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Non-wetting surface-driven high-aspect-ratio crystalline grain growth for efficient hybrid perovskite solar cells

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  • Cheng Bi

    (College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Qi Wang

    (College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Yuchuan Shao

    (College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Yongbo Yuan

    (College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Zhengguo Xiao

    (College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Jinsong Huang

    (College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Abstract

Large-aspect-ratio grains are needed in polycrystalline thin-film solar cells for reduced charge recombination at grain boundaries; however, the grain size in organolead trihalide perovskite (OTP) films is generally limited by the film thickness. Here we report the growth of OTP grains with high average aspect ratio of 2.3–7.9 on a wide range of non-wetting hole transport layers (HTLs), which increase nucleus spacing by suppressing heterogeneous nucleation and facilitate grain boundary migration in grain growth by imposing less drag force. The reduced grain boundary area and improved crystallinity dramatically reduce the charge recombination in OTP thin films to the level in OTP single crystals. Combining the high work function of several HTLs, a high stabilized device efficiency of 18.3% in low-temperature-processed planar-heterojunction OTP devices under 1 sun illumination is achieved. This simple method in enhancing OTP morphology paves the way for its application in other optoelectronic devices for enhanced performance.

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  • Cheng Bi & Qi Wang & Yuchuan Shao & Yongbo Yuan & Zhengguo Xiao & Jinsong Huang, 2015. "Non-wetting surface-driven high-aspect-ratio crystalline grain growth for efficient hybrid perovskite solar cells," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms8747
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8747
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