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Hydrothermally processed CuCrO2 nanoparticles as an inorganic hole transporting material for low-cost perovskite solar cells with superior stability

Akin, Seckin
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Liu, Yuhang  
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Dar, M. Ibrahim  
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November 7, 2018
Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Despite the impressive photovoltaic performances of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) beyond 22%, intensive studies are still required to overcome ongoing issues such as cost, stability, and hysteresis. Here, for the first time, we report a cesium-containing triple-cation mixed-halide perovskite solar cell (n-i-p structure) by using hydrothermally synthesized inorganic CuCrO2 (CCO) delafossite nanoparticles as a hole transporting material (HTM). After optimization of the concentration, a fully homogeneous and completely covered CCO layer that facilitates fast carrier extraction and collection was obtained on the surface of the perovskite. Our CCO-based cells achieved the best PCE of 16.7% (average 16.04 +/- 0.40) with negligible hysteresis. More importantly, it was found that our cells showed a significant improvement in stability in ambient air compared with Spiro-OMeTAD HTM-based cells. After 60 days of storage in air without encapsulation, PCE remained at similar to 83% of the initial value with the CCO-based cells, whereas it decreased to similar to 24% of the initial value with devices based on the Spiro-OMeTAD HTM. Furthermore, cost estimation results indicated that the current prospect of CCO has an affordable cost/device ratio (similar to 180-fold cheaper than Spiro-OMeTAD). This work not only reveals the importance of air-stable inorganic HTMs, but also provides a low-cost HTM for highly efficient and stable PSCs.

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DOI
10.1039/c8ta07368f
Web of Science ID

WOS:000448412700046

Author(s)
Akin, Seckin
Liu, Yuhang  
Dar, M. Ibrahim  
Zakeeruddin, Shaik M.  
Gratzel, Michael  
Turan, Servet
Sonmezoglu, Savas
Date Issued

2018-11-07

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Published in
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume

6

Issue

41

Start page

20327

End page

20337

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Energy & Fuels

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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Energy & Fuels

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Materials Science

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nanocrystals

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layer

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films

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cu2o

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December 13, 2018
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