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Cs1−xRbxSnI3 light harvesting semiconductors for perovskite photovoltaics

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Marshall, Kenneth P., Tao, Shuxia, Walker, Marc, Cook, Daniel Sean, Lloyd-Hughes, James, Varagnolo, Silvia, Wijesekara, Anjana, Walker, David, Walton, Richard I. and Hatton, Ross A. (2018) Cs1−xRbxSnI3 light harvesting semiconductors for perovskite photovoltaics. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2 (8). pp. 1515-1522. doi:10.1039/c8qm00159f

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Abstract

We show that films of the 3-dimensional perovskite Cs1−xRbxSnI3 can be prepared from room temperature N,N-dimethylformamide solutions of RbI, CsI and SnCl2 for x ≤ 0.5, and that for x ≤ 0.2 film stability is sufficient for utility as the light harvesting layer in inverted photovoltaic (PV) devices. Electronic absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy measurements supported by computational simulation, show that increasing x increases the band gap, due to distortion of the lattice of SnI6 octahedra that occurs when Cs is substituted with Rb, although it also reduces the stability towards decomposition. When Cs0.8Rb0.2SnI3 perovskite is incorporated into the model inverted PV device structure; ITO|perovskite|C60|bathocuproine|Al, an ∼120 mV increase in open-circuit is achieved which is shown to correlate with an increase in perovskite ionisation potential. However, for this low Rb loading the increase in band gap is very small (∼30 meV) and so a significant increase in open circuit-voltage is achieved without reducing the range of wavelengths over which the perovskite can harvest light. The experimental findings presented are shown to agree well with the predictions of density functional theory (DFT) simulations of the stability and electronic structure, also performed as part of this study.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Chemistry
Faculty of Science > Physics
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Photovoltaic power generation, Perovskite
Journal or Publication Title: Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
ISSN: 2052-1537
Official Date: 1 August 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
1 August 2018Published
13 June 2018Available
4 May 2018Accepted
Volume: 2
Number: 8
Page Range: pp. 1515-1522
DOI: 10.1039/c8qm00159f
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
EP/L505110/1[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
EP/N009096/1[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
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