Title
In situ graphene doping as a route toward efficient perovskite tandem solar cells
Date Issued
01 July 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Institut für Silizium Photovoltaik
Publisher(s)
Wiley-VCH Verlag
Abstract
Tandem solar cells consisting of perovskite and silicon absorbers have the potential to outperform respective state-of-the-art single junction efficiencies. However, their development requires the gentle deposition of a transparent electrode onto the hybrid perovskite and its organic layers. Implementation of large area graphene obtained by chemical vapor deposition seems to be an excellent solution. In this paper, we present the impact of graphene on perovskite solar cells and their organic layers. Direct application of graphene on CH3NH3PbI3 is limited by a highly defective interface but insertion of spiro-OMeTAD enables a defect free implementation. Solar cells containing transparent graphene contacts approach identical electrical performance compared to devices with standard Au contacts. Hall-effect measurements of graphene on various organic thin-films, revealed the importance of field-effect doping. Gained knowledge enabled the development of a strategy to increase the charge carrier density in graphene by 60%, while lowering graphene sheet resistance by 24%. This combined route of spiro-OMeTAD and stabilized adsorbent doping is an important step toward the targeted application in high performance monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.
Start page
1989
End page
1996
Volume
213
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-tecnología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84958654396
PubMed ID
Source
Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science
ISSN of the container
18626300
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank Tobias Hänel and Karolina Mack from the Competence Center Thin-film- and Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics Berlin (PVcomB) for support in EQE and UV/VIS measurements. The authors are grateful to Carola Klimm for taking SEM micrographs. B. Hase is acknowledged for experiments on sputtered ITO contacts. Rodrigo Sáez from the institute for heterogeneous materials systems is acknowledged for support in TiO
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