Abstract

This report shows that, by using simple transient photovoltage (TPV) measurements, we can reveal a significant correlation between the TPV decay characteristics and the performance of these perovskite solar cells. TPV decay seems to be composed of a rising part in a short interval after photoexcitation and a long decaying part that extends up to tens of milliseconds. These decay behaviors look different depending on the mesoscopic structures and the perovskite morphology formed therein, as seen from their Scanning Electron Microcopy images and X-ray diffraction patterns. The decay part can be fitted with a three-exponential decay, which reflects different kinetics of electrons in the perovskite/TiO2 layer. On the other hand, the rising part must be fit by a decay equation derived by employing the convolution theorem, where the rising part can be assigned to the electron transport process inside the perovskite layer and the decaying part can be assigned to electron back-transfer. The characteristics can be then understood by considering the effect of crystal defects and trap states in the perovskite grains and perovskite interface with its transport layer, which is TiO2 in this study. Although the TPV decay occurs in a time range much longer than the primary process of photoexcitation as commonly observed in transient photoluminescence spectroscopy, the processes involved in this TPV strongly correlates with the performance of these perovskite solar cells.

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Title
Revealing the charge carrier kinetics in perovskite solar cells affected by mesoscopic structures and defect states from simple transient photovoltage measurements
Author
Hidayat Rahmat 1 ; Asma, Nurunnizar Adhita 1 ; Fariz Alvin 1 ; Herman 1 ; Septa, Rosa Erlyta 2 ; Shobih 2 ; Oizumi Tomohisa 3 ; Fujii Akihiko 3 ; Ozaki Masanori 3 

 Institut Teknologi Bandung, Physics of Magnetism and Photonics Research Division, Physics Program Study, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung, Indonesia (GRID:grid.434933.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 1808 0563) 
 Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Research Center for Electronics and Telecommunication, Bandung, Indonesia (GRID:grid.249566.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 0644 6054) 
 Osaka University, Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Suita, Japan (GRID:grid.136593.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0373 3971) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2471545029
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.