Penetrated passivation strategy for carbon nanotube-based perovskite solar cells

Zhenlin Zhang; Meng Zhou; Jiamei Mo; Noor Zaman; Haider Ali Tauqeer; Xiaoli Chen; Shuguang Cao; Shizi Luo; Qifan Xue; Zhiwei Ren; Gang Li; Ran Li; Xiaoqi Zhu; Lavrenty G. Gutsev; Sergey L. Nikitenko; Nikita A. Emelianov; Olga A. Kraevaya; Sergey M. Aldoshin; Pavel A. Troshin; Hsien-Yi H.S.U.; Xueqing Xu

doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2024.107602

Penetrated passivation strategy for carbon nanotube-based perovskite solar cells

Zhenlin Zhang
, Meng Zhou
, Jiamei Mo
, Noor Zaman
, Haider Ali Tauqeer
, Xiaoli Chen^*
, Shuguang Cao
, Shizi Luo
, Qifan Xue^*
, Zhiwei Ren
, Gang Li
, Ran Li
, Xiaoqi Zhu
, Lavrenty G. Gutsev
, Sergey L. Nikitenko
, Nikita A. Emelianov
, Olga A. Kraevaya
, Sergey M. Aldoshin
, Pavel A. Troshin^*
, Hsien-Yi H.S.U.

Xueqing Xu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C–PSCs) have attracted a lot of interest because of their low cost of fabrication and long-term stability. However, sluggish charge transfer kinetics and inadequate contact between perovskite (or hole transport layer) and carbon film typically hindered the performance of the device. Conventional 2D perovskite layer for surface passivation based on spin coating could lead to a non-uniform 2D perovskite layer due to the dissolution of FA⁺ cations in isopropanol, undermining the interfacial contact of C–PSCs. Herein, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were sprayed on the composite hole transport layer (HTL) of Spiro-OMeTAD and P3HT as top electrodes in C–PSCs. To improve the interfacial contact between CNT electrodes and HTLs and inhibit carrier recombination, a passivation agent of phenylethylamine iodine (PEAI) was added into the CNT paste and sprayed onto the HTL. According to thorough characterization, PEAI penetrated through the HTL and interacted with the perovskite film surface, forming uniform 2D perovskite layers that passivated the surface defects of 3D perovskite films. Because of the even 2D perovskite layer and compact interfacial contact, the C–PSCs with penetrated PEAI exhibited greatly enhanced photovoltaic performance, with the champion device achieving a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.5 %, superior to those with directly spin-coated PEAI, which had a maximum PCE of 16.0 %. Furthermore, the device with penetrated PEAI exhibited optimized long-term stability due to the better passivation effect. © 2024 Elsevier Masson SAS

Original language	English
Article number	107602
Journal	Solid State Sciences
Volume	154
Online published	15 Jun 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2024.107602
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024

Funding

This work was supported by Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Plan Project 2023A0505010003, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2023A15150103450, Guangdong—Macao Science and Technology Project 2023A0505020010, Research and development projects in key areas of Dongguan City 22001200300143, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development E239kf0901 and Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 19-73-30020P). Hsien-Yi HSU acknowledge financial support from the Innovation and Technology Commission (Grant no. MHP/104/21).

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Carbon nanotube electrode
PEAI passivation
Penetration
Perovskite solar cells

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Zhang, Z., Zhou, M., Mo, J., Zaman, N., Tauqeer, H. A., Chen, X., Cao, S., Luo, S., Xue, Q., Ren, Z., Li, G., Li, R., Zhu, X., Gutsev, L. G., Nikitenko, S. L., Emelianov, N. A., Kraevaya, O. A., Aldoshin, S. M., Troshin, P. A., ... Xu, X. (2024). Penetrated passivation strategy for carbon nanotube-based perovskite solar cells. Solid State Sciences, 154, Article 107602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2024.107602

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