Hysteresis-less and stable perovskite solar cells with a self-assembled monolayer

Ganbaatar Tumen-Ulzii; Toshinori Matsushima; Dino Klotz; Matthew R. Leyden; Pangpang Wang; Chuanjiang Qin; Jin-Wook Lee; Sung-Joon Lee; Yang Yang; Chihaya Adachi

doi:10.1038/s43246-020-0028-z

Communications Materials (May 2020)

Hysteresis-less and stable perovskite solar cells with a self-assembled monolayer

Ganbaatar Tumen-Ulzii,
Toshinori Matsushima,
Dino Klotz,
Matthew R. Leyden,
Pangpang Wang,
Chuanjiang Qin,
Jin-Wook Lee,
Sung-Joon Lee,
Yang Yang,
Chihaya Adachi

Affiliations

Ganbaatar Tumen-Ulzii: Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University
Toshinori Matsushima: Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University
Dino Klotz: International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University
Matthew R. Leyden: Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University
Pangpang Wang: Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT), Fukuoka Industry–Academia Symphonicity (FiaS)
Chuanjiang Qin: State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin-Wook Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California
Sung-Joon Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California
Yang Yang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California
Chihaya Adachi: Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-0028-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Common issues facing perovskite solar cells are current-voltage hysteresis and degradation during illumination. Here, a self-assembled monolayer is applied to an SnO2 electron transport layer, helping to achieve hysteresis-less behavior and limited degradation after 1,000 hours of illumination.

Published in Communications Materials

ISSN: 2662-4443 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmat/

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