MXene-Modulated Electrode/SnO2Interface Boosting Charge Transport in Perovskite Solar Cells

Yunfan Wang; Pan Xiang; Aobo Ren; Huagui Lai; Zhuoqiong Zhang; Zhipeng Xuan; Zhenxi Wan; Jingquan Zhang; Xia Hao; Lili Wu; Masakazu Sugiyama; Udo Schwingenschlögl; Cai Liu; Zeguo Tang; Jiang Wu; Zhiming Wang; Dewei Zhao

doi:10.1021/acsami.0c17338

MXene-Modulated Electrode/SnO₂Interface Boosting Charge Transport in Perovskite Solar Cells

Yunfan Wang
, Pan Xiang
, Aobo Ren^*
, Huagui Lai
, Zhuoqiong Zhang
, Zhipeng Xuan
, Zhenxi Wan
, Jingquan Zhang
, Xia Hao^*
, Lili Wu
, Masakazu Sugiyama
, Udo Schwingenschlögl
, Cai Liu
, Zeguo Tang
, Jiang Wu
, Zhiming Wang
, Dewei Zhao^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Interface engineering is imperative to boost the extraction capability in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We propose a promising approach to enhance the electron mobility and charge transfer ability of tin oxide (SnO2) electron transport layer (ETL) by introducing a two-dimensional carbide (MXene) with strong interface interaction. The MXene-modified SnO2 ETL also offers a preferable growth platform for perovskite films with reduced trap density. Through a spatially resolved imaging technique, profoundly reduced non-radiative recombination and charge transport losses in PSCs based on MXene-modified SnO2 are also observed. As a result, the PSC achieves an enhanced efficiency of 20.65% with ultralow saturated current density and negligible hysteresis. We provide an in-depth mechanistic understanding of MXene interface engineering, offering an alternative approach to obtain efficient PSCs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53973-53983
Number of pages	11
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	12
Issue number	48
Early online date	17 Nov 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c17338
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2020

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current transport efficiency
electroluminescence imaging
energy level alignment
interface engineering
perovskite solar cells
Ti3C2Tx MXene

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Wang, Y., Xiang, P., Ren, A., Lai, H., Zhang, Z., Xuan, Z., Wan, Z., Zhang, J., Hao, X., Wu, L., Sugiyama, M., Schwingenschlögl, U., Liu, C., Tang, Z., Wu, J., Wang, Z., & Zhao, D. (2020). MXene-Modulated Electrode/SnO₂Interface Boosting Charge Transport in Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(48), 53973-53983. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c17338

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