Unraveling the Dual-Functional Mechanism of Light Absorption and Hole Transport of Cu2CdxZn1-xSnS4 for Achieving Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Broadening the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum of device is critical to further improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, novel Cu2CdZn1-xSnS4 (CZTS:Cd) film prepared by thermal evaporation method was employed as the NIR light-harvesting layer to complement the absorption of the perovskite. At the same time, Au nanorods (NRs) were introduced into the hole-transporting layer (HTL) to boost the utilization of CZTS:Cd to NIR light through localized surface plasmon effect. The perovskite/CZTS:Cd and Au NR-integrated PSCs can extend the photoelectric response to 900 nm. And more, the well-matched energy levels between CZTS:Cd and perovskite can effectively extract holes from perovskite and depress the charge carrier recombination. As a result, the champion PSC device insulating with CZTS:Cd and Au NRs demonstrates a remarkably increased PCE from 19.30 to 21.11%. The modified PSC devices also demonstrate highly improved long-time stability. The device retains a PCE of 87% after 500 h even under air with a relative humidity of 85%, implying the superior humidity stability of the devices with CZTS:Cd. This work suggests that perovskite/inorganic-integrated structure is a promising strategy to broaden and boost the NIR response of the PSCs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 12(2020), 15 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 17509-17518

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Yanjie [VerfasserIn]
Bi, Wenbo [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Zhichong [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, Xinmeng [VerfasserIn]
Song, Zonglong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shuainan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Cong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Qilin [VerfasserIn]
Song, Hongwei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Au nanorods
Cu2CdxZn1−xSnS4
Journal Article
Perovskite solar cells
Plasmon
Stability

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Date Revised 16.04.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.0c00607

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307787575