Nanoparticle-induced fast nucleation of pinhole-free PbI2 film for ambient-processed highly-efficient perovskite solar cell

Wei-Ting Wang; Jadab Sharma; Jhih-Wei Chen; Chung-Ho Kao; Ssu-Yu Chen; Chia-Hao Chen; Yi-Chih Feng; Yian Tai

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.03.081

Nanoparticle-induced fast nucleation of pinhole-free PbI₂ film for ambient-processed highly-efficient perovskite solar cell

Wei-Ting Wang, Jadab Sharma, Jhih-Wei Chen, Chung-Ho Kao, Ssu-Yu Chen, Chia-Hao Chen, Yi-Chih Feng, Yian Tai^*

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Abstract

Fully ambient, low temperature-processed, and high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs) fabricated with sequential deposition method (SDM) are especially attractive for future commercialization. However, it is extremely difficult as uncontrollable crystallization of PbI₂ upon deposition is usually induced by moisture under atmospheric conditions. Here, we report a nanoparticle-induced fast nucleation (NIFN) method to improve the quality of fully ambient-processed PbI₂ layer. In particular, ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) are added into the lead iodide solution as growth controlling agents to obtain pinhole-free PbI₂ layer, leading to pinhole-free MAPbI₃ (methylammonium lead iodide) layer. As compared to the control devices, the devices made of pinhole-free MAPbI₃ film show an improvement of power conversion efficiency (PCE) over 20%. Moreover, an ambient-processed PSC by using this simple method shows a record PCE up to 18.3%. Our work not only reveals the origin of the morphology PbI₂ and its effect on MAPbI₃ film formation in ambient air, but demonstrates a simple and unique method to boost ambient-processed high-performance PCSs for potential industrial use. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-116
Journal	Nano Energy
Volume	49
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.03.081
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Nanoparticle
Nucleation
PbI2
Perovskite
Pinhole-free
ZnO

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