Ultrafast Dynamics of Hole Injection and Recombination in Organometal Halide Perovskite Using Nickel Oxide as p-Type Contact Electrode.

Autor: Corani A; Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University , Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden., Li MH; Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan, Taiwan 701., Shen PS; Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan, Taiwan 701., Chen P; Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan, Taiwan 701.; Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy (RCETS), Tainan, Taiwan 701.; Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center (AOTC), Tainan, Taiwan 701., Guo TF; Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan, Taiwan 701.; Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy (RCETS), Tainan, Taiwan 701.; Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center (AOTC), Tainan, Taiwan 701., El Nahhas A; Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University , Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden., Zheng K; Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University , Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden., Yartsev A; Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University , Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden., Sundström V; Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University , Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden., Ponseca CS Jr; Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University , Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of physical chemistry letters [J Phys Chem Lett] 2016 Apr 07; Vol. 7 (7), pp. 1096-101. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 09.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00238
Abstrakt: There is a mounting effort to use nickel oxide (NiO) as p-type selective electrode for organometal halide perovskite-based solar cells. Recently, an overall power conversion efficiency using this hole acceptor has reached 18%. However, ultrafast spectroscopic investigations on the mechanism of charge injection as well as recombination dynamics have yet to be studied and understood. Using time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy, we show that hole transfer is complete on the subpicosecond time scale, driven by the favorable band alignment between the valence bands of perovskite and NiO nanoparticles (NiO(np)). Recombination time between holes injected into NiO(np) and mobile electrons in the perovskite material is shown to be hundreds of picoseconds to a few nanoseconds. Because of the low conductivity of NiO(np), holes are pinned at the interface, and it is electrons that determine the recombination rate. This recombination competes with charge collection and therefore must be minimized. Doping NiO to promote higher mobility of holes is desirable in order to prevent back recombination.
Databáze: MEDLINE