Issue 4, 2020

High-efficiency perovskite solar cells with poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-doped SnO2 as an electron transport layer

Abstract

Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites have attracted intensive attention as the absorber layer in high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The interface between the electron transport layer and the perovskite layer in perovskite solar cells has a large effect on the device performance. Herein, we report a perovskite solar cell with a cell structure of ITO/ETL/(FAPbI3)0.97(MAPbBr3)0.03/spiro-OMeTAD/MoO3/Ag, where the poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP)-doped SnO2 film works as the electron transport layer. We observe that the perovskite film grown on PVP-SnO2 shows more uniform crystalline grains than the control sample grown on the pure SnO2, and the electron mobility of the PVP-SnO2 film is higher than that of the pure SnO2 film; consequently, PVP-SnO2 can efficiently extract electrons from the perovskite layer. As a result, the PSCs using the PVP-doped SnO2 ETL showed an increased power conversion efficiency (PCE). The optimized device using the PVP-SnO2 electron transport layer shows an improved PCE of 19.55%, while the PSC using the SnO2 electron transport later shows a PCE of 17.50%. Furthermore, it is feasible to add PVP into the electron transport layer of SnO2 to improve the performance of the planar perovskite solar cell device.

Graphical abstract: High-efficiency perovskite solar cells with poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-doped SnO2 as an electron transport layer

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Perovskites

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Feb 2020
Accepted
05 Jun 2020
First published
10 Jun 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mater. Adv., 2020,1, 617-624

High-efficiency perovskite solar cells with poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-doped SnO2 as an electron transport layer

M. Zhang, F. Wu, D. Chi, K. Shi and S. Huang, Mater. Adv., 2020, 1, 617 DOI: 10.1039/D0MA00028K

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