6. Perovskite Structure
• A perovskite is any material with the same type of crystal
structure as Calcium Titanium Oxide (CaTiO3) know as the
Perovskite structure ABX3.
• Methylammonium Lead or Tin Halides (Perovskite) is act as a
sensitizer in perovskite solar cells.
A= Organic Cation (CH3NH3
+)
B= Metal Cation (Pb or Sn)
X= Halide ions (I-, Br-, Cl-)
7. First perovskite solar cells
J.Am.Chem.Soc. Vol.131, no, 17, 2009 pp. 6051
In 2009, Miyasaka et al. used organometallic perovskite
(CH3NH3PbI3) and (CH3NH3PbBr3) in DSSC and
achieved efficiency of 3.8% and 2.6% respectively.
9. Superiorities of Perovskite Material
• High absorption coefficient
• High efficiency
• Small exicton binding energy (25 meV)
• low cost
• Solution-Processable
• High diffusion length, high charge-carrier mobilities (it means that the
light-generated electrons and holes can move large enough distances
to be extracted as current, instead of losing their energy as heat within
the cell).
• very high values of open-circuit voltages (Voc) typically obtained
10. Challenges:
• Device Structure
• Hysteresis
• Instability due to moisture, temperature, UV and Oxygen.
• Toxic material such as Lead (Pb)
11.
12. Band Gap Tuning
• Bandgap tuning is required to extend the absorption to longer
wavelengths without sacrificing the absorption coefficient.
• Changing in any of A, M and X in AMX3 changes the bandgap
• The bandgap also can be tuned in between 1.55 eV and 1.17 eV
by varying the ratio of lead to tin
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13. Device structure
• The device structure, related materials, and interfacial
modification are key factors in performance of solar cells.
• Two typical structures can be constructed: a) mesoscopic
nanostructure and b) planar structure.
• Mesoporous TiO2 layer usually is used to collect the electrons
• Organic Hole transporting material (HTM) collects the holes
• Planar structure has simpler structure and higher efficiency
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15. •2012 Nam Gyu Park (Sungkyunkwan U., South korea) Teamed up with Grätzel,
over 9% efficiency.
16. Synthesis of Spiro-OMeTAD
• Nam Joong Jeon, Hag Geun Lee, Young Chan Kim,Jangwon Seo, Jun Hong Noh, Jaemin Lee,
and Sang Il Seok
J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/ja502824c
17. Factors affecting Stability of Perovskite Layer
• Moisture
• UV Light
• Temperature
• Oxygen
•Metal electrode