Enhanced Performance of Perovskite Solar Cell via Controlling Layer Thickness

Authors

  • Phuong Ho Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Corressponding author's email:

hophuong@hcmute.edu.vn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54644/jte.77.2023.1398

Keywords:

Perovskite solar cell, Power conversion efficiency, Blocking layer, Mesoporous layer, Perovskite layer

Abstract

In this study, Perovskite material methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) was successfully fabricated using a two-step sequential solution deposition method. The precursor solution of lead iodide was first spin-coated, followed by immersing the film into a solution of CH3NH3I to form the Perovskite layer. The Perovskite material was then successfully applied as a light-harvesting material in Perovskite solar cells. The power conversion efficiency of the devices was optimized by varying TiO2 blocking layer, TiO2 mesoporous layer, and perovskite capping layer thickness. The best Perovskite solar cell exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 7.72% with a short-circuit photocurrent density JSC of 17.26 mA/cm2, an open-circuit photovoltage VOC of 0.94 V, and a fill factor of 47.6%; with the thicknesses of TiO2 blocking layer, TiO2 mesoporous layer, and perovskite capping layer of 100 nm, 200 nm, and 400 nm, respectively. The results show that Perovskite material has potential for solar cell application.

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Author Biography

Phuong Ho, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Dr. Phuong Ho received a B.E. degree in chemical engineering (2012) and an M.E. degree in chemical engineering (2014) from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. She started her Ph.D. thesis in 2014 in the field of nanomaterials and photovoltaic devices at Yeungnam University, South Korea. After receiving his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Yeungnam University (2018), she went back to Vietnam and joined Ho Chi Minh City of Technology and Education. She is currently working at the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education as a lecturer. E-mail address: hophuong@hcmute.edu.vn.

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28-06-2023

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P. Ho, “Enhanced Performance of Perovskite Solar Cell via Controlling Layer Thickness”, JTE, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 75–80, Jun. 2023.

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