Tailoring the Interfacial Chemical Interaction for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
- 16 December 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 17 (1), 269-275
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04015
Abstract
The ionic nature of perovskite photovoltaic materials makes it easy to form various chemical interactions with different functional groups. Here, we demonstrate that interfacial chemical interactions are a critical factor in determining the optoelectronic properties of perovskite solar cells. By depositing different self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), we introduce different functional groups onto the SnO2 surface to form various chemical interactions with the perovskite layer. It is observed that the perovskite solar cell device performance shows an opposite trend to that of the energy level alignment theory, which shows that chemical interactions are the predominant factor governing the interfacial optoelectronic properties. Further analysis verifies that proper interfacial interactions can significantly reduce trap state density and facilitate the interfacial charge transfer. Through use of the 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid SAM, the resulting perovskite solar cell exhibits striking improvements to the reach the highest efficiency of 18.8%, which constitutes an ∼10% enhancement compared to those without SAMs. Our work highlights the importance of chemical interactions at perovskite/electrode interfaces and paves the way for further optimizing performances of perovskite solar cells.Keywords
Funding Information
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Office of Naval Research (N000141110250)
- Office of the President, University of California
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