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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 23/2020

16-10-2020

Improving the performances of CsPbBr3 solar cells fabricated in ambient condition

Authors: Beilei Yuan, Ning Li, Jialiang Liu, Fan Xu, Chen Li, Fangying Juan, Huanqin Yu, Cuncheng Li, Bingqiang Cao

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 23/2020

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Abstract

Inorganic perovskite cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr3) gets extensive attention due to its superb stability and moisture-tolerance feature. Here, solution-processed CsPbBr3 perovskite films and their based solar cells were fabricated in ambient condition. The effect of post-annealing on the properties of the CsPbBr3 film grown and the photoelectric performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been systematically investigated, which enhances the device power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 2.67 to 5.20%. Moreover, by doping mesoporous TiO2 (m-TiO2) with reduced graphene oxide (RGO), the PCE of solar cells attained an apparent enhancement and finally improved to 7.08%. Not only high-quality CsPbBr3 perovskite films but also high-performance mesoporous PSCs were obtained by film post-annealing and electron transport layer (ETL) doping, which were all fabricated in ambient conditions.
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Metadata
Title
Improving the performances of CsPbBr3 solar cells fabricated in ambient condition
Authors
Beilei Yuan
Ning Li
Jialiang Liu
Fan Xu
Chen Li
Fangying Juan
Huanqin Yu
Cuncheng Li
Bingqiang Cao
Publication date
16-10-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 23/2020
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04627-6

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