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Perovskite solar cells with CuSCN hole extraction layers yield stabilized efficiencies greater than 20%

Arora, Neha  
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Dar, M. Ibrahim  
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Hinderhofer, Alexander
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2017
Science

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with efficiencies greater than 20% have been realized only with expensive organic hole-transporting materials. We demonstrate PSCs that achieve stabilized efficiencies exceeding 20% with copper(I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) as the hole extraction layer. A fast solvent removal method enabled the creation of compact, highly conformal CuSCN layers that facilitate rapid carrier extraction and collection. The PSCs showed high thermal stability under long-term heating, although their operational stability was poor. This instability originated from potential-induced degradation of the CuSCN/Au contact. The addition of a conductive reduced graphene oxide spacer layer between CuSCN and gold allowed PSCs to retain >95% of their initial efficiency after aging at a maximum power point for 1000 hours under full solar intensity at 60 degrees C. Under both continuous full-sun illumination and thermal stress, CuSCN-based devices surpassed the stability of spiro-OMeTAD-based PSCs.

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research article
DOI
10.1126/science.aam5655
Web of Science ID

WOS:000414847100040

Author(s)
Arora, Neha  
Dar, M. Ibrahim  
Hinderhofer, Alexander
Pellet, Norman  
Schreiber, Frank
Zakeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed  
Graetzel, Michael  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published in
Science
Volume

358

Issue

6364

Start page

768

End page

771

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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December 4, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/142570
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