Enhancing Optical, Electronic, Crystalline, and Morphological Properties of Cesium Lead Halide by Mn Substitution for High-Stability All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with Carbon ElectrodesShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Advanced Energy Materials, ISSN 1614-6832, E-ISSN 1614-6840, Vol. 8, no 20, article id 1800504Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this work all-inorganic perovskite CsPbIBr2 are doped with Mn to compensate their shortcomings in band structure for the application of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The novel Mn-doped all-inorganic perovskites, CsPb1-xMnxI1+2xBr2-2x, are prepared in ambient atmosphere. As the concentration of Mn2+ ions increases, the bandgaps of CsPb1-xMnxI1+2xBr2-2x decrease from 1.89 to 1.75 eV. Additionally, when the concentration of Mn dopants is appropriate, this novel Mn-doped all-inorganic perovskite film shows better crystallinity and morphology than its undoped counterpart. These advantages alleviate the energy loss in hole transfer and facilitate the charge-transfer in perovskites, therefore, PSCs based on these novel CsPb1-xMnxI1+2xBr2-2x perovskite films display better photovoltaic performance than the undoped CsPbIBr2 perovskite films. The reference CsPbIBr2 cell reaches a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.14%, comparable with the previous reports. The CsPb1-xMnxI1+2xBr2-2x cells reach the highest PCE of 7.36% (when x= 0.005), an increase of 19.9% in PCE. Furthermore, the encapsulated CsPb0.995Mn0.005I1.01Br1.99 cells exhibit good stability in ambient atmosphere. The storage stability measurements on the encapsulated PSCs reveal that PCE is dropped by only 8% of the initial value after >300 h in ambient. Such improved efficiency and stability are achieved using low-cost carbon electrodes (without expensive hole transport materials and Au electrodes).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, 2018. Vol. 8, no 20, article id 1800504
Keywords [en]
all-inorganic perovskites, carbon electrodes, doping, Mn, perovskite solar cells
National Category
Materials Engineering
Research subject
Materials Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-83183DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201800504ISI: 000438706700026OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-83183DiVA, id: diva2:1530232
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