Charge-Transfer States at the Fullerene Interface Cause Nonradiative Recombination Losses in Sn-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Fatemeh Zargar; Derese Desta; Sigurd Mertens; Melissa Van Landeghem; Sarallah Hamtaei; Jeroen Prooth; Julia Zillner; Javid Hajhemati; Mohammdhosein Safari; An Hardy; Philip Schulz; Erik Ahlswede; Bart Vermang; Koen Vandewal; Hans Gerd Boyen

doi:10.1021/acsaem.3c03086

Charge-Transfer States at the Fullerene Interface Cause Nonradiative Recombination Losses in Sn-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Fatemeh Zargar
, Derese Desta
, Sigurd Mertens
, Melissa Van Landeghem
, Sarallah Hamtaei
, Jeroen Prooth
, Julia Zillner
, Javid Hajhemati
, Mohammdhosein Safari
, An Hardy
, Philip Schulz
, Erik Ahlswede
, Bart Vermang
, Koen Vandewal
, Hans Gerd Boyen

IMEC Division IMOMEC (Partner in Solliance)
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Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg

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Abstract

Tin-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are emerging as a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional PSCs that typically contain toxic lead. In this work, we study the influence of the Sn-perovskite/fullerene interface on the open-circuit voltage (V_oc). When the fullerene derivative ICBA is used as the electron transport layer, the V_oc reaches 0.68 V, while the band gap of the Sn-perovskite is 1.44 eV, giving a voltage deficit of 0.76 V. Using PCBM as the electron transport layer, this deficit is 0.19 V higher. Herein, we identify through Fourier transform photocurrent spectroscopy and luminescence measurements that interfacial charge-transfer states at the Sn-perovskite/fullerene interface induce a nonradiative recombination channel. The energy of these states should be increased in order to mitigate voltage losses at the contacts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3618-3626
Number of pages	9
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	7
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c03086
Publication status	Published - 13 May 2024

Keywords

Fourier transform photocurrent spectroscopy
PEAX additive
Sn-based perovskite solar cells
electroluminescence external quantum yield
photoluminescence quantum yield
photovoltage loss

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Zargar, F., Desta, D., Mertens, S., Van Landeghem, M., Hamtaei, S., Prooth, J., Zillner, J., Hajhemati, J., Safari, M., Hardy, A., Schulz, P., Ahlswede, E., Vermang, B., Vandewal, K., & Boyen, H. G. (2024). Charge-Transfer States at the Fullerene Interface Cause Nonradiative Recombination Losses in Sn-Based Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7(9), 3618-3626. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c03086

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