Toward an alternative approach for the preparation of low-temperature titanium dioxide blocking underlayers for perovskite solar cells

Svanström, Sebastian (author): Uppsala universitet,Molekyl- och kondenserade materiens fysik

Zhao, L. (author): Swiss Fed Inst Technol Lausanne EPFL, EPFL SB ISIC LPI, Lab Photon & Interfaces, Inst Chem Sci & Engn, Chemin Alambics,Stn 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;Peking Univ, Dept Phys, State Key Lab Artificial Microstruct & Mesoscop P, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

Nonomura, K. (author): Swiss Fed Inst Technol Lausanne EPFL, EPFL SB ISIC LSPM, Inst Chem Sci & Engn, Lab Photomol Sci, Chemin Alambics,Stn 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Oo, T. Z. (author): Univ Mandalay, Dept Phys, Mat Res Lab, Mandalay 05032, Myanmar

Zakeeruddin, S. M. (author): Swiss Fed Inst Technol Lausanne EPFL, EPFL SB ISIC LPI, Lab Photon & Interfaces, Inst Chem Sci & Engn, Chemin Alambics,Stn 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Vlachopoulos, N. (author): Swiss Fed Inst Technol Lausanne EPFL, EPFL SB ISIC LSPM, Inst Chem Sci & Engn, Lab Photomol Sci, Chemin Alambics,Stn 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Sloboda, Tamara (author): KTH,Tillämpad fysikalisk kemi,KTH Royal Inst Technol, Dept Chem, Div Appl Phys Chem, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Svanström, S. (author)

Cappel, Ute B. (author): KTH,Tillämpad fysikalisk kemi,KTH Royal Inst Technol, Dept Chem, Div Appl Phys Chem, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Hagfeldt, A. (author): Swiss Fed Inst Technol Lausanne EPFL, EPFL SB ISIC LSPM, Inst Chem Sci & Engn, Lab Photomol Sci, Chemin Alambics,Stn 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Grätzel, M. (author): Swiss Fed Inst Technol Lausanne EPFL, EPFL SB ISIC LPI, Lab Photon & Interfaces, Inst Chem Sci & Engn, Chemin Alambics,Stn 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

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2019
2019
English.
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 2050-7488 .- 2050-7496. ; 7:17, s. 10729-10738

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Abstract Subject headings

The anodic electrodeposition method is investigated as an alternative technique for the preparation of a titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) blocking underlayer (UL) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Extremely thin Ti IV -based films are grown from aqueous acidic titanium(iii) chloride in an electrochemical cell at room temperature. This precursor layer is converted to the UL (ED-UL), in a suitable state for PSC applications, by undertaking a sintering step at 450 °C for half an hour. PSCs with the composition of the light-absorbing material FA 0.85 MA 0.10 Cs 0.05 Pb(I 0.87 Br 0.13 ) 3 (FA and MA denote the formamidinium and methylammonium cations, respectively) based on the ED-UL are compared with PSCs with the UL of a standard type prepared by the spray-pyrolysis method at 450 °C from titanium diisopropoxide bis(acetylacetonate) (SP-UL). We obtain power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of over 20% for mesoscopic perovskite devices employing both ED-ULs and SP-ULs. Slightly higher fill factor values are observed for ED-UL-based devices. In addition, ED-ULs prepared by the same method have also been applied in planar PSCs, resulting in a PCE exceeding 17%, which is comparable to that for similar PSCs with an SP-UL. The preparation of ED-ULs with a lower sintering temperature, 150 °C, has also been examined. The efficiency of a planar PSC incorporating this underlayer was 14%. These results point out to the possibility of applying ED-ULs in flexible planar PSCs in the future.

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