Defect engineering on all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for high efficiency

Bingcheng Yu; Chuantian Zuo; Jiangjian Shi; Qingbo Meng; Liming Ding

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/42/5/050203

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Defect engineering on all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for high efficiency

Bingcheng Yu^{1, 4}, Chuantian Zuo², Jiangjian Shi¹, Qingbo Meng^{1, 3, 5,} and Liming Ding^2,

+ Author Affiliations

1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
2. Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
3. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
4. School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
5. Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China

Author Bio:

Bingcheng Yu got his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Hunan University in 2016. He is now a PhD candidate in Condensed Matter Physics at Institute of Physics (CAS) under the supervision of Professor Qingbo Meng. His research focuses on developing highly efficient all-inorganic perovskite optoelectronic devices.

Chuantian Zuo received his PhD degree in 2018 from National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (CAS) under the supervision of Professor Liming Ding. Then he did postdoctoral research at CSIRO, Australia. Currently, he is an assistant professor in Liming Ding Group. His research focuses on innovative materials and devices.

Jiangjian Shi obtained his PhD degree from Institute of Physics (CAS) in 2017. Now he is an associate professor at Institute of Physics. His research interests include investigation on charge carrier dynamics, interfacial charge transfer and surface modification in new generation solar cells.

Qingbo Meng received his PhD from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CAS) in 1997. Now he is a professor at Institute of Physics (CAS). His research focuses on solar energy materials and technologies as well as the research on dynamics of electron diffusion and charge recombination in solar cells.

Liming Ding got his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China (was a joint student at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS). He started his research on OSCs and PLEDs in Olle Ingan?s Lab in 1998. Later on, he worked at National Center for Polymer Research, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Argonne National Lab (USA). He joined Konarka as a Senior Scientist in 2008. In 2010, he joined National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as a full professor. His research focuses on functional materials and devices. He is RSC Fellow, the nominator for Xplorer Prize, and the Associate Editors for Science Bulletin and Journal of Semiconductors.

Corresponding author: Qingbo Meng, qbmeng@iphy.ac.cn; Liming Ding, ding@nanoctr.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/5/050203

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Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) Efficiency evolution of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells and all-inorganic perovskite solar cells. (b) Performance parameters of the current record-efficiency cells in comparison with Shockley-Queisser detailed-balance limit. (c) The defect transition levels of CsPbI₃. Reproduced with permission^[11], Copyright 2017, AIP publishing. (d) Effect of NH₄I on the crystallization of CsPbI₃. Reproduced with permission^[13], Copyright 2021, WILEY-VCH. (e) Illustration of Mn²⁺ doping in CsPbBrI₂. Reproduced with permission^[15], Copyright 2018, American Chemical Society. (f) Illustration of the passivation effect of PN4N and PDCBT. Reproduced with permission^[20], Copyright 2019, WILEY-VCH.

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[1]	Huang J, Yuan Y, Shao Y, et al. Understanding the physical properties of hybrid perovskites for photovoltaic applications. Nat Rev Mater, 2017, 2, 17042 doi: 10.1038/natrevmats.2017.42
[2]	Faheem M B, Khan B, Feng C, et al. All-Inorganic perovskite solar cells: energetics, key challenges, and strategies toward commercialization. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 290 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02338
[3]	Jia X, Zuo C, Tao S, et al. CsPb(I_xBr_{1– x})₃ solar cells. Sci Bull, 2019, 64, 1532 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.08.017
[4]	Eperon G E, Paterno G M, Sutton R J, et al. Inorganic caesium lead iodide perovskite solar cells. J Mater Chem A, 2015, 3, 19688 doi: 10.1039/C5TA06398A
[5]	Kulbak M, Cahen D, Hodes G. How important is the organic part of lead halide perovskite photovoltaic cells? Efficient CsPbBr₃ cells. J Phys Chem Lett, 2015, 6, 2452 doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00968
[6]	Yoon S, Min H, Kim J, et al. Surface engineering of ambient-air-processed cesium lead triiodide layers for efficient solar cells. Joule, 2021, 5, 183 doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.020
[7]	Ho-Baillie A, Zhang M, Lau C F J, et al. Untapped potentials of inorganic metal halide perovskite solar cells. Joule, 2019, 3, 938 doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2019.02.002
[8]	Green M, Dunlop E, Hohl-Ebinger J, et al. Solar cell efficiency tables (version 57). Prog Photovolt Res Appl, 2021, 29, 3 doi: 10.1002/pip.3371
[9]	Shockley W, Queisser H J. Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells. J Appl Phys, 1961, 32, 510 doi: 10.1063/1.1736034
[10]	Polman A, Knight M, Garnett E C, et al. Photovoltaic materials: present efficiencies and future challenges. Science, 2016, 352, aad4424 doi: 10.1126/science.aad4424
[11]	Li Y, Zhang C, Zhang X, et al. Intrinsic point defects in inorganic perovskite CsPbI₃ from first-principles prediction. Appl Phys Lett, 2017, 111, 162106 doi: 10.1063/1.5001535
[12]	Shang Y, Fang Z, Hu W, et al. Efficient and photostable CsPbI₂Br solar cells realized by adding PMMA. J Semicond, 2021, 42, 050501 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/5050501
[13]	Tan S, Shi J, Yu B, et al. Inorganic ammonium halide additive strategy for highly efficient and stable CsPbI₃ perovskite solar cells. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202010813
[14]	Swarnkar A, Mir W J, Nag A. Can B-Site doping or alloying improve thermal- and phase-stability of all-Inorganic CsPbX₃ (X = Cl, Br, I) perovskites. ACS Energy Lett, 2018, 3, 286 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01197
[15]	Bai D, Zhang J, Jin Z, et al. Interstitial Mn²⁺-driven high-aspect-ratio grain growth for low-trap-density microcrystalline films for record efficiency CsPbI₂Br solar cells. ACS Energy Lett, 2018, 3, 970 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00270
[16]	Fang Z, Meng X, Zuo C, et al. Interface engineering gifts CsPbI_2.25Br_0.75 solar cells high performance. Sci Bull, 2019, 64, 1743 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.09.023
[17]	Wang Y, Dar M I, Ono L K, et al. Thermodynamically stabilized β-CsPbI₃-based perovskite solar cells with efficiencies > 18%. Science, 2019, 365, 591 doi: 10.1126/science.aav8680
[18]	Wang Y, Liu X, Zhang T, et al. The role of dimethylammonium iodine in CsPbI₃ perovskite fabrication: additive or dopant. Angew Chem Int Ed, 2019, 58, 16691 doi: 10.1002/anie.201910800
[19]	Fang Z, Liu L, Zhang Z, et al. CsPbI_2.25Br_0.75 solar cells with 15.9% efficiency. Sci Bull, 2019, 64, 507 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.04.013
[20]	Tian J, Xue Q, Tang X, et al. Dual interfacial design for efficient CsPbI₂Br perovskite solar cells with improved photostability. Adv Mater, 2019, 31, 1901152 doi: 10.1002/adma.201901152
[21]	He X, Qiu Y, Yang S. Fully-inorganic trihalide perovskite nanocrystals: a new research frontier of optoelectronic materials. Adv Mater, 2017, 29, 1700775 doi: 10.1002/adma.201700775
[22]	Yang D, Li X, Zhou W, et al. CsPbBr₃ quantum dots 2.0: benzenesulfonic acid equivalent ligand awakens complete purification. Adv Mater, 2019, 31, 1900767 doi: 10.1002/adma.201900767