Why lead methylammonium tri-iodide perovskite-based solar cells require a mesoporous electron transporting scaffold (but not necessarily a hole conductor)

Eran Edri; Saar Kirmayer; Alex Henning; Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay; Konstantin Gartsman; Yossi Rosenwaks; Gary Hodes; David Cahen

doi:10.1021/nl404454h

Why lead methylammonium tri-iodide perovskite-based solar cells require a mesoporous electron transporting scaffold (but not necessarily a hole conductor)

Eran Edri
, Saar Kirmayer
, Alex Henning
, Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay
, Konstantin Gartsman
, Yossi Rosenwaks
, Gary Hodes
, David Cahen

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CH₃NH₃PbI₃-based solar cells were characterized with electron beam-induced current (EBIC) and compared to CH ₃NH₃PbI_3-xCl_x ones. A spatial map of charge separation efficiency in working cells shows p-i-n structures for both thin film cells. Effective diffusion lengths, L_D, (from EBIC profile) show that holes are extracted significantly more efficiently than electrons in CH₃NH₃PbI₃, explaining why CH ₃NH₃PbI₃-based cells require mesoporous electron conductors, while CH₃NH₃PbI_3-xCl _x ones, where L_D values are comparable for both charge types, do not.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1000-1004
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl404454h
State	Published - 12 Feb 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

electron beam induced current
organic-inorganic lead halide
Perovskite solar cell
photovoltaic
scanning kelvin probe force microscopy

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Bioengineering
General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

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Why lead methylammonium tri-iodide perovskite-based solar cells require a mesoporous electron transporting scaffold (but not necessarily a hole conductor)

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