Acetylacetone modulated TiO2 nanoparticles for low-temperature solution processable perovskite solar cell

Seok Yeong Hong, Hyong Joon Lee, Jin Kyoung Park, Jin Hyuck Heo, Sang Hyuk Im

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    Abstract

    TiO2 has been widely adopted as an electron transport layer during the fabrication of efficient metal halide perovskite solar cells (MHP-SCs). In this study, we prepared acetylacetone (Acac)-modulated TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) suitable for low-temperature solution processing via the sol-gel method. Acac coordinates with TiO2 NPs and preferably passivates surface trap states which are detrimental to photovoltaic performance. Moreover, the Acac-TiO2 NPs establish a favorable band alignment for charge extraction by donating the lone pair electron. As a result, Acac-TiO2 NPs based MHP-SCs exhibit an outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 21.20% attributed to facilitated charge extraction and reduced defect density. Furthermore, by implementing low-temperature solution-processable Acac-TiO2 NPs, we successfully demonstrated a remarkable PCE of 18.01% along with excellent mechanical stability, retaining 74.5% and 67.1% PCE after 5000 bending cycles in outward and inward directions from Acac-TiO2 NPs based MHP-SCs on a flexible substrate.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)22819-22831
    Number of pages13
    JournalInternational Journal of Energy Research
    Volume46
    Issue number15
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022 Dec

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This study was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) under the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (Basic Science Research Program [No. 2021R1A5A6002853], [No. 2022R1A2C3004964], [No. 2022R1C1C2008126]).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

    Keywords

    • TiO
    • acetylacetone
    • flexible
    • low temperature
    • perovskite
    • solar cells

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
    • Fuel Technology
    • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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