Interfacial Charge Carrier Recombination Processes in Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Frédéric Laquai a, Christopher Petoukhoff a
a King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV24)
València, Spain, 2024 May 12th - 15th
Organizer: Bruno Ehrler
Invited Speaker Session, Christopher Petoukhoff, presentation 120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2024.120
Publication date: 6th February 2024

Interfacial charge carrier recombination is currently one of the major performance bottlenecks in single- and multi-junction metal halide perovskite (MHP) solar cells. In our work, we investigate interfacial charge carrier recombination processes in state-of-the-art MHP thin films and device structures by transient spectroscopies including transient reflection, transient absorption, time-resolved photoluminescence, and time-domain terahertz spectroscopy across a wide dynamic range from femto- to microseconds. The MHPs investigated are multi-cation (mixed) halide perovskites as neat MHP thin films, passivated MHP thin films, perovskite films adjacent to charge transport layers (CTLs), MHP films adjacent to CTLs with additional interlayers (ITLs) and in the presence of electrodes, as well as MHP films on transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) with and without common self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). Organic CTLs are also used, since they allow direct probing of the carrier dynamics in the CTL (not only in the perovskite film), thereby allowing to distinguish between carrier extraction and interfacial recombination. Our spectroscopic experiments are supported by computational studies providing insight into the role of (bulk and surface/interface) defects on carrier recombination, the chemistry of defect passivation at interfaces, and interfacial carrier extraction and recombination dynamics. Our studies provide in-depth insight into interfacial charge carrier recombination processes at various types of interfaces in perovskite devices and reveal pathways to mitigate those losses to enhance the device Voc and quantum efficiency in both single- and multijunction photovoltaic solar cells.

This contribution is based upon work supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No: OSR-2018-CARF/CCF-3079, OSR-2018-CRG7-3737, OSR-2019-CRG8-4093, OSR-2020-CRG9-4350, and ORA-CRG10-2021-4681.

© FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO
We use our own and third party cookies for analysing and measuring usage of our website to improve our services. If you continue browsing, we consider accepting its use. You can check our Cookies Policy in which you will also find how to configure your web browser for the use of cookies. More info