important to obtain highly efficient PSCs. In this work, we studied the effect of Hole Transport Layer (HTL) to the performance of perovskite solar cell. The devices with HTL exhibit substantial increase in power conversion efficiency, open circuit voltage and short circuit current compared to the device without HTL. The best performing device is PSC with CuSCN as HTL layer, namely Voc of 0.24, Isc of 1.79 mA, 0.27 FF and efficiency of 0.09%.


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