Suppressing PEDOT:PSS doping-induced interfacial recombination loss in perovskite solar cells
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Chin, Y-C
Daboczi, M
Henderson, C
Luke, J
Kim, J-S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
PEDOT:PSS is widely used as a hole transport layer (HTL) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to its facile processability, industrial scalability, and commercialization potential. However, PSCs utilizing PEDOT:PSS suffer from strong recombination losses compared to other organic HTLs. This results in lower open-circuit voltage (VOC) and power conversion efficiency (PCE). Most studies focus on doping PEDOT:PSS to improve charge extraction, but it has been suggested that a high doping level can cause strong recombination losses. Herein, we systematically dedope PEDOT:PSS with aqueous NaOH, raising its Fermi level by up to 500 meV, and optimize its layer thickness in p-i-n devices. A significant reduction of recombination losses at the dedoped PEDOT:PSS/perovskite interface is evidenced by a longer photoluminescence lifetime and higher magnitude of surface photovoltage, leading to an increased device VOC, fill factor, and PCE. These results provide insights into the relationship between doping level of HTLs and interfacial charge carrier recombination losses.
Date Acceptance
2022-01-05
ISSN
2380-8195
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Start Page
560
End Page
568
Journal / Book Title
ACS Energy Letters
Volume
7
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2022 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Enrgy Letters, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02577
Sponsor
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Identifier
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02577
Grant Number
EP/L016702/1
NRF-2017K1A1A2013153
EP/T028513/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Physical
Electrochemistry
Energy & Fuels
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
HOLE-TRANSPORT MATERIALS
PSS
POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE)
EFFICIENCY
LAYER
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2022-01-06