Phenyl Ethylammonium Iodide introduction into inverted triple cation perovskite solar cells for improved VOC and stability

Yerramilli, Aditya S.; Chen, Yuanqing; Gogoi, Banashree; Alford, Terry

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2021.106121

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“…Among these, phenethylammonium iodide (PEAI) and tetrabutyl ammonium iodide (TBAI) have emerged as highly efficient, achieving PCEs of 23.3%, with Voc of 1.18 V [ 20 ] and 21.6 mA/cm 2 with Voc of 1.12 V respectively [ 21 , 22 ], which is over 90% of the Shockley-Queisser Voc limit. The working mechanism and the role of ammonium iodides, both as additives and as passivation agents, has been widely studied in typical PSCs [ 18 , 19 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ].…”

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Exploring the Effect of Ammonium Iodide Salts Employed in Multication Perovskite Solar Cells with a Carbon Electrode

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Perovskite solar cells that use carbon (C) as a replacement of the typical metal electrodes, which are most commonly employed, have received growing interest over the past years, owing to their low cost, ease of fabrication and high stability under ambient conditions. Even though Power Conversion Efficiencies (PCEs) have increased over the years, there is still room for improvement, in order to compete with metal-based devices, which exceed 25% efficiency. With the scope of increasing the PCE of Carbon based Perovskite Solar Cells (C-PSCs), in this work we have employed a series of ammonium iodides (ammonium iodide, ethylammonium iodide, tetrabutyl ammonium iodide, phenethylammonium iodide and 5-ammonium valeric acid iodide) as additives in the multiple cation-mixed halide perovskite precursor solution. This has led to a significant increase in the PCE of the corresponding devices, by having a positive impact on the photocurrent values obtained, which exhibited an increase exceeding 20%, from 19.8 mA/cm2, for the reference perovskite, to 24 mA/cm2, for the additive-based perovskite. At the same time, the ammonium iodide salts were used in a post-treatment method. By passivating the defects, which provide charge recombination centers, an improved performance of the C-PSCs has been achieved, with enhanced FF values reaching 59%, which is a promising result for C-PSCs, and Voc values up to 850 mV. By combining the results of these parallel investigations, C-PSCs of the triple mesoscopic structure with a PCE exceeding 10% have been achieved, while the in-depth investigation of the effects of ammonium iodides in this PSC structure provide a fruitful insight towards the optimum exploitation of interface and bulk engineering, for high efficiency and stable C-PSCs, with a structure that is favorable for large area applications.

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