Investigation of Various Commercial PEDOT:PSS (Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)Polystyrene Sulfonate) As A Hole Transport Layer in Lead Iodide Based Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

Abstract Inverted-type perovskite solar cells have drawn remarkable attention due to solution-processable, straightforward configuration, low-cost processing, and manufacturing at very high throughput, even on top of flexible materials. The hole transport material (HTM) plays a vital role to achieve high performance in inverted type of perovskite solar cells. Herein, we report on the effect of different commercial PEDOT: PSS such as PH 1000, PH 500, P VP AI, and P T2, on the performance of CH3NH3PbI3 based planar perovskite solar cells.

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A Novel AIE Molecule as Hole Transport Layer Enables Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Chemical Communications ◽

10.1039/d1cc00484k ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Lie Chen ◽

Bin Huang ◽

Yujun Cheng ◽

Hui Lei ◽

Lin Hu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Low Cost ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport ◽

Transport Layer ◽

Hole Transport Layer ◽

Aggregation Induced Emission

A low-cost and efficient hole transport layer (HTL) material (TPE-CZ) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) effect has been synthesized. Due to the AIE effect, perovskite solar cells with TPE-CZ as HTL...

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MoS2 incorporated hybrid hole transport layer for high performance and stable perovskite solar cells

Synthetic Metals ◽

10.1016/j.synthmet.2018.10.012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 246 ◽

pp. 195-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Dian Wang ◽

Naveen Kumar Elumalai ◽

Md Arafat Mahmud ◽

Haimang Yi ◽

Mushfika Baishakhi Upama ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport ◽

Transport Layer ◽

Hole Transport Layer

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High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells Using Doped Poly(triarylamine) as the Hole Transport Layer

ACS Applied Energy Materials ◽

10.1021/acsaem.8b02047 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 1932-1942 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Yawen Liu ◽

Zhihai Liu ◽

Eun-Cheol Lee

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport ◽

Transport Layer ◽

Hole Transport Layer

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Improved the Performance and Stability at High Humidity of Perovskite Solar Cells by Mixed Cesium-Metylammonium Cations

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.860.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 860 ◽

pp. 9-14

Author(s):

Ayi Bahtiar ◽

Rizka Yazibarahmah ◽

Annisa Aprilia ◽

Darmawan Hidayat

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Low Cost ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport ◽

Transport Layer ◽

Silicon Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport Layer ◽

High Humidity ◽

Lead Bromide ◽

Solution Methods

Perovskite solar cells have a great potential as competitor of silicon solar cells which have been dominated the market of solar cells since last decade, due to a tremendous improvement of their power conversion efficiency (PCE). Recently, a PCE of perovskite solar cells above 23% have been obtained. Moreover, perovskite solar cells can be fabricated using simple solution methods, therefore, the whole cost production of solar cells is less than half of silicon solar cells. However, their low stability in thermal and high humidity hinder them to be produced and commercially used to replace silicon solar cells. Many efforts have been done to improve both PCE and stability, including mixed inorganic-organic cations, mixed halide anions, improvement of perovskite morphology or crystallinity and using small molecules for passivation of defect in perovskite. In this paper, we used mixed cesium-methylammonium to improve both PCE and stability of perovskite solar cells. Cesium was used due to its smaller ionic radius than methylammonium (MA) ions, therefore, the crystal structure of perovskite is not distorted. Moreover, perovskite cesium-lead-bromide (CsPbBr3) are more stable than that of MAPbBr3 and doping cesium increased light absorption in perovskite MAPbBr3. We studied the effect of mixed cesium-MA on the PCE and stability at high humidity (>70%). The percentage of cesium was varied at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%. The perovskite solar cells have monolithic hole-transport layer free (HTL-free) structure using carbon as electrode. This structure was used due simple and low cost in processing of solar cells. Our results showed that by replacing 10% of MA ions with Cs ions, both PCE and stability at high humidity are improved.

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New Physical Deposition Approach for Low Cost Inorganic Hole Transport Layer in Normal Architecture of Durable Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ◽

10.1021/acsami.5b05477 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (39) ◽

pp. 21807-21818 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Bahram Abdollahi Nejand ◽

Vahid Ahmadi ◽

Hamid Reza Shahverdi

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Low Cost ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport ◽

Transport Layer ◽

Hole Transport Layer ◽

Physical Deposition ◽

Normal Architecture

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Polyaniline/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites for Hole Transporting Layer of High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Polymers ◽

10.3390/polym13081281 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 1281

Author(s):

Jae Woong Jung ◽

Seung Hwan Son ◽

Jun Choi

Keyword(s):

Graphene Oxide ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Reduced Graphene Oxide ◽

High Performance ◽

Composite Films ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport ◽

Transport Layer ◽

Hole Transport Layer ◽

Reduced Graphene

We herein address the optoelectronic properties of polyaniline composite films with graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide as a hole transport layer in inverted perovskite solar cells. The composite films exhibited enhanced electrical conductivity and suitable energy level matching with CH3NH3PbI3 for efficient hole extraction/transport than the pristine polyaniline film, which thus can deliver improved photovoltaic properties of device. The composite film-based devices exhibited maximum efficiency of 16.61%, which is enhanced by 21.6% from the device with the pristine polyaniline hole transport layer (efficiency = 13.66%). The reduced graphene oxide-based composite film also achieved improved long-term operative stability as compared to the pristine polyaniline-based device, demonstrating a great potential of reduced graphene oxide/polyaniline composite hole transport layer for high performance perovskite solar cells.

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Efficient and Stable Low-cost Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Using the Surface Passivated Carbon as Counter Electrode

Journal of Materials Chemistry C ◽

10.1039/d1tc05351e ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Yiming Chen ◽

Shenghan Wu ◽

Xiaohui Li ◽

Meiyue Liu ◽

Zeng Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Stability ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Low Cost ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Hole Transport ◽

Transport Layer ◽

Hole Transport Layer ◽

Preparation Process ◽

Simple Preparation

Carbon-based hole-transport-layer free perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) have attracted much attention due to their low cost, simple preparation process and high stability. However, the efficiency of C-PSCs is far behind...

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