Issue 79, 2017

An annealing-free aqueous-processed anatase TiO2 compact layer for efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells

Abstract

A facile aqueous-based fabrication scheme is developed for producing annealing-free anatase TiO2 (AF-TiO2) films that exhibit efficient electron transport properties in planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells (PSCs). AF-TiO2 films are fabricated by spin coating on a substrate a colloidal solution of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) prepared via a low temperature hydrolytic sol–gel method. The resultant AF-TiO2 films show low electrical resistance, high transmittance in the visible and near-infrared regions and facilitation of high-quality perovskite film formation, which can be attributed to their homogeneous surface morphology and nanocrystallinity. The AF-TiO2 based PSCs achieve a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.29 ± 0.18%, showing significant improvement compared to the control PSCs (PCE = 11.33 ± 0.32%) based on TiO2 films made by high-temperature annealing of amorphous TiO2 (HTA-TiO2).

Graphical abstract: An annealing-free aqueous-processed anatase TiO2 compact layer for efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Feb 2017
Accepted
13 Jun 2017
First published
13 Jun 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 10882-10885

An annealing-free aqueous-processed anatase TiO2 compact layer for efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells

C. Yang, M. Yu, D. Chen, Y. Zhou, W. Wang, Y. Li, T. Lee and D. Yun, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10882 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC01104K

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