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Influence of Hybrid Perovskite Fabrication Methods on Film Formation, Electronic Structure, and Solar Cell Performance
Published on: February 27, 2017
Unveiling the Influence of Hot Carriers on Photovoltage Formation in Perovskite Solar Cells
Muhammad Mujahid1, Aurimas Čerškus1, Jonas Gradauskas1
1Laboratory of Electronic Processes, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Saulėtekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Abstract:
The experimental and theoretical study of photovoltage formation in perovskite solar cells under pulsed laser excitation at 0.53 μm wavelength is presented. Two types of solar cells were fabricated on the base of cesium-containing triple cation perovskite films: (1) Csx(FA0.83MA0.17)(1-x)Pb(I0.83Br0.17)3 and (2) Csx(FA0.83MA0.17)(1-x)Pb0.8Sn0.2(I0.83Br0.17)3. It is found that photovoltage across the solar cells consists of two components, U = U + U. The first one, U, is the traditional photovoltage arising due to laser radiation-induced electron-hole pair generation. The second one, U, is the fast component following the laser pulse and has a polarity opposite to that of U. It is shown that the fast photovoltage component results from the laser radiation-caused heating of free carriers. The transient photovoltage measurements show that the values of the fast component U are nearly the same in both types of perovskite solar cells. The magnitude of the traditional photovoltage of mixed Pb-Sn perovskite solar cells is lower than that of Pb-based cells.
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