Mesoscopic CH 3NH 3PbI 3/TiO 2 heterojunction solar cells

  • Lioz Etgar*
  • , Peng Gao
  • , Zhaosheng Xue
  • , Qin Peng
  • , Aravind Kumar Chandiran
  • , Bin Liu
  • , Md K. Nazeeruddin
  • , Michael Grätzel
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report for the first time on a hole conductor-free mesoscopic methylammonium lead iodide (CH 3NH 3PbI 3) perovskite/TiO 2 heterojunction solar cell, produced by deposition of perovskite nanoparticles from a solution of CH 3NH 3I and PbI 2 in γ-butyrolactone on a 400 nm thick film of TiO 2 (anatase) nanosheets exposing (001) facets. A gold film was evaporated on top of the CH 3NH 3PbI 3 as a back contact. Importantly, the CH 3NH 3PbI 3 nanoparticles assume here simultaneously the roles of both light harvester and hole conductor, rendering superfluous the use of an additional hole transporting material. The simple mesoscopic CH 3NH 3PbI 3/TiO 2 heterojunction solar cell shows impressive photovoltaic performance, with short-circuit photocurrent J sc= 16.1 mA/cm 2, open-circuit photovoltage V oc = 0.631 V, and a fill factor FF = 0.57, corresponding to a light to electric power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.5% under standard AM 1.5 solar light of 1000 W/m 2 intensity. At a lower light intensity of 100W/m 2, a PCE of 7.3% was measured. The advent of such simple solution-processed mesoscopic heterojunction solar cells paves the way to realize low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17396-17399
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume134
Issue number42
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Oct 2012

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