Interface engineering of high efficiency perovskite solar cells based on ZnO nanorods using atomic layer deposition

Shibin Li; Peng Zhang; Yafei Wang; Hojjatollah Sarvari; Detao Liu; Jiang Wu; Yajie Yang; Zhiming Wang; Zhi David Chen

doi:10.1007/s12274-016-1407-0

Interface engineering of high efficiency perovskite solar cells based on ZnO nanorods using atomic layer deposition

Shibin Li, Peng Zhang, Yafei Wang, Hojjatollah Sarvari, Detao Liu, Jiang Wu, Yajie Yang, Zhiming Wang, Zhi David Chen

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Abstract

Despite the considerably improved efficiency of inorganic–organic metal hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs), electron transport is still a challenging issue. In this paper, we report the use of ZnO nanorods prepared by hydrothermal self-assembly as the electron transport layer in perovskite solar cells. The efficiency of the perovskite solar cells is significantly enhanced by passivating the interfacial defects via atomic layer deposition of Al₂O₃ monolayers on the ZnO nanorods. By employing the Al₂O₃ monolayers, the average power conversion efficiency of methylammonium lead iodide PSCs was increased from 10.33% to 15.06%, and the highest efficiency obtained was 16.08%. We suggest that the passivation of defects using the atomic layer deposition of monolayers might provide a new pathway for the improvement of all types of PSCs. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1092-1103
Number of pages	12
Journal	Nano Research
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1407-0
State	Published - Mar 1 2017

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Keywords

AlO monolayer
ZnO nanorods
charge recombination
oxygen vacancy
perovskite solar cell

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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