A Thienothiophene-Based Cation Treatment Allows Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency and Stability

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2021-01-01

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Gunes, Ummugulsum
Bag Celik, Esra
Akgül, Çağla
Koc, Mehmet
Ameri, Mohsen
Uzuner, Bahri E.
Ghasemi, Milad
Şahiner, Mehmet Cem
Yıldız, İlker
Kaya, Hava Z.
Yerci, Selcuk
Gunbas, Gorkem

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Perovskite surface treatment with additives has been reported to improve charge extraction, stability, and/or surface passivation. In this study, treatment of a 3D perovskite ((FAPbI3)1−x(MAPbBr3)x) layer with a thienothiophene-based organic cation (TTMAI), synthesized in this work, is investigated. Detailed analyses reveal that a 2D (n = 1) or quasi-2D layer does not form on the PbI2-rich surface 3D perovskite. TTMAI-treated 3D perovskite solar cells (PSCs) fabricated in this study show improved fill factors, providing an increase in their power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) from 17% to over 20%. It is demonstrated that the enhancement is due to better hole extraction by drift-diffusion simulations. Furthermore, thanks to the hydrophobic nature of the TTMAI, PSC maintains 82% of its initial PCE under 15% humidity for over 380 h (the reference retains 38%). Additionally, semitransparent cells are demonstrated reaching 17.9% PCE with treated 3D perovskite, which is one of the highest reported efficiencies for double cationic 3D perovskites. Moreover, the semitransparent 3D PSC (TTMAI-treated) maintains 87% of its initial efficiency for six weeks (>1000 h) when kept in the dark at room temperature. These results clearly show that this study fills a critical void in perovskite research where highly efficient and stable semitransparent perovskite solar cells are scarce.

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85108814205&origin=inward
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/91276

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Advanced Functional Materials

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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202103130

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Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Article

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U. Gunes et al., “A Thienothiophene-Based Cation Treatment Allows Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency and Stability,” Advanced Functional Materials, pp. 0–0, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85108814205&origin=inward.