Proceedings of Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP20)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.iperop.2020.015
Publication date: 14th October 2019
Tin oxide (SnO2) is a promising material for the electron transport layer in planar perovskite solar cells (P-PSCs) due to its suitable energy level and high electron mobility. SnO2-based P-PSCs show the highest power conversion efficiency among planar structure devices, but the PCE remains still low compared to the mesoporous TiO2-based PSCs and there is a lack of thermal stability study. In this study, we develop a simple interface engineering to improve optoelectronic properties and the thermal stability of the P-PSCs. The modified SnO2 shows high conductivity, effective charge extraction ability and high recombination resistance. Empirically, efficiencies of 21.43% and 20.5% were reached for the device with doped Spiro-OMeTAD and with dopant-free asy-PBTBDT, respectively, in the present study. The devices with modified SnO2 show excellent stability under mild (humidity of 25%) and harsh conditions (humidity of 85%; temperature of 85°C). Thus, our newly developed method guarantees highly efficient and thermal stable P-PSCs.