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Improved charge carrier lifetime in planar perovskite solar cells by bromine doping.

ABSTRACT: The charge carrier lifetime is an important parameter in solar cells as it defines, together with the mobility, the diffusion length of the charge carriers, thus directly determining the optimal active layer thickness of a device. Herein, we report on charge carrier lifetime values in bromine doped planar methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI₃) solar cells determined by transient photovoltage. The corresponding charge carrier density has been derived from charge carrier extraction. We found increased lifetime values in solar cells incorporating bromine compared to pure MAPbI₃ by a factor of ~2.75 at an illumination intensity corresponding to 1 sun. In the bromine containing solar cells we additionally observe an anomalously high value of extracted charge, which we deduce to originate from mobile ions.

SUBMITTER: Kiermasch D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5159823 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Improved charge carrier lifetime in planar perovskite solar cells by bromine doping.

Kiermasch David D Rieder Philipp P Tvingstedt Kristofer K Baumann Andreas A Dyakonov Vladimir V

Scientific reports 20161216

The charge carrier lifetime is an important parameter in solar cells as it defines, together with the mobility, the diffusion length of the charge carriers, thus directly determining the optimal active layer thickness of a device. Herein, we report on charge carrier lifetime values in bromine doped planar methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI<sub>3</sub>) solar cells determined by transient photovoltage. The corresponding charge carrier density has been derived from charge carrier extraction. We fou ...[more]

PMID: 27982095

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