Eliminating Hysteresis of Perovskite Solar Cells with Hollow TiO2 Mesoporous Electron Transport Layer

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Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 117-122.doi: 10.1007/s40242-022-1401-x

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Eliminating Hysteresis of Perovskite Solar Cells with Hollow TiO₂ Mesoporous Electron Transport Layer

HAN Wensheng^1,3, WANG Yongling^1,2, WAN Jiawei^1,2, WANG Dan^1,2

1. State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China;
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China;
3. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan

Received:2021-11-04 Revised:2022-01-04 Online:2022-02-01 Published:2022-01-20
Contact: WAN Jiawei, WANG Dan E-mail:jwwan@ipe.ac.cn;danwang@ipe.ac.cn
Supported by:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21931012, 52022097), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, China (No.2202055) and the Foundation of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.2020048).

Abstract

Abstract: Current density-voltage(J-V) hysteresis issue caused by unbalanced charge transport has greatly limited the improvement of power conversion efficiency(PCE) of halide perovskite solar cells(PSCs). Herein, hollow TiO₂ mesoporous electron transport layer(ETL) was used to fabricate PSCs. The structure-dependent charge collection as well as its effect on PCE and hysteresis impactor(HI) of PSC were investigated. The results demonstrate that TiO₂ hollow spheres in a size of around 50 nm (HS-50) can form a high quality perovskite/ETL interface with a less trap density. Moreover, the hollow TiO₂ with the thin shell can help promote the extraction of electrons from perovskite layer to ETL, so as to reduce the charge accumulation and recombination at the perovskite/ETL interface and alleviate the hysteresis behavior. As a result, PSCs with HS-50 TiO₂ delivered a champion PCE of 16.81% with a small HI of 0.0297, indicating a better performance than the commercial P25(PCE of 15.87%, HI of 0.2571).

Key words: Hollow structure, Titanium dioxide, Hysteresis, Halide perovskite solar cell, Charge collection

HAN Wensheng, WANG Yongling, WAN Jiawei, WANG Dan. Eliminating Hysteresis of Perovskite Solar Cells with Hollow TiO₂ Mesoporous Electron Transport Layer[J]. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2022, 38(1): 117-122.

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