Visualizing Macroscopic Inhomogeneities in Perovskite Solar Cells
Akash Dasgupta a, Suhas Mahesh b a, Henry Snaith a
a Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, King's College Road, 10, Toronto, Canada
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2023 Conference (MATSUSFall23)
#MHPN3 - Fundamental Advances in Metal Halide Perovskites and Beyond: new materials, new mechanisms, and new challenges
Torremolinos, Spain, 2023 October 16th - 20th
Organizers: Paola Vivo, Qiong Wang and Kaifeng Wu
Oral, Akash Dasgupta, presentation 091
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2023.091
Publication date: 18th July 2023

Despite the incredible progress made, the highest efficiency perovskite solar cells are still restricted to small areas (<1 cm2). In large part, this stems from a poor understanding of the widespread spatial heterogeneity in devices. Conventional techniques to assess heterogeneities can be time consuming, operate only at microscopic length scales, and demand specialized equipment. We overcome these limitations by using luminescence imaging to reveal large, millimeter-scale heterogeneities in the inferred electronic properties. We determine spatially resolved maps of “charge collection quality”, measured using the ratio of photoluminescence intensity at open and short circuit. We apply these methods to quantify the inhomogeneities introduced by a wide range of transport layers, thereby ranking them by suitability for upscaling. We reveal that top-contacting transport layers are the dominant source of heterogeneity in the multilayer material stack. We suggest that this methodology can be used to accelerate the development of highly efficient, large-area modules, especially through high-throughput experimentation.

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