TY - JOUR
T1 - Perovskite solar cells with embedded homojunction via nonuniform metal ion doping
AU - Lin, Yuze
AU - Li, Tao
AU - Liu, Ye
AU - Bahrami, Behzad
AU - Guo, Dengyang
AU - Fang, Yanjun
AU - Shao, Yuchuan
AU - Wang, Qi
AU - Savenije, Tom J.
AU - More Authors, null
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A long photoluminescence decay lifetime has been regarded as a generic indication of long charge carrier recombination lifetime in semiconductors such as metal halide perovskites (MHPs), which have shown tremendous success in solar cells. Here, we report that MHP polycrystalline films with extrinsic metal ions have a very long charge recombination lifetime, but a much shorter photoluminescence decay lifetime, and this huge difference can be explained by a model of lateral homojunction within each individual grain. The lateral homojunction is formed due to the doping along grain boundaries by metal ions, and then verified by nanoscale potential mapping and transient photo-response mapping. The built-in electric field within each grain reduces the recombination of free charge carriers within the perovskite grain and along grain boundaries, while the free electrons and holes are collected to cathode and anode through the grain boundaries and grain interiors, respectively. Then, the efficiencies of MHP polycrystalline solar cells are increased.
AB - A long photoluminescence decay lifetime has been regarded as a generic indication of long charge carrier recombination lifetime in semiconductors such as metal halide perovskites (MHPs), which have shown tremendous success in solar cells. Here, we report that MHP polycrystalline films with extrinsic metal ions have a very long charge recombination lifetime, but a much shorter photoluminescence decay lifetime, and this huge difference can be explained by a model of lateral homojunction within each individual grain. The lateral homojunction is formed due to the doping along grain boundaries by metal ions, and then verified by nanoscale potential mapping and transient photo-response mapping. The built-in electric field within each grain reduces the recombination of free charge carriers within the perovskite grain and along grain boundaries, while the free electrons and holes are collected to cathode and anode through the grain boundaries and grain interiors, respectively. Then, the efficiencies of MHP polycrystalline solar cells are increased.
KW - charge carrier recombination
KW - grain boundary doping
KW - lateral homojunction
KW - metal ion
KW - nonuniform doping
KW - perovskite solar cell
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106304097&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100415
DO - 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100415
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106304097
SN - 2666-3864
VL - 2
JO - Cell Reports Physical Science
JF - Cell Reports Physical Science
IS - 5
M1 - 100415
ER -