Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics 2015 (HOPV15)
Publication date: 5th February 2015
· Kelvin probe force microscopyis used to measure cross-sections of hole conductor free CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells. The work function change are measured at the interfaces between the CH3NH3PbI3 perovskites and a metal oxide, nanocrystalline TiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. The findings from this research are critical for the understanding and further improvement of perovskite based solar cells, and are valid for cells with a hole transport material.
· Self assembly of perovskite for the fabrication of Semi-transparent hole conductor free solar cells. The cells transparency is achieved through a unique wet deposition technique that creates perovskite grids with various dimensions. The perovskite grid is deposited on a mesoporous TiO2 layer, followed by evaporation of semi-transparent gold film. No hole conductor is used in this solar cell structure. The semi-transparent cells demonstrate 20%–70% transparency. This is the first demonstration of the possibility to create a perovskite pattern using self-assembly deposition method for fabrication of a semitransparent hole conductor free perovskite based solar cell.