Fully inorganic black orthorhombic (B-γ) CsSnI3 has become a promising candidate for perovskite solar cell (PSC) thanks to its low toxicity and decently high theoretical power conversion efficiency (PCE). However, so far, the reported PCE of the B-γ CsSnI3 PSC is still not comparable with its lead-based or organotin-based counterparts. Herein, a mixed electron transport layer (ETL) composed of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) is incorporated into inverted B-γ CsSnI3 PSCs. The mixed ETL exhibits the merits of both ZnO and PCBM. The highest PCE of 6.08% was recorded for the PSC with mixed ZnO-PCBM ETL, which is 34.2% higher than that of the device with plain PCBM ETL (PCE of 4.53%) and 28.8% superior to that of plain ZnO ETL-based device (PCE of 4.72%). Meanwhile, the mixed ZnO-PCBM ETL-based PSC retained 71% of its initial PCE under inert conditions at room temperature after 60 days of storage and maintained 67% PCE after 20 days of storage under ambient air at 30% relative humidity and room temperature.
Keywords: CsSnI3; composite; energy-level alignment; mixed electron transport layer; perovskite solar cell.