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Low-temperature processed solar cells with formamidinium tin halide perovskite/fullerene heterojunctions

Meng Zhang1, Miaoqiang Lyu1, Jung-Ho Yun1, Mahir Noori2, Xiaojing Zhou2, Nathan A. Cooling2, Qiong Wang1, Hua Yu2, Paul C. Dastoor1(), Lianzhou Wang1()
Nanomaterials CentreSchool of Chemical Engineering and AIBNThe University of QueenslandSt LuciaBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
Centre for Organic ElectronicsUniversity of NewcastleCallaghanNSW2308Australia
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A new type of lead-free, formamidinium (FA)-based halide perovskites, FASnI2Br, are investigated as light-harvesting materials for low-temperature processed p–i–n heterojunction solar cells with different configurations. The FASnI2Br perovskite, with a band-gap of 1.68 eV, exhibits optimal photovoltaic performance after low-temperature annealing at 75 ℃. By using C60 as electron-transport layer, the device yields a hysteresis-less power conversion efficiency of 1.72%. The possible use of an inorganic MoOx film as a new type of independent hole-transport layer for the present tin-based perovskite solar cells is also demonstrated.

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lead-free perovskiteperovskite solar cellslow-temperature processfullerenemolybdenum oxide

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Nano Research
Volume 9 Issue 6,
June 2016
Pages 1570-1577
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1051-8
Cite this article:
Zhang M, Lyu M, Yun J-H, et al. Low-temperature processed solar cells with formamidinium tin halide perovskite/fullerene heterojunctions. Nano Research, 2016, 9(6): 1570-1577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1051-8
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