Planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells via vapor-assisted solution process

Qi Chen; Huanping Zhou; Ziruo Hong; Song Luo; Hsin-Sheng Duan; Hsin-Hua Wang; Yongsheng Liu; Gang Li; Yang Yang

doi:10.1021/ja411509g

Planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells via vapor-assisted solution process

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jan 15;136(2):622-5. doi: 10.1021/ja411509g. Epub 2013 Dec 27.

Authors

Qi Chen¹, Huanping Zhou, Ziruo Hong, Song Luo, Hsin-Sheng Duan, Hsin-Hua Wang, Yongsheng Liu, Gang Li, Yang Yang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering and ‡California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.

PMID: 24359486
DOI: 10.1021/ja411509g

Abstract

Hybrid organic/inorganic perovskites (e.g., CH3NH3PbI3) as light absorbers are promising players in the field of third-generation photovoltaics. Here we demonstrate a low-temperature vapor-assisted solution process to construct polycrystalline perovskite thin films with full surface coverage, small surface roughness, and grain size up to microscale. Solar cells based on the as-prepared films achieve high power conversion efficiency of 12.1%, so far the highest efficiency based on CH3NH3PbI3 with the planar heterojunction configuration. This method provides a simple approach to perovskite film preparation and paves the way for high reproducibility of films and devices. The underlying kinetic and thermodynamic parameters regarding the perovskite film growth are discussed as well.