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Efficient luminescent solar cells based on tailored mixed-cation perovskites

Bi, Dongqin  
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Tress, Wolfgang
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Dar, M Ibrahim
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January 1, 2016
Science Advances

We report on a new metal halide perovskite photovoltaic cell that exhibits both very high solar-to-electric power-conversion efficiency and intense electroluminescence. We produce the perovskite films in a single step from a solution containing a mixture of FAI, PbI2, MABr, and PbBr2 (where FA stands for formamidinium cations and MA stands for methylammonium cations). Using mesoporous TiO2 and Spiro-OMeTAD as electron- and hole-specific contacts, respectively, we fabricate perovskite solar cells that achieve a maximum power-conversion efficiency of 20.8% for a PbI2/FAI molar ratio of 1.05 in the precursor solution. Rietveld analysis of x-ray diffraction data reveals that the excess PbI2 content incorporated into such a film is about 3 weight percent. Time-resolved photoluminescence decay measurements show that the small excess of PbI2 suppresses nonradiative charge carrier recombination. This in turn augments the external electroluminescence quantum efficiency to values of about 0.5%, a record for perovskite photovoltaics approaching that of the best silicon solar cells. Correspondingly, the open-circuit photovoltage reaches 1.18 V under AM 1.5 sunlight.

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DOI
10.1126/sciadv.1501170
Web of Science ID

WOS:000376972900023

Author(s)
Bi, Dongqin  
Tress, Wolfgang
Dar, M Ibrahim
Gao, Peng
Luo, Jingshan
Renevier, Clementine
Schenk, Kurt
Abate, Antonio
Giordano, Fabrizio
Correa Baena, Juan-Pablo
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Date Issued

2016-01-01

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Science Advances
Volume

2

Issue

1

Article Number

e1501170

Editorial or Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

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July 13, 2016
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