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Intermediate-Controlled Interfacial Engineering for Stable and Highly Efficient Carbon-Based PSCs
- Source :
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces; July 2020, Vol. 12 Issue: 30 p34479-34486, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A major bottleneck hindering the performance and commercial application of cost-effective carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) is the contact issue at the interface of the perovskite layer and the carbon counter electrode. Herein, a new approach of intermediate-controlled interfacial engineering (IIE) utilizing an ultra-low-cost acetylene black material is developed for the first time that can improve the interfacial contact of C-PSCs. We achieved both high efficiency (16.41%) without hole-transport materials and good stability as a result of the optimal heterogeneous interfacial contact. Devices without any encapsulation consistently exhibit excellent environmental stability, retaining 93% of their original efficiency by storing in an ambient atmosphere (30 °C, 30% RH) for 2000 h and achieving 81% of their original efficiency by storing in a terrible air environment (85 °C, 65% RH) for 312 h. In addition, to acquire a deep understanding of carrier transport, a comparison of heterogeneous interfaces fabricated using different methods has been undertaken. In C-PSCs fabricated by the IIE method, the lower radioactive recombination and faster carrier transfer result in a shorter carrier lifetime. We present a promising future for the industrialization of C-PSCs by reducing the costs and improving the performance.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19448244
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 30
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs53712060
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c11419