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Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 03;5:16098. doi: 10.1038/srep16098.

Electrodeposited Ultrathin TiO2 Blocking Layers for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells.

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Tzu-Sen Su, Tsung-Yu Hsieh, Cheng-You Hong, Tzu-Chien Wei

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan.

PMID: 26526771 PMCID: PMC4630649 DOI: 10.1038/srep16098

Abstract

In this study, the electrodeposition (ED) of ultrathin, compact TiO2 blocking layers (BLs) on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is evaluated. This bottom-up method allows for controlling the morphology and thickness of TiO2 films by simply manipulating deposition conditions. Compared with BLs produced using the spin-coating (SC) method, BLs produced using ED exhibit satisfactory surface coverage, even with a film thickness of 29 nm. Evidence from cyclic voltammetry shows that an ED BL suppresses interfacial recombination more profoundly than an SC BL does, consequently improving the photovoltaic properties of the PSC significantly. A PSC equipped with an ED TiO2 BL having a 13.6% power conversion efficiency is demonstrated.

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