In Operando, Photovoltaic, and Microscopic Evaluation of Recombination Centers in Halide Perovskite-Based Solar Cells
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Other documents of the author: Zohar, Arava; Kulbak, Michael; Turren Cruz, Silver Hamill; Nayak, Pabitra K.; Kama, Adi; Hagfeldt, Anders; Snaith, Henry J.; Hodes, Gary; Cahen, David
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In Operando, Photovoltaic, and Microscopic Evaluation of Recombination Centers in Halide Perovskite-Based Solar CellsAuthor (s)
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2022-08-03Publisher
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1944-8244; 1944-8252Bibliographic citation
Zohar, A.; Kulbak, M.; Turren-Cruz, S. H.; Nayak, P. K.; Kama, A.; Hagfeldt, A.; Snaith, H. J.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D. In Operando, Photovoltaic, and Microscopic Evaluation of Recombination Centers in Halide Perovskite-Based Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2022, 14 (30), 34171-34179. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c08675Type
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The origin of the low densities of electrically active defects in Pb halide perovskite (HaP), a crucial factor for their use in photovoltaics, light emission, and radiation detection, remains a matter of discussion, ... [+]
The origin of the low densities of electrically active defects in Pb halide perovskite (HaP), a crucial factor for their use in photovoltaics, light emission, and radiation detection, remains a matter of discussion, in part because of the difficulty in determining these densities. Here, we present a powerful approach to assess the defect densities, based on electric field mapping in working HaP-based solar cells. The minority carrier diffusion lengths were deduced from the electric field profile, measured by electron beam-induced current (EBIC). The EBIC method was used earlier to get the first direct evidence for the n-i-p junction structure, at the heart of efficient HaP-based PV cells, and later by us and others for further HaP studies. This manuscript includes EBIC results on illuminated cell cross sections (in operando) at several light intensities to compare optoelectronic characteristics of different cells made by different groups in several laboratories. We then apply a simple, effective single-level defect model that allows deriving the densities (Nr) of the defect acting as recombination center. We find Nr ≈ 1 × 1013 cm–3 for mixed A cation lead bromide-based HaP films and ∼1 × 1014 cm–3 for MAPbBr3(Cl). As EBIC photocurrents are similar at the grain bulk and boundaries, we suggest that the defects are at the interfaces with selective contacts rather than in the HaP film. These results are relevant for photovoltaic devices as the EBIC responses distinguish clearly between high- and low-efficiency devices. The most efficient devices have n-i-p structures with a close-to-intrinsic HaP film, and the selective contacts then dictate the electric field strength throughout the HaP absorber. [-]
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ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2021, vol. 14, no 30Funder Name
Dears Foundation | Minerva Centre for Self-Repairing Systems for Energy and Sustainability | Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources | Ullmann Family Foundation | Weizmann Institute of Science | Yotam Project
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