Enhanced UV stability of perovskite solar cells with a SrO interlayer

Sang Won Lee; Seongtak Kim; Soohyun Bae; Kyungjin Cho; Taewon Chung; Jae Keun Hwang; Inseol Song; Wonkyu Lee; Sungeun Park; Jaebong Jung; Jihun Chun; Yoon Jung Lee; Yeon Ji Moon; Hae Seok Lee; Donghwan Kim; Chan Bin Mo; Yoonmook Kang

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2018.09.019

Enhanced UV stability of perovskite solar cells with a SrO interlayer

Sang Won Lee, Seongtak Kim, Soohyun Bae, Kyungjin Cho, Taewon Chung, Jae Keun Hwang, Inseol Song, Wonkyu Lee, Sungeun Park, Jaebong Jung, Jihun Chun, Yoon Jung Lee, Yeon Ji Moon, Hae Seok Lee, Donghwan Kim, Chan Bin Mo, Yoonmook Kang

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Abstract

We investigated strontium oxide (SrO) as an interlayer material to enhance the UV stability of a CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite solar cell. Moisture and over 400 nm wavelength of light were excluded to investigate the effect of UV light only. Two different interlayer fabrication processes were examined to optimize the performance of this solar cell. Devices fabricated by dipping for 30 min in SrO solution exhibited photoconversion efficiencies of 15.5%, whereas those fabricated with 60-min dipping showed photoconversion efficiencies of 15% and exhibited local Sr agglomeration. Devices with SrO displayed lower initial efficiencies than those without any SrO layer (17.6%), However, a device without SrO retained only 34.4% of its initial efficiency after 100 h of UV exposure. In contrast, SrO-incorporated devices retained almost 60.0% of their initial efficiency. Severe μ-PL mapping intensity degradation was observed in devices that did not include the interlayer, but no degradation was observed in those with the SrO interlayer. This can be attributed to the passivation of the degradation sites by SrO.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-348
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2018.09.019
Publication status	Published - 2018 Dec

Keywords

Interface passivation
Micro-photoluminescence
Perovskite solar cell
Strontium oxide
UV stability

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Chemistry(all)
Biomaterials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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