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Long-Range Balanced Electron- and Hole-Transport Lengths in Organic-Inorganic CH3NH3PbI3

Xing, Guichuan
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Mathews, Nripan
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Sun, Shuangyong
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2013
Science

Low-temperature solution-processed photovoltaics suffer from low efficiencies because of poor exciton or electron-hole diffusion lengths (typically about 10 nanometers). Recent reports of highly efficient CH3NH3PbI3-based solar cells in a broad range of configurations raise a compelling case for understanding the fundamental photophysical mechanisms in these materials. By applying femtosecond transient optical spectroscopy to bilayers that interface this perovskite with either selective-electron or selective-hole extraction materials, we have uncovered concrete evidence of balanced long-range electron-hole diffusion lengths of at least 100 nanometers in solution-processed CH3NH3PbI3. The high photoconversion efficiencies of these systems stem from the comparable optical absorption length and charge-carrier diffusion lengths, transcending the traditional constraints of solution-processed semiconductors.

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research article
DOI
10.1126/science.1243167
Web of Science ID

WOS:000325755100040

Author(s)
Xing, Guichuan
Mathews, Nripan
Sun, Shuangyong
Lim, Swee Sien
Lam, Yeng Ming
Graetzel, Michael  
Mhaisalkar, Subodh
Sum, Tze Chien
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Science
Volume

342

Issue

6156

Start page

344

End page

347

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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December 9, 2013
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/97714
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