Eliminating Hysteresis of Perovskite Solar Cells with Hollow TiO₂ Mesoporous Electron Transport Layer

Abstract

Current density-voltage(J-V) hysteresis issue caused by unbalanced charge transport has greatly limited the improvement of power conversion efficiency(PCE) of halide perovskite solar cells(PSCs). Herein, hollow TiO₂ mesoporous electron transport layer(ETL) was used to fabricate PSCs. The structure-dependent charge collection as well as its effect on PCE and hysteresis impactor(HI) of PSC were investigated. The results demonstrate that TiO₂ hollow spheres in a size of around 50 nm (HS-50) can form a high quality perovskite/ETL interface with a less trap density. Moreover, the hollow TiO₂ with the thin shell can help promote the extraction of electrons from perovskite layer to ETL, so as to reduce the charge accumulation and recombination at the perovskite/ETL interface and alleviate the hysteresis behavior. As a result, PSCs with HS-50 TiO₂ delivered a champion PCE of 16.81% with a small HI of 0.0297, indicating a better performance than the commercial P25(PCE of 15.87%, HI of 0.2571).

Keywords

Hollow structure / Titanium dioxide / Hysteresis / Halide perovskite solar cell / Charge collection

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