Formamidinium-containing metal-halide: An alternative material for near-IR absorption perovskite solar cells.
11 November 2013
Abstract
Solid-state, solution processed solar-cells based on organic–inorganic methyl ammonium lead halide absorbers have achieved efficiencies in excess of 15%, which has superseded liquid dye sensitized cells, as well as various thin film-based photovoltaics.
This report introduces a new metal-halide perovskite, based on the formamidinium cation (HC(NH2)2+), that displays a favorable band gap (1.47 eV) and represents a broader absorption compared to previously reported absorbers that contained the methylammonium cation (CH3NH3+). The high open-circuit voltage (Voc = 0.97 V) and promising fill-factor (FF = 68.7%) yield an efficiency of 4.3%, which make this material an excellent candidate for this new class of perovskite solar cell.
This report also investigates the formation of a black trigonal (P3m1) perovskite polymorph and a yellow hexagonal nonperovskite (P63mc) polymorph. Further solar cell development would entail the stabilization of the black trigonal (P3m1) perovskite polymorph over the yellow hexagonal nonperovskite (P63mc) polymorph.
Citation
Koh, T.M., Fu, K., Fang, Y., Chen, S., Sum, T.C., Mathews, N., Mhaisalkar, S.G., Boix, P.P. and Baikie, T., 2013. Formamidinium-containing metal-halide: An alternative material for near-IR absorption perovskite solar cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(30), pp.16458-16462.
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