Electronic Properties of Meso-Superstructured and Planar Organometal Halide Perovskite Films: Charge Trapping, Photodoping, and Carrier Mobility

Solution-processed organometal trihalide perovskite solar cells are attracting increasing interest, leading to high performances over 15% in thin film architectures. Here, we probe the presence of sub gap states in both solid and mesosuperstructured perovskite films and determine that they strongly...

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Published inACS nano Vol. 8; no. 7; pp. 7147 - 7155
Main Authors Leijtens, Tomas, Stranks, Samuel D, Eperon, Giles E, Lindblad, Rebecka, Johansson, Erik M. J, McPherson, Ian J, Rensmo, Håkan, Ball, James M, Lee, Michael M, Snaith, Henry J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Chemical Society 22.07.2014
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doping
mobility
perovskite
solar cells
traps
doping
traps
mobility
perovskite
solar cells
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Summary:Solution-processed organometal trihalide perovskite solar cells are attracting increasing interest, leading to high performances over 15% in thin film architectures. Here, we probe the presence of sub gap states in both solid and mesosuperstructured perovskite films and determine that they strongly influence the photoconductivity response and splitting of the quasi-Fermi levels in films and solar cells. We find that while the planar perovskite films are superior to the mesosuperstructured films in terms of charge carrier mobility (in excess of 20 cm2 V–1 s–1) and emissivity, the planar heterojunction solar cells are limited in photovoltage by the presence of sub gap states and low intrinsic doping densities.
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ISSN:1936-0851
1936-086X
1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/nn502115k