Higher efficiency perovskite solar cells using Email: Au@SiO2 core–shell nanoparticles. Issue 10 (8th August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chandrasekhar, P. S.; Dubey, Ashish; Reza, Khan Mamun; Hasan, M. D. Nazmul; Bahrami, Behzad; Komarala, Vamsi K.; Hoefelmeyer, James D.; He, Qingquan; Wu, Fan; Qiao, Hui; Zhang, Wen-Hua; Qiao, Qiquan
• Is Part Of: Sustainable energy & fuels. Volume 2:Issue 10(2018)
• Page Start: 2260
• Page End: 2267
• Publication Date: 2018-08-08
• Subjects: Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; Fuel cells -- Periodicals; Electric batteries -- Periodicals; Electrochemistry -- Periodicals; 660.297
• DOI: 10.1039/c7se00472a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2398-4902

Abstract

Abstract : We improved photovoltaic performance by about 29% in planar p-i-n perovskite solar cells (PSCs) using plasmonic Au@SiO2 core–shell nanoparticles (NPs). Abstract : In this work, we improved photovoltaic performance by about 27% in planar p-i-n perovskite solar cells (PSCs) using plasmonic Au@SiO2 core–shell nanoparticles (NPs). The devices have an architecture of ITO glass/PEDOT:PSS/perovskite(CH3 NH3 PbI3 )/PCBM/Rhodamine/Ag. Four batches of devices were fabricated with different concentrations of Au@SiO2 NPs ranging from 0.4 to 1.6 wt% with an interval of 0.4 wt%. The Au@SiO2 NPs were integrated at the interface between the PEDOT:PSS layer and the active perovskite layer. At an optimized concentration of 1.2 wt% Au@SiO2 NPs, the PSCs achieved 25.1% of enhancement in photocurrent from 17.45 to 22.35 mA cm −2 and an improvement of 27.3% in power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 11.44 to 14.57%. This significant improvement in device performance is attributed to the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Au@SiO2 NPs, which enhanced the light absorption in the active perovskite layer. The transient photocurrent and photovoltage measurements revealed that PSCs with Au@SiO2 NPs have a faster charge transport time and longer recombination lifetime than those without Au@SiO2 NPs. These results demonstrate that plasmonic metal nanoparticles substantially improved the efficiency of PSCs.