Small Grains as Recombination Hot Spots in Perovskite Photovoltaics
Yana Vaynzof a
a Integrated Centre for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials and Centre for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Technical University of Dresden, Germany, Nöthnitzer Straße, 61, Dresden, Germany
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of nanoGe Spring Meeting 2022 (NSM22)
#PhotoPero22. Photophysics of Halide Perovskites and Related Materials - from Bulk to Nano
Online, Spain, 2022 March 7th - 11th
Organizers: Sascha Feldmann, Annamaria Petrozza and Ajay Ram Srimath Kandada
Invited Speaker, Yana Vaynzof, presentation 231
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nsm.2022.231
Publication date: 7th February 2022

Despite a decade of research, much remains unknown about the role that grain boundaries play in impacting the photophysics of lead halide perovskites and influencing their performance in solar cells. In this talk, I will describe how by combining experimental studies with theoretical device simulations, we find that the recombination at grain boundaries is diffusion limited and depends on the grain area with small grains acting as recombination hot spots. We show that the distribution of grain sizes not only influences the overall performance of perovskite solar cells, but also leads to significant current exchange between small and large grains at open-circuit conditions. 

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