Construction of Compact Methylammonium Bismuth Iodide Film Promoting Lead-Free Inverted Planar Heterojunction Organohalide Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage over 0.8 V.

Title Construction of Compact Methylammonium Bismuth Iodide Film Promoting Lead-Free Inverted Planar Heterojunction Organohalide Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage over 0.8 V.
Authors C. Ran; Z. Wu; J. Xi; F. Yuan; H. Dong; T. Lei; X. He; X. Hou
Journal J Phys Chem Lett
DOI 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02578
Abstract

A bismuth-based organohalide material, methylammonium bismuth iodide (MA3Bi2I9), has been recently explored as an efficient lead-free light absorber in photovoltaic applications. However, the poor surface morphology of the MA3Bi2I9 film fabricated via conventional one-step spin-coating methods has limited the performance of the device. In this work, a smooth, uniform, and compact MA3Bi2I9 thin film was realized by a novel two-step evaporation-spin-coating film fabrication strategy for the first time. Taking advantage of the superior MA3Bi2I9 thin film, the best-performing inverted planar heterojuncion photovoltaic device exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 0.39% with open-circuit voltage as high as 0.83 V, which demonstrated the lowest loss-in-potential to date in MA3Bi2I9-based solar cells. Moreover, the facile film fabrication strategy utilized in this work paves the way for high reproducibility of lead-free organohalide films and devices.

Citation C. Ran; Z. Wu; J. Xi; F. Yuan; H. Dong; T. Lei; X. He; X. Hou.Construction of Compact Methylammonium Bismuth Iodide Film Promoting Lead-Free Inverted Planar Heterojunction Organohalide Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage over 0.8 V.. J Phys Chem Lett. 2017;8(2):394400. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02578

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