Diffusion engineering of ions and charge carriers for stable efficient perovskite solar cells.

ABSTRACT: Long-term stability is crucial for the future application of perovskite solar cells, a promising low-cost photovoltaic technology that has rapidly advanced in the recent years. Here, we designed a nanostructured carbon layer to suppress the diffusion of ions/molecules within perovskite solar cells, an important degradation process in the device. Furthermore, this nanocarbon layer benefited the diffusion of electron charge carriers to enable a high-energy conversion efficiency. Finally, the efficiency on a perovskite solar cell with an aperture area of 1.02?cm2, after a thermal aging test at 85?°C for over 500?h, or light soaking for 1,000?h, was stable of over 15% during the entire test. The present diffusion engineering of ions/molecules and photo generated charges paves a way to realizing long-term stable and highly efficient perovskite solar cells.

SUBMITTER: Bi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5472713 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other