Photovoltaic potential of tin perovskites revealed through layer-by-layer investigation of optoelectronic and charge transport properties

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Main Authors: Aldamasy, Mahmoud H., Musiienko, Artem, Rusu, Marin, Regaldo, Davide, Zho, Shengnan, Hampel, Hannes, Frasca, Chiara, Iqbal, Zafar, Gries, Thomas W., Li, Guixiang, Aktas, Ece, Nasti, Giuseppe, Li, Meng, Pascual, Jorge, Hartono, Noor Titan Putri, Wang, Qiong, Unold, Thomas, Abate, Antonio
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author Aldamasy, Mahmoud H.
Musiienko, Artem
Rusu, Marin
Regaldo, Davide
Zho, Shengnan
Hampel, Hannes
Frasca, Chiara
Iqbal, Zafar
Gries, Thomas W.
Li, Guixiang
Aktas, Ece
Nasti, Giuseppe
Li, Meng
Pascual, Jorge
Hartono, Noor Titan Putri
Wang, Qiong
Unold, Thomas
Abate, Antonio
author_facet Aldamasy, Mahmoud H.
Musiienko, Artem
Rusu, Marin
Regaldo, Davide
Zho, Shengnan
Hampel, Hannes
Frasca, Chiara
Iqbal, Zafar
Gries, Thomas W.
Li, Guixiang
Aktas, Ece
Nasti, Giuseppe
Li, Meng
Pascual, Jorge
Hartono, Noor Titan Putri
Wang, Qiong
Unold, Thomas
Abate, Antonio
contents Tin perovskites are the most promising environmentally friendly alternative to lead perovskites. Among tin perovskites, FASnI3 (CH4N2SnI3) shows optimum band gap, and easy processability. However, the performance of FASnI3 based solar cells is incomparable to lead perovskites for several reasons, including energy band mismatch between the perovskite absorber film and the charge transporting layers (CTLs) for both types of carriers, i.e., for electrons (ETLs) and holes (HTLs). However, the band diagrams in the literature are inconsistent, and the charge extraction dynamics are poorly understood. In this paper, we study the energy band positions of FASnI3 based perovskites using Kelvin probe (KP) and photoelectron yield spectroscopy (PYS) to provide a precise band diagram of the most used device stack. In addition, we analyze the defects within the current energetic landscape of tin perovskites. We uncover the role of bathocuproine (BCP) in enhancing the electron extraction at the fullerene C60/BCP interface. Furthermore, we used transient surface photovoltage (tr-SPV) for the first time for tin perovskites to understand the charge extraction dynamics of the most reported HTLs such as NiOx and PEDOT, and ETLs such as C60, ICBA, and PCBM. Finally, we used Hall effect, KP, and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) to estimate an accurate value of the p-doping concentration in FASnI3 and showed a consistent result of 1.5 * 1017 cm-3. Our findings prove that the energetic system of tin halide perovskites is deformed and should be redesigned independently from lead perovskites to unlock the full potential of tin perovskites.
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spellingShingle Photovoltaic potential of tin perovskites revealed through layer-by-layer investigation of optoelectronic and charge transport properties
Aldamasy, Mahmoud H.
Musiienko, Artem
Rusu, Marin
Regaldo, Davide
Zho, Shengnan
Hampel, Hannes
Frasca, Chiara
Iqbal, Zafar
Gries, Thomas W.
Li, Guixiang
Aktas, Ece
Nasti, Giuseppe
Li, Meng
Pascual, Jorge
Hartono, Noor Titan Putri
Wang, Qiong
Unold, Thomas
Abate, Antonio
Materials Science
Applied Physics
Chemical Physics
Tin perovskites are the most promising environmentally friendly alternative to lead perovskites. Among tin perovskites, FASnI3 (CH4N2SnI3) shows optimum band gap, and easy processability. However, the performance of FASnI3 based solar cells is incomparable to lead perovskites for several reasons, including energy band mismatch between the perovskite absorber film and the charge transporting layers (CTLs) for both types of carriers, i.e., for electrons (ETLs) and holes (HTLs). However, the band diagrams in the literature are inconsistent, and the charge extraction dynamics are poorly understood. In this paper, we study the energy band positions of FASnI3 based perovskites using Kelvin probe (KP) and photoelectron yield spectroscopy (PYS) to provide a precise band diagram of the most used device stack. In addition, we analyze the defects within the current energetic landscape of tin perovskites. We uncover the role of bathocuproine (BCP) in enhancing the electron extraction at the fullerene C60/BCP interface. Furthermore, we used transient surface photovoltage (tr-SPV) for the first time for tin perovskites to understand the charge extraction dynamics of the most reported HTLs such as NiOx and PEDOT, and ETLs such as C60, ICBA, and PCBM. Finally, we used Hall effect, KP, and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) to estimate an accurate value of the p-doping concentration in FASnI3 and showed a consistent result of 1.5 * 1017 cm-3. Our findings prove that the energetic system of tin halide perovskites is deformed and should be redesigned independently from lead perovskites to unlock the full potential of tin perovskites.
title Photovoltaic potential of tin perovskites revealed through layer-by-layer investigation of optoelectronic and charge transport properties
topic Materials Science
Applied Physics
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05481