TY - JOUR
T1 - Low temperature fabrication of hybrid solar cells using co-sensitizer of perovskite and lead sulfide nanoparticles
AU - Dang, Vinh Quang
AU - Byun, Minseop
AU - Kang, Junjie
AU - Kim, Chaehyun
AU - Jung, Pil Hoon
AU - Kim, Yang Doo
AU - Lee, Nae Eung
AU - Lee, Heon
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (2016R1A2B3015400).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Our cost-effective approach for hybridizing methylammonium lead iodide and PbS nanoparticles at low temperature (≤100 °C) for photovoltaic devices is introduced. As employed into a perovskite based solar cell platform, effects of PbS on the device performance were investigated. Through experimental observations under simulated air-mass 1.5G illumination (irradiation intensity of 100 mWcm−2), the efficiency of a perovskite:PbS device is 11% higher than that of a pristine perovskite solar cell under the same fabrication conditions as a result of the broadened absorption range in the infrared region. The highest photovoltaic performance was observed at a PbS concentration of 2% with an open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density, fill factor, and power-conversion efficiency of 0.557 V, 22.841 mA cm−2, 0.55, and 6.99%, respectively. Furthermore, PbS NPs could induce hydrophobic modification of the perovskite surface, leading to an improvement of the device stability in the air. Finally, the low-temperature and cost-effective fabrication process of the hybrid solar cells is a good premise for developing flexible/stretchable cells as well as future optoelectronic devices.
AB - Our cost-effective approach for hybridizing methylammonium lead iodide and PbS nanoparticles at low temperature (≤100 °C) for photovoltaic devices is introduced. As employed into a perovskite based solar cell platform, effects of PbS on the device performance were investigated. Through experimental observations under simulated air-mass 1.5G illumination (irradiation intensity of 100 mWcm−2), the efficiency of a perovskite:PbS device is 11% higher than that of a pristine perovskite solar cell under the same fabrication conditions as a result of the broadened absorption range in the infrared region. The highest photovoltaic performance was observed at a PbS concentration of 2% with an open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density, fill factor, and power-conversion efficiency of 0.557 V, 22.841 mA cm−2, 0.55, and 6.99%, respectively. Furthermore, PbS NPs could induce hydrophobic modification of the perovskite surface, leading to an improvement of the device stability in the air. Finally, the low-temperature and cost-effective fabrication process of the hybrid solar cells is a good premise for developing flexible/stretchable cells as well as future optoelectronic devices.
KW - Co-sensitizer
KW - Low temperature
KW - Methylammonium lead iodide
KW - PbS nanoparticles
KW - Perovskite
KW - Solar cell
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U2 - 10.1016/j.orgel.2017.07.047
DO - 10.1016/j.orgel.2017.07.047
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026827378
SN - 1566-1199
VL - 50
SP - 247
EP - 254
JO - Organic Electronics: physics, materials, applications
JF - Organic Electronics: physics, materials, applications
ER -
