Proceedings of International Conference Asia-Pacific Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics 2018 (AP-HOPV18)
Publication date: 27th October 2017
A perovskite solar cell (PSC) equipping with an efficient electron transporting layer (ETL) is essential for high efficiency, good reproducibility and low hysteresis control. However, the efficient exciton extraction between ETL and perovskite is a crucial factor for high performance PSCs. Much research about doped TiO2 has been done to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic devices In this study, a Nb-doped TiO2 ETL was anodically electrodeposited in constant current fashion from an aqueous TiCl3 solution containing NbCl5 additive. The morphology of the Nb-doped TiO2 film was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Kelvin probe force microscope (KPFM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), whereas the optical and electrical properties of Nb-doped TiO2 ETL were measured by UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and Mott-schottky (MS) plot. Currently, the results confirm that the Nb-doping not only improved the conductivity of TiO2 ETLs but also affected the surface morphology of film considerably, demonstrating a facile way to adjust TiO2 ETL’s property via additive strategy in electrodeposition solution.