Ropy foam-like TiO2 film grown by water-based process for electron-conduction layer of perovskite solar cells

Autor: Sarmad Fawzi Hamza Alhasan, Farnood Khalilzadeh-Rezaie, Robert E. Peale, Isaiah O. Oladeji
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: MRS Advances. 1:3169-3174
ISSN: 2059-8521
Popis: Self-assembled TiO 2 foam-like films, were grown by the water based S treaming P rocess for E lectrodeless E lectrochemical D eposition (SPEED). The morphology of the ∼1 µm thick films consists of a tangled ropy structure with individual strands of ∼200 nm diameter and open pores of 0.1 to 3 micron dimensions. Such films are advantageous for proposed perovskite solar cell comprising CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 absorber with additional inorganic films as contact and conduction layers, all deposited by SPEED. Lateral film resistivity is in the range 20 – 200 kΩ-cm, increasing with growth temperature, while sheet resistance is in the range 2 – 20 x 10 8 Ω/Sq. X-ray diffraction confirms presence of TiO 2 crystals of orthorhombic class (Brookite). UV-vis spectroscopy shows high transmission below the expected 3.2 eV TiO 2 bandgap. Transmittance increases with growth temperature.
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