Hysteresis-less and efficient planar perovskite solar cells using amorphous TiO2

Samy Almosni^a^,^b, Takeru Bessho^b, Satoshi Uchida^c, Takaya Kubo^a, Hiroshi Segawa^a^,^d, Tang Zeguo^a

^aResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, Japan, Japan

^bNextPV, LIA CNRS-RCAST/U. Tokyo-U. Bordeaux,The University of Tokyo, Japan, 4-chōme-6-1 Komaba, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to 153-0041, Japón, Meguro City, Japan

^cKomaba Organization for Educational Excellence (KOMEX), The University of Tokyo, Japan., 3-chōme-8-1 Komaba, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to 153-0041, Japón, Meguro City, Japan

^dDepartment of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,The University of Tokyo, Japan., 3-chōme-8-1 Komaba, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to 153-0041, Japón, Meguro City, Japan

nanoGe Perovskite Conferences
Proceedings of International Conference on Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics, Photonics and Optoelectronics (ABXPV18PEROPTO)

Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics (ABXPV18). 27-28 Feb

Rennes, France, 2018 February 27th - March 1st

Organizer: Jacky Even

Poster, Samy Almosni, 115
Publication date: 11th December 2017

The perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising candidates to reach the highest efficiency among the single junction solar cells due to the adapted bandgap around 1.55 eV, strong absorption and carrier diffusion length.[1] However, many process used to produce them leads to hysteresis in their I-V curve.[2] This notable mismatch between the forward and backward I-V scan, make difficult the assessment of the PSCs efficiencies. Our recent simulations results suggest that tunneling assisted trapping is one of the mechanism at the origin of the hysteresis.[3] In order, to make efficient (η>19%) and hysteresis-less PSCs we have developed an amorphous TiO₂ layer (a-TiO₂) using a simple recipe based on the TiCl₄ : methanol precursor solution annealed at low temperature (T_annealing<200°C). In this study first structural (XRD, SEM, XPS) and optical (Absorption) properties of this a-TiO₂ layer are compared with the properties of the more classical anatase TiO₂ obtained using the Titanium diisopropoxide bis(acetylacetonate) : ethanol precursor solution annealed at high temperature (>400°C). Then the electrical properties of PSCs having different perovskite composition and processed on these two kind of TiO₂ are studied. Finally, from the analysis of the hysteresis factor as a function of the perovskite conduction band position for the different TiO₂ layers, we suggest that the presence of a barrier and defect at the TiO₂ / perovskite interface influence the hysteresis factor.

References

[1] Kojima A, Teshima K, Shirai Y, et al. Organometal Halide Perovskites as Visible-Light Sensitizers for Photovoltaic Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009;131:6050–6051.

[2] Snaith HJ, Abate A, Ball JM, et al. Anomalous Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014;5:1511–1515.

[3] Almosni S, Cojocaru L, Li D, et al. Tunneling-Assisted Trapping as one of the Possible Mechanisms for the Origin of Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells. Energy Technol. 2017;5:1767–1774.

nanoGe is a prestigious brand of successful science conferences that are developed along the year in different areas of the world since 2009. Our worldwide conferences cover cutting-edge materials topics like perovskite solar cells, photovoltaics, optoelectronics, solar fuel conversion, surface science, catalysis and two-dimensional materials, among many others.

MATSUS

Previously nanoGe Spring Meeting (NSM) and nanoGe Fall Meeting (NFM), MATSUS is a multiple symposia conference focused on a broad set of topics of advanced materials preparation, their fundamental properties, and their applications, in fields such as renewable energy, photovoltaics, lighting, semiconductor quantum dots, 2-D materials synthesis, charge carriers dynamics, microscopy and spectroscopy semiconductors fundamentals, etc.

International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics

International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV) is celebrated yearly in May. The main topics are the development, function and modeling of materials and devices for hybrid and organic solar cells. The field is now dominated by perovskite solar cells but also other hybrid technologies, as organic solar cells, quantum dot solar cells, and dye-sensitized solar cells and their integration into devices for photoelectrochemical solar fuel production.

Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics

The main topics of the Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP) are discussed every year in Asia-Pacific for gathering the recent advances in the fields of material preparation, modeling and fabrication of perovskite and hybrid and organic materials. Photovoltaic devices are analyzed from fundamental physics and materials properties to a broad set of applications. The conference also covers the developments of perovskite optoelectronics, including light-emitting diodes, lasers, optical devices, nanophotonics, nonlinear optical properties, colloidal nanostructures, photophysics and light-matter coupling.

International Conference on Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics Perovskite Photonics and Optoelectronics

The International Conference on Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics Perovskite Photonics and Optoelectronics (NIPHO) is the best place to hear the latest developments in perovskite solar cells as well as on recent advances in the fields of perovskite light-emitting diodes, lasers, optical devices, nanophotonics, nonlinear optical properties, colloidal nanostructures, photophysics and light-matter coupling.