Impact of the valence band energy alignment at the hole-collecting interface on the photostability of wide band-gap perovskite solar cells

by Luis Victor Torres Merino, Christopher E. Petoukhoff, Oleksandr Matiash, Anand Selvin Subbiah, Carolina Villamil Franco, Pia Dally, Sofiia Kosar, Diego Rosas Villalva, Vladyslav Hnapovskyi, Esma Ugur, Sahil Shah, Francisco Peña Camargo, Orestis Karalis, Hannes Hempel, Igal Levine, Rakesh R. Pradhan, Suzana Kralj, Nikhil Kalasariya, Maxime Babics, Bumin Kagan Yildirim, Ahmed A. Said, Erkan Aydin, Helen Bristow, Subhashri Mannar, Waseem Raja, Anil Reddy Pininti, Adi Prasetio, Arsalan Razzaq, Hamza Al Naseer, Thomas Allen, Furkan H. Isikgor, Derya Baran, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Monica Morales-Masis, Udo Schwingenschlögl, Thomas Unold, Martin Stolterfoht, Frédéric Laquai, Stefaan DeWolf
Article Year: 2024

Bibliography

Luis Victor Torres Merino
Christopher E. Petoukhoff
Oleksandr Matiash
Anand Selvin Subbiah
Carolina Villamil Franco
Pia Dally
Badri Vishal
Sofiia Kosar
Diego Rosas Villalva
Vladyslav Hnapovskyi
Esma Ugur
Sahil Shah
Francisco Peña Camargo
Orestis Karalis
Hannes Hempel
Igal Levine
Rakesh R. Pradhan
Suzana Kralj
Nikhil Kalasariya
Maxime Babics
Bumin Kagan Yildirim
Ahmed A. Said
Erkan Aydin
Helen Bristow
Subhashri Mannar
Waseem Raja
Anil Reddy Pininti
Adi Prasetio
Arsalan Razzaq
Hamza Al Nasser
Thomas G. Allen
Furkan H. Isikgor
Derya Baran
Thomas D. Anthopoulos
Monica Morales Masis
Udo Schwingenschlögl
Thomas Unold
Martin Stolterfoht
Frédéric Laquai
Stefaan De Wolf

Abstract

This work discusses the need to enhance charge carrier collection to minimize halide segregation in wide band-gap (WBG) perovskites. Here, we systematically elucidate the impact of valence band maximum (VBM) offsets and energetic barriers formed at the hole transport layer (HTL)/perovskite interface on charge accumulation, its influence on halide segregation, and ultimately on perovskite solar cell (PSC) long-term photostability. To this end, we precisely tune the VBM-HTL energetic levels by employing blends of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs; MeO-2PACz and Br-2PACz) to fabricate customized HTLs for PSCs with three different WBG perovskite photoabsorbers (1.69, 1.81, and 2.00 eV), commonly used in various tandem configurations. We find that optimized energetic alignment at the SAM HTL/perovskite interface significantly enhances the long-term photostability of the WBG PSCs. Our results show that photostability of devices can be predicted when comparing HTL/perovskite interfaces using photoluminescence’s evolution and transient surface photovoltage spectroscopies of half-stacks (glass/metal oxide/HTL/perovskite) in correlation with halide segregation.

Keywords

Perovskite Wide band-gap Self-assembled monolayers halide segregation photostability hole transport layers energy alignment mixed SAM's