US20190164699A1 - Perovskite surface defect passivation using zwitterionic amino acids - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure generally provides photodetector systems and methods, and more particularly photodetector systems and methods including perovskite photoactive or photoresponsive materials.
- OIHPs organic-inorganic halide perovskites
- ionic defects at the surfaces and grain boundaries of organic-inorganic halide perovskites (OIHPs) films are detrimental to both the efficiency and stability of OIHP devices such as solar cells.
- quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs) which are B-complex vitamins, are used to effectively passivate both cationic and anionic defects of OIHPs with negative- and positive-charged components, respectively.
- the dual-defect passivation advantageously reduces the charge trap density and elongates the carrier recombination lifetime.
- the dual-defect passivation also advantageously increases open-circuit-voltage of the device with bandgap of 1.55 eV to 1.15 V, and boosts the efficiency to 21.0%.
- QAHs universally passivate other types of OIHPs with bandgaps ranging from 1.51 eV to 1.72 eV and advantageously increase efficiency by 10-35%.
- the defect healing also significantly enhances the stability of OIHP films.
- the various embodiments provide a new paradigm for defects passivation to further improve both the efficiency and stability of OIHPs devices such as solar cells.
- a semiconductor device typically includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the active layer includes a perovskite layer, and a passivation layer disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between the cathode layer and the active layer, the passivation layer comprising a layer of material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer.
- the perovskite layer includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX 3 , or A 2 BX 4 , wherein A is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3 + ), formamidinium (H 2 NCHNH 2 + ), or an alkali-metal ion (e.g., Cs + , Rb + ), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion (e.g., Cl, Br, I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof.
- the layer of material comprises a quaternary ammonium halide (QAH).
- the layer of material comprises a zwitterion molecule.
- the layer of material comprises a choline zwitterion molecule. In certain aspects, the layer of material comprises a zwitterionic amino acid. In certain aspects, the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine.
- the semiconductor device further includes a first carrier transport layer disposed between the passivation layer and the cathode; and a second carrier transport layer disposed between the active layer and the anode, the first carrier transport layer having a higher electron conductivity than the second carrier transport layer, the second buffer layer having a higher hole conductivity than the first buffer layer.
- a semiconductor device typically includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the active layer includes an organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX 3 , or A 2 BX 4 , wherein A is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3+ ), an alkali metal ion (e.g., Cs + , Rb + ) or formamidinium (H 2 NCHNH 2 + ), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion(e.g., Cl, Br, I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof.
- A is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3+ )
- an alkali metal ion e.g., Cs + , Rb +
- formamidinium H 2 NCHNH 2 +
- B is a metal cation
- X is a hal
- the semiconductor device also typically includes a passivation layer disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between the cathode layer and the active layer, the passivation layer including a layer of material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer.
- the layer of material comprises a zwitterionic amino acid.
- the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine.
- the semiconductor device further typically includes an electron extraction layer disposed directly on the passivation layer between the passivation layer and the cathode layer, the electron extraction layer comprising a layer of C 60 , a first charge transport layer comprising bathocuproine (BCP) and disposed between the electron extraction layer and the cathode, and a second charge transport layer comprising Poly [bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA) and disposed between the active layer and the anode.
- the layer of C60 has a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 100 nm.
- a method of making or of forming a semiconductor device typically includes providing an active layer, wherein the active layer includes a perovskite material, and applying a passivation layer directly on a surface of the active layer, the passivation layer comprising a first material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer.
- the method also typically includes forming a cathode layer on the passivation layer.
- the method also typically includes forming an anode layer on a side of the active layer so that the active layer is disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer.
- the method also typically includes forming a first carrier transport layer disposed between the passivation layer and the cathode layer, and forming a second carrier transport layer disposed between the active layer and the anode layer, the first carrier transport layer having a higher electron conductivity than the second carrier transport layer, the second carrier transport layer having a higher hole conductivity than the first carrier transport layer.
- the first material comprises a quaternary ammonium halide (QAH) or a zwitterion molecule.
- the layer of material comprises a zwitterionic amino acid.
- the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine.
- the perovskite material includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX 3 , or A 2 BX 4 , wherein A is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3 + ), formamidinium (H 2 NCHNH 2 + ), or an alkali-metal ion , B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion, thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof.
- a semiconductor device typically includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the active layer includes a perovskite layer, and a passivation layer disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between the cathode layer and the active layer, the passivation layer comprising a zwitterionic amino acid that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer.
- the perovskite layer includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX 3 , or A 2 BX 4 , wherein A is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3 + ), formamidinium (H 2 NCHNH 2 + ), or an alkali-metal ion (e.g., Cs + , Rb + ), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion (e.g., Cl, Br, I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof.
- the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine.
- the anode layer includes indium tin oxide (ITO) and the cathode layer includes copper.
- the active layer has a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 10 ⁇ m.
- the passivation layer has a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 30 nm.
- FIGS. 1A and 1B show embodiments of device structures of organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) devices.
- FIG. 2 shows the passivation mechanism by quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs).
- the quaternary ammonium ions are expected to only passivate MA + vacancies by occupying cuboctahedral sites to compensate the MA + loss on the film surfaces, and the halide vacancies are compensated by additional halide ions from QAHs.
- FIG. 3 shows trap density of states (tDOS) obtained by thermal admittance spectroscopy for devices with PCBM and Choline chloride passivation layers.
- FIG. 4A shows current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of two-step processed MAPbI 3 devices with different passivation layers.
- FIG. 4B shows J-V curves for the two-step processed MAPbI 3 devices passivated by choline chloride and choline iodide.
- FIG. 4C shows statistics of V OC distribution for devices with PCBM, L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine, Choline iodide, and Choline chloride, where solid lines represent the Gauss distribution fitting for the statistic of V OC .
- FIGS. 5A-5D show stability assessment of perovskite solar cells with different passivation layers: Evolution of PCE ( FIG. 5A ), J SC ( FIG. 5B ), V OC ( FIG. 5C ), and FF ( FIG. 5D ) relative to the initial parameters for the device over 35 days of storage in air. Each average (symbol) and standard deviation (error bar) was calculated from three solar cells. The initial efficiency is 19.5% and 20.1% for devices with L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine, Choline chloride, respectively.
- FIG. 5E shows photographic images of the OIHP films with different treatments.
- the first and second rows show the images of the pristine films, with L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine, and with Choline chloride from left to right, respectively, before after exposure to humidity of 90 ⁇ 5% for 2.5 h (the size of the film is 15 mm).
- FIG. 6A shows a schematic of normal and zwitterionic forms of amino acids according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 6B show a slab model of clean PbI 2 -terminated MAPbI 3 .
- FIG. 6C shows calculated transition levels ⁇ (q′/q) of intrinsic acceptors on MAPbI 3 surface.
- FIG. 6D shows calculated transition levels ⁇ (q′/q) of intrinsic donors on MAPbI 3 surface.
- FIG. 6E shows the structure of valine and phenylalanine.
- FIG. 6F shows I interstitial defects on a 9-layer PbI 2 -terminated MAPbI 3 surface.
- FIG. 6G shows Pb interstitial defects on a 9-layer PbI 2 -terminated MAPbI 3 surface.
- FIG. 6H shows Pb 2 interstitial defects on a 9-layer PbI 2 -terminated MAPbI 3 surface.
- FIG. 7A shows a schematic diagram of zwitterionic amino acids passivation of perovskite surface defects according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 7B shows calculated transition levels ⁇ (q′/q) of I i and Pb i after valine and phenylalanine passivation according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 8 shows in panels a)-c) density of states (DOS) for MAPbI 3 surface with Pb interstitial defects, charge density of the highest occupied band (HOB) for unpassivated MAPbI 3 surface with Pb interstitial defects, and charge density of HOB for passivated MAPbI 3 surface with Pb interstitial defects, respectfully, and in panels d)-f) DOS for MAPbI 3 surface with Pb 2 interstitial defects, charge density of the highest occupied band (HOB) for unpassivated MAPbI 3 surface with Pb 2 interstitial defects, and charge density of HOB for passivated MAPbI 3 surface with Pb 2 interstitial defects, respectfully, and in panels g)-i), DOS for MAPbI 3 surface with I interstitial defects, charge density of the highest occupied band (HOB) for unpassivated MAPbI 3 surface with I interstitial defects, and charge density of HOB for passivated MAPbI 3 surface with I intersti
- FIG. 9A shows a device structure of a perovskite planar heterojunction solar cell including an amino acid passivation layer according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 9B shows current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of two-step-processed devices with different passivation layers, PCBM (control), phenylalanine (black), valine (blue).
- FIG. 9C shows statistics of V OC distribution for devices with valine (black), phenylalanine (red) and PCBM (green).
- FIG. 9D shows trap density of states obtained by thermal admittance spectroscopy for devices with PCBM (blue), valine (yellow) and phenylalanine (red).
- the much shorter measured photoluminescence (PL) recombination lifetime of the polycrystalline films than the intrinsic carrier recombination lifetime from a single crystal interior indicates there is still high density of defects at the surface and grain boundaries of polycrystalline grains which are not benign electronically. These defects originate most likely from the low thermal stability, or low formation energy of OIHP materials containing organic components which tends to easily evaporate away from the surface during the thermal annealing process.
- GB defects may not dramatically reduce device photocurrent output, because a portion of the trapped charges may still escape over a long time and be collected by the electrodes, as evidenced by the relative large short circuit current (J SC ) of many non-optimized devices, while they would significantly impact open circuit voltage (V OC ) of the devices due to their energy disorder and reduced carrier concentration which pull down the quasi-Fermi level splitting.
- J SC short circuit current
- V OC open circuit voltage
- these defects can cause other device instability issues, including ion migration and associated current hysteresis, and device degradation in ambient environment.
- OIHP materials imposes different requirements for the defects passivation with covalent-bonding semiconductors such as silicon (Si).
- the passivation of Si is mainly achieved by the elimination of the Si dangling bonds by formation of Si—O, Si—N or Si—H covalent bonds, which is however not applicable to strong ionic OIHPs. So far different passivation molecules have been reported to perform as electron donors or electron acceptors that can interact with the charged defects of OIHPs, and thereafter annihilate the relevant defect-induced charge traps.
- Lewis acids such as phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)
- PCBM phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester
- Lewis base molecules such as thiophene or pyridine, usually perform as the electron donors which could bind to the positively charged, under-coordinated Pb 2+ ions. However, these molecules could only passivate one type of defects, either positive charged or negative charged defects, but not both together.
- the defects in OIHP materials are charged, either positively or negatively, and therefore the passivation of them should take the charge neutrality into consideration.
- a system of materials including quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs), are used to passivate both cationic and anionic defects in OIHP with its negative- and positive-charged components.
- QAHs quaternary ammonium halides
- the dual-modality passivation remarkably reduces the trap density and prolongs the carrier lifetime, which universally enhances the V OC of the OIHP planar heterojunction devices with different bandgaps and consequently increases the PCE by 10%-35%.
- This strategy can also enhance the stability of OIHPs devices, with almost no efficiency loss after 800 h of storage in ambient condition.
- the general rules for the passivation of ionic OIHPs include: the molecules or ions should have similar size with that of the ionic defects, and the molecules should have positive or negative charged components for self-assembling with the charged defects.
- Perovskite material layers are formed, e.g. a two-step method may be used to make MAPbI 3 films, e.g., fabricated by a thermal annealing-induced interdiffusion method. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 9,391,287, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- Perovskite materials may also be formed using a one-step, solvent engineering method, e.g., as described in Jeon, N. J. et al., “Solvent Engineering for High performance Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells,” Nat. Mater. 13, 897-903 (2014), which is incorporated by reference.
- the hole transport layer (HTL) poly(bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine) (PTAA) with concentration of 2 mg/ml dissolved in toluene were spin coated at the speed of 6,000 r.p.m for 35 s and then annealed at 100° C. for 10 min.
- PbI2 beads (99.999% trace metals basis) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. After dissolved in N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) at temperature of 100° C., around 50 ⁇ l of hot ( ⁇ 90 ° C.) 630 mg/ml PbI 2 DMF precursor solutions was quickly dropped onto the substrate and spin coated at the speed of 6,000 r.p.m.
- the as-fabricated PbI 2 films were dried and annealed at 90° C. for 10 min. After the PbI 2 films cooled to 70° C., 60 ⁇ l of 63 mg/ml methylammonium iodide (MAI) 2-propanol (IPA) precursor solution at the temperature of 70° C. was spun on the PbI 2 films. Subsequently, the sample was annealed at 70° C. for 20 min and 100° C. for 60 min. During the thermal annealing process, around 10 p.1 of DMF was added to the edge of the petri dish when the temperature reached 100° C.
- MAI methylammonium iodide
- IPA 2-propanol
- the functional layer was applied to or disposed on the perovskite material layer (active layer).
- the functional layer may be coated onto the perovskite substrate by spin coating, e.g., at 4,000 r.p.m. for 35 s, and annealing, e.g., at 100° C. for 30 min.
- the devices were finished by disposing or applying other layers thereto, e.g., thermally evaporating additional layers thereon, such as C 60 (23 nm), BCP (8 nm) and copper (80 nm) in sequential order.
- FIG. 1A illustrates a device structure of an OIHP photodetector device 1 according to an embodiment.
- device 1 includes a cathode layer 10 , an anode layer 20 , and an active layer 30 disposed between the cathode layer 10 and the anode layer 20 .
- Device 1 also includes a passivation layer 40 disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between the active layer 30 and the cathode layer 10 .
- the passivation layer 30 includes a layer of material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer as discussed herein.
- the passivation layer 40 should generally have a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 30 nm or more, depending on the specific application.
- the active layer 30 in an embodiment includes a layer of perovskite material, where the perovskite material includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX 3 , or A 2 BX 4 , wherein A is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3 + ), formamidinium (H 2 NCHNH 2 + ), or an alkali-metal ion (e.g., Cs + , Rb + ), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion (e.g., Cl, Br, or I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof.
- A is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3 + ), formamidinium (H 2 NCHNH 2 + ), or an alkali-metal ion (e.g., Cs + , Rb + )
- B is a metal cation
- X is a halide anion (e.g., Cl, Br
- active layer 30 may include an organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula FA x MA 1-x BX 3 where FA is formamidinium (H 2 NCHNH 2 + ), and MA is methylammonium (CH 3 NH 3 + ) and x is a fractional value between (and including) 0 and 1.
- X may be a mixture of two or more halides.
- the active layer 40 may include FA x MA 1-x B(Br 1-y I y ) 3 where y is a fractional value between (and including) 0 and 1 and where x may have the same value of y or a different value.
- the active layer 30 should generally have a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 10 ⁇ m depending on the specific application. For example, for typical photodetection applications, a perovskite active layer will have a thickness of about 100 nm to about 2 ⁇ m. Additionally, the active layer 30 should generally have an active device area e.g., the cross-sectional light-capturing area, of between about 0.04 mm 2 to about 7 mm 2 , where a smaller active area may be more desirable as will be discussed below.
- an active device area e.g., the cross-sectional light-capturing area
- the anode layer 20 and the cathode layer 10 generally include conductive materials suited for the particular application.
- Useful materials for the anode layer 20 includes indium tin oxide (ITO), fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO), aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), antimony-tin mixed oxide (ATO), a conductive polymer, a network of metal nanowire, a network of carbon nanowire, nanotube, nanosheet, nanorod, carbon nanotube, silver nanowire, or graphene.
- Useful materials for the cathode layer include copper, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, lithium, sodium, potassium, strontium, cesium, barium, iron, cobalt, nickel, silver, zinc, tin, samarium, ytterbium, chromium, gold, graphene, an alkali metal fluoride, an alkaline-earth metal fluoride, an alkali metal chloride, an alkaline-earth metal chloride, an alkali metal oxide, an alkaline-earth metal oxide, a metal carbonate, a metal acetate, or a combination of at least two of the above materials.
- FIG. 1B illustrates a perspective view of a specific device structure of an OIHP photodetector device 100 according to an embodiment.
- the specific structure of device 100 is composed of anode 20 including conductive layer 24 : e.g., indium tin oxide (ITO) and second buffer layer 22 : e.g., poly(bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine (PTAA)/active layer 30 : e.g., CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 (MAPbI 3 )/functional layer 40 /and cathode layer 10 including electron extraction layer 12 : e.g., fullerene, C 60 , first buffer layer 14 : e.g., 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP), and conductive material layer 16 : e.g., Copper(Cu).
- ITO indium tin oxide
- second buffer layer 22 e.g., poly(bis
- the electron extraction layer 12 includes only fullerene (C 60 ), but may include a combination of material layers, such as a phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC 61 BM)/C 60 double layer.
- the functional layer 40 is disposed directly on the organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) film 30 to passivate of the ionic defects of the perovskite film to enhance both the performance and the stability of the OIHP device.
- OIHP organic-inorganic halide perovskite
- cathode layer 10 further includes an electron extraction layer 12 disposed between the cathode material layer 16 and the active layer 30 .
- the electron extraction layer 12 in one embodiment, includes a layer of fullerene such as C 60 directly disposed on the passivation layer 40 .
- Cathode layer 10 optionally includes a first charge transport layer 14 disposed between the electron extraction layer 12 and the cathode material layer 16 .
- Anode layer 20 optionally includes a second charge transport layer 22 disposed between the active layer 30 and the anode material layer 24 .
- the first charge transport layer 14 should have a higher electron conductivity than the second charge transport layer 22
- the second charge transport layer 22 should have a higher hole conductivity than the first charge transport layer 14
- the first transport layer 14 acts as an electron transport layer (ETL) and the second charge transfer layer 22 acts as a hole transport layer (HTL).
- ETL electron transport layer
- HTL hole transport layer
- the first charge transport layer 14 includes at least one of C 60 , a fullerene, a fullerene-derivative, LiF, CsF, LiCoO 2 , CS 2 CO 3 , TiOx, TiO 2 nanorods (NRs), ZnO, ZnO nanorods (NRs), ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), ZnO, Al 2 O 3 , CaO, bathocuproine (BCP), copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), pentacene, pyronin B, pentadecafluorooctyl phenyl-C 60 -butyrate (F-PCBM), C 60 /LiF, ZnO NRs/PCBM, ZnO/cross-linked fullerene derivative (C-PCBSD), single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), Polyethylenimine (PEI), poly(dimethylsiloxaneblock-
- C 60 derivative is at least one C 60 derivative selected from the group consisting of C 60 PCBM, bis-adduct C 60 PCBM, tris-adduct C 60 PCBM, tetra-adduct C 60 PCBM, penta-adduct C 60 PCBM, hexa-adduct C 60 PCBM, C 60 ThCBM, bis-adduct C 60 ThCBM, tris-adduct C 60 ThCBM, tetra-adduct C 60 ThCBM, penta-adduct C 60 ThCBM, hexa-adduct C 60 ThCBM, C 60 mono-indene adduct, C 60 bis-indene adduct, C 60 tris-indene adduct, C 60 tetra-indene adduct, C 60 penta-indene adduct, C 60 penta-indene adduct, C 60
- the second charge transport layer 22 includes at least one of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxithiophene) (PEDOT) doped with poly(styrene sulfonicacid) (PSS), 4,4′ bis [(ptrichlorosilylpropylphenyl)phenylamino]biphenyl (TPD-Si2), poly(3-hexyl-2,5-thienylene vinylene) (P3HTV) and C60, copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), poly[3,4-(lhydroxymethyl) ethylenedioxythiophene] (PHEDOT), n-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid/hydrochloric acid-doped poly(aniline) nanotubes (a-PANIN)s, poly(styrenesulfonic acid)-graft-poly(aniline) (PSSA-g-PANI), poly [(9,9-dioctylfluorene
- PEDOT
- Functional layer 40 may include one or more different structured molecules with varied functional groups, including, for example, phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine, Tween-20, Polyethylene-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (PE-PEG), Choline chloride, and/or Choline iodide.
- the functional layer includes a QAH having a structure of NR 4 + X ⁇ , where R is an alkyl or aryl group and X is a halide.
- FIG. 4A shows the current density-voltage (J-V) curves of the MAPbI 3 (active layer) devices with deposition of different functional/passivation layers.
- the control device with PCBM layer showed typical performance with a short circuit current density (J SC ) of 22.5 mAcm ⁇ 2 , a V OC of 1.04 V, a fill factor (FF) of 73.0%, and a PCE of 17.1%.
- J SC short circuit current density
- FF fill factor
- L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine has the same long alkyl chain, while the difference is that L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine has a choline phosphate zwitterion structure.
- the zwitterion structure with the choline group most likely passivates MAPbI 3 .
- two other choline zwitterion molecules also known as quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs), including choline iodide and choline chloride which have no long alkyl chain, were used as the interfacial layer. As shown in FIG.
- the V OC of the perovskite devices was significantly increased by choline iodide and choline chloride as passivation layers without sacrificing the J SC and FF of the devices, which confirmed the speculation.
- the devices with choline iodide and choline chloride showed higher V OC of 1.14 and 1.15 V. Consequently, PCEs of the CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 devices with choline iodide and choline chloride passivation layers were increased to 20.1%, and 20.0%, respectively.
- FIG. 4C shows the V OC distribution of the devices with different passivation layers.
- the average V OC values are 1.04, 1.09, 1.13, and 1.13 V for the statistic V OC of the devices with PCBM, L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine, choline iodide and choline chloride, respectively.
- the larger average V OC of the devices passivated by QAHs than by L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine indicates there is an additional passivation effect from the halide ions, because both of them have the quaternary ammonium component.
- any Zwitterion molecular structure should have a good passivation effect, because they have both negative and positive electric charges.
- a Zwitterion molecule may passivate both cationic and anion defects if the spacing of these defects is similar to or the same as the size of the Zwitterion molecule.
- the defects at the surface of perovskite films may have a very complicated distribution and compositions.
- the positive and negative charge defects may distribute away from each other, and their ratio may not be 1:1, because the perovskite film surface does not necessarily reach thermal dynamic stable states right after annealing processing, and the surfaces defects may pair up with bulk defects.
- the QAH molecule with separated positive and negative ions have the advantage of self-adaptive selection of defects with opposite charges for passivation, which is not limited by the complicated surface defect composition or distribution.
- tDOS trap density of states
- the density of shallower trap states (0.35-0.40 eV), which was assigned to traps at grain boundaries, in the choline chloride passivated devices was about three times smaller than in the PCBM passivated devices. This indicates that choline chloride may also diffuse into grain boundaries to passivate them.
- the better passivation effect of choline chloride than PCBM verifies that both cationic and anionic defects in OIHPs need to be considered in passivation techniques.
- OIHPs devices The stability of OIHPs devices in the ambient condition is challenged by their sensitivity to moisture and oxygen due to the hydroscopic nature of the OIHP films. Recent studies revealed that the degradation of perovskite films was generally initialized at the defects sites at the film surface and grain boundaries where the molecules have highest activity and diffusivity. The passivation may also enhance the stability of the perovskite films in ambient environment, because the healing of the defective sites on the film surface may inhibit the permeation of moisture and oxygen through the defects. To verify this, the stability of OIHPs devices with choline chloride and L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine functional layers were monitored by placing the unencapsulated devices in ambient atmosphere at room temperature and relative humidity of 50%-85%; the device performance is summarized in FIGS.
- the humidity stability test for the bare OIHP films shows that the films with QAHs have much slower degradation rate than the control films without QAHs when they were exposed to the humidity of 90 ⁇ 5% for same time intervals. This result confirmed that the healing of the defect sites by choline chloride effectively improves the moisture stability of OIHPs films.
- a first kind of molecule includes molecules that have a functional group (ammonium (—NH 2 ), halides, small atomic radius metal ions) which have the similar size to the corresponding vacancy, and thereafter fill these vacancies.
- a functional group ammonium (—NH 2 ), halides, small atomic radius metal ions
- the following molecules are expected to have the passivation effect because of this mechanism: Guanidine thiocyanate, aniline, benzylamine, and phenethylamine, Poly(ethylene glycol) bis(amine), (2-Methylbutyl)amine, 4-Pentyn-1-amine, N-Isopropylpyridin-2-amine, isochroman-6-amine, 2-phenylbutan-1-amine, 1-benzofuran-5-amine, 2-methylcyclopropan-1-amine, 3-Buten-1-amine, 1,4-Benzodioxan-6-amine, 5-methylpyrimidin-2-amine, 1-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-amine, 2,4,6-Trifluorobenzyl amine, 1,6-naphthyridin-2-amine, 1,2-benzisoxazol-3-amine, 1-Cyclohexyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, Methylammonium iodide, Methylammonium bromide
- a second kind of molecule includes molecules that have the Zwitterionic structure which is composed of positive and negative charged components that could self-assemble with different charged defects, resulting in the healing of the charged defects.
- the following molecules are expected to have the passivation effect because of the above mechanism: Choline chloride, Choline iodide, Choline bromide, L- ⁇ -Phosphatidylcholine, Betaine, Tetrabutylammonium iodide, 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide, Tetrabutylammonium phosphate monobasic, 3-(4-tert-Butyl-1-pyridinio)-1-propanesulfonate, 3-(1-Pyridinio)-1-propanesulfonate, 3-(Benzyldimethylammonio)propanesulfonate, 3-(Decyldimethylammonio)-propane-sulfonate inner salt, Guanidinium iodide
- Amino acids are known to have two forms, namely, regular form and zwitterion form (see FIG. 6A on the right).
- regular form the N atom in the —NH 2 functional group has a lone pair of electrons which can passivate positive charged metal cations.
- oxygen site in carboxyl group —COOH
- amino acids While in the zwitterion form, amino acids have a positive charged —NH 3 end and a negative charged —COO end, thereby may passivate both positive and negative charged defects
- zwitterionic amino acids are used for passivating ionic defects in perovskite materials, including hybrid perovskite materials, at both surface and grain boundaries.
- Specific examples of zwitterionic amino acids include valine (VA) and phenylalanine (PA), which both are representative of amino acids with a hydrophobic side chain (see, FIG. 6E ).
- VA valine
- PA phenylalanine
- DFT calculations show that valine and phenylalanine are able to passivate both positively and negatively charged defects.
- the charge trap density in a valine- or phenylalanine-passivated device is reduced, e.g. as compared to a PCBM passivated device, that an improved open-circuit-voltage results, and that efficiency is enhanced up to 21.2%.
- non-zwitterion amino acids e.g., having unionized structure
- amino acids include their ability to behave as either electron donor or acceptor, as the amino acid has both electron rich and electron deficient ends in its zwitterionic form (as shown in FIG. 6A ), thus allowing them to passivate both positive charged and negative charged defects. Further, the sizes of amino acids are relatively small, therefore enabling efficient penetration into the grain boundaries to passivate the defects. Moreover, with a proper choice of the side chain, amino acids can be hydrophobic, thus enabling enhancement of moisture resistance. Valine (VA) and phenylalanine (PA), two typical hydrophobic amino acids, are discussed herein.
- VA Valine
- PA phenylalanine
- MAPbI 3 9-layer PbI 2 -terminated slab model of the tetragonal structure of MAPbI 3 as shown in FIG. 6B is used.
- the MAPbI 3 in this example was synthesized under the condition of slightly excess of PbI 2 .
- Six intrinsic point defects at the surface were considered, including two vacancies (V 1 , V Pb ), two interstitials (Pb i , I i ) and two antisites (Pb i , I Pb ).
- the calculated transition levels ( ⁇ (q′/q)) of donor-like and acceptor-like defects are plotted in FIG. 6C and FIG. 6D .
- V I is a shallow donor with a ⁇ (0/+1) lies 0.04 eV below conduction band minimum (CBM), while V Pb has a (0/ ⁇ 1) transition level at 0.09 eV above valance band maximum (VBM) and a ( ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 2) transition level at 0.62 eV above VBM, acting as deep acceptors.
- I and Pb interstitials, and Pb 2 interstitials are shown in FIGS. 6E-6H ; I interstitial is a typical negative charged defect, while the other two are representative positive charged defects.
- the antisite IPb it has ( ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 2) and ( ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 3) transition levels above CBM, but the (0/ ⁇ 1) transition level lies at 0.48 eV above VBM, making it a deep acceptor.
- Pb I is deep donor, with (0/1+) and (1+/3+) transition levels at 0.29 eV and 0.43 eV below CBM.
- I i and Pb i defects were used for the amino acid passivation, for the reason that under the condition of slight excess of PbI 2 , the formation energy of I i and Pb i defects are relatively lower than others.
- a schematic passivation diagram can be found in FIG. 7A , where the electron-rich —NH 3 end is supposed to passivate the positive charged defects, while the electron deficient —COO end is presumed to neutralize the negative charged defects.
- the calculated transition levels of I i and Pb i defects on valine and phenylalanine passivated MAPbI 3 surfaces are plotted in FIG. 7B .
- the (1+/2+) transition level at 0.18 eV below CBM goes to above CBM after valine or phenylalanine passivation, while the (0/1+) transition level goes to 0.17 eV and 0.15 eV below CBM upon valine or phenylalanine passivation, respectively, in comparison with 0.61 eV when the surface is unpassivated.
- the valine gains electron from the Pb 2 , and the localized donor state becomes much more delocalized states after passivation, as shown in FIG. 8 , panel f).
- the computed energy level of the donor state is quite shallow, the charge density of the state as plotted in FIG. 8 , panel a) shows that it is still a relatively localized state, although the passivation does not significantly change the energy level, the new donor state after valine passivation shows it is a delocalized one.
- the planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells in this specific embodiment were built as poly [bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA)/CH3NH3PbI3/amino acid passivation layer/fullerene (C60)/2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP)/copper (Cu), as shown in FIG. 9A.
- the low-temperature two-step inter-diffusion of lead iodide (PbI 2 ) and a methyl ammonium iodide (MAI) stacking layer followed by a solvent annealing process was used to synthesize the perovskite layer.
- PCBM is used in the control device here.
- the current density-voltage (J-V) curves of the devices with different passivation are shown in FIG. 9B .
- the control device with PCBM layer shows a performance with a short circuit current density (J SC ) of 22.4 mA cm ⁇ 2 , an open circuit voltage (V OC ) of 1.06 eV, a fill factor (FF) of 78.4%, and a PCE of 18.63%.
- valine and phenylalanine show significantly improved performance, with a J SC of 22.41 mA cm ⁇ 2 , a V OC of 1.14 eV, a FF of 80.5% and a PCE of 20.57% for valine; and a J SC of 22.5 mA cm ⁇ 2 , a V OC of 1.19 eV, a FF of 79% and a PCE of 21.2% for phenylalanine.
- the V OC of the perovskite devices was significantly increased with valine and phenylalanine as passivation layers without sacrificing the J SC and FF of the devices.
- FIG. 9C shows the V OC distribution of the devices with different passivation layers.
- the average V OC values are 1.06, 1.14, and 1.19V for the devices with PCBM, valine and phenylalanine as passivation layer, respectively.
- the trap density of states tDOS was also measured for the devices with PCBM, valine or phenylalanine passivation. The trap densities were extracted from the thermal admittance spectroscopy analysis. As shown in FIG.
- the devices with valine and phenylalanine have lower tDOS than PCBM over the entire trap depth region, specifically, the device with phenylalanine owns the lowest tDOS over the deeper trap region (0.40-0.52 eV) and the shallower trap region (0.30-0.40 eV). It is noted that the deeper trap states were assigned to the surface defects, while the shallower trap region was assigned to the defects at grain boundaries.
- tDOS of the valine passivated device is about one order lower than the PCBM passivated device, while the phenylalanine passivated device is strikingly more than two orders lower than that of PCBM, indicating valine and phenylalanine amino acids can also efficiently diffuse into the grain boundary regions, and passivate the defects there.
- First principles calculations were carried out in the framework of density functional theory as implemented in the VASP program.
- the generalized gradient approximation in the form of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) was used for the exchange-correlation function.
- PBE Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof
- the ion-electron interaction was treated with the projector-augmented wave method.
- Surface slabs were modelled as PbI 2 -terminated slabs of the tetragonal structure as the MAPbI 3 was synthesized with slight excess PbI 2 , the slab model has 9 layers of MAI and PbI 2 in total.
- About 30 ⁇ vacuum was added on top of the slab surface to minimize the interaction between the adjacent slabs.
- Patterned ITO substrates were cleaned by ultra-sonication with soap, acetone and isopropanol for 15 minutes, respectively.
- the hole transport layer poly(bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine) (PTAA) with a concentration of 2 mg.ml ⁇ 1 dissolved in toluene was spin-coated at a speed of 4,000 RPM for 35 s, followed by annealing at 100° C. for 10 min.
- the PTAA film was pre-wetted by spinning 75 ⁇ l dimethyl formamide (DMF) at 4,000 RPM for 15 s to improve the wetting property of the perovskite precursor solution.
- DMF dimethyl formamide
- the amino-acid was added into perovskite precursor solution with the concentration of 1.5 mg/mL.
- 80 ⁇ l precursor solution was spin-coated at 2000 RPM for 2 s and 4000 RPM for 25 s, and the film was quickly washed with 130 ⁇ l toluene at 20 s during the procedure.
- the sample was annealed at 65° C. and 100° C. each for 10 min. C 60 (30 nm), BCP (8 nm) and copper layers (140 nm) were thermally evaporated in sequential order to finish the devices.
- J-V analysis of solar cells was performed using a solar light simulator (Oriel 67005, 150 W Solar Simulator) and the power of the simulated light was calibrated to 100 mW.cm ⁇ 2 by a silicon (Si) diode (Hamamatsu S1133) equipped with a Schott visible-color glass filter (KG5 color-filter). All cells were measured using a Keithley 2400 source-meter with a scan rate of 0.1 V.s ⁇ 1 . External quantum efficiency curves were characterized with a Newport QE measurement kit by focusing a monochromatic beam of light onto the devices. The tDOS of solar cells were derived from the frequency-dependent capacitance (C-f) and voltage dependent capacitance (C-V), which were obtained from the TAS measurement performed by a LCR meter (Agilent E4980A).
- C-f frequency-dependent capacitance
- C-V voltage dependent capacitance
Abstract
Description
- The present Application for Patent is a continuation-in part of, and claims priority to, U.S. International Patent Application No. PCT/US2018/018706 by Huang et al., entitled “Passivation of Defects in Perovskite Materials For Improved Solar Cell Efficiency and Stability,” filed Feb. 20, 2018, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/460,266, filed Feb. 17, 2017, entitled “Passivation of Defects in Perovskite Materials For Improved Solar Cell Efficiency and Stability,” each of which is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
- This invention was made with government support under 01A1538893 and DMR1420645 awarded by the National Science Foundation and FA9550-16-1-0299 awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The government has certain rights in the invention.
- The present disclosure generally provides photodetector systems and methods, and more particularly photodetector systems and methods including perovskite photoactive or photoresponsive materials.
- The ionic defects at the surfaces and grain boundaries of organic-inorganic halide perovskites (OIHPs) films are detrimental to both the efficiency and stability of OIHP devices such as solar cells. There are both negatively and positively charged defects in ionic OIHPs, while generally only one type of the defects is passivated. In certain embodiments, quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs), which are B-complex vitamins, are used to effectively passivate both cationic and anionic defects of OIHPs with negative- and positive-charged components, respectively. The dual-defect passivation advantageously reduces the charge trap density and elongates the carrier recombination lifetime. The dual-defect passivation also advantageously increases open-circuit-voltage of the device with bandgap of 1.55 eV to 1.15 V, and boosts the efficiency to 21.0%. QAHs universally passivate other types of OIHPs with bandgaps ranging from 1.51 eV to 1.72 eV and advantageously increase efficiency by 10-35%. Moreover, the defect healing also significantly enhances the stability of OIHP films. The various embodiments provide a new paradigm for defects passivation to further improve both the efficiency and stability of OIHPs devices such as solar cells.
- According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device is provided that typically includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the active layer includes a perovskite layer, and a passivation layer disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between the cathode layer and the active layer, the passivation layer comprising a layer of material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer. In certain aspects, the perovskite layer includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX3, or A2BX4, wherein A is methylammonium (CH3NH3 +), formamidinium (H2NCHNH2 +), or an alkali-metal ion (e.g., Cs+, Rb+), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion (e.g., Cl, Br, I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof. In certain aspects, the layer of material comprises a quaternary ammonium halide (QAH). In certain aspects, the layer of material comprises a zwitterion molecule. In certain aspects, the layer of material comprises a choline zwitterion molecule. In certain aspects, the layer of material comprises a zwitterionic amino acid. In certain aspects, the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine. In certain aspects, the semiconductor device further includes a first carrier transport layer disposed between the passivation layer and the cathode; and a second carrier transport layer disposed between the active layer and the anode, the first carrier transport layer having a higher electron conductivity than the second carrier transport layer, the second buffer layer having a higher hole conductivity than the first buffer layer.
- According to another embodiment, a semiconductor device is provided that typically includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the active layer includes an organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX3, or A2BX4, wherein A is methylammonium (CH3NH3+), an alkali metal ion (e.g., Cs+, Rb+) or formamidinium (H2NCHNH2 +), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion(e.g., Cl, Br, I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof. The semiconductor device also typically includes a passivation layer disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between the cathode layer and the active layer, the passivation layer including a layer of material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer. In certain aspects, the layer of material comprises a zwitterionic amino acid. In certain aspects, the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine. The semiconductor device further typically includes an electron extraction layer disposed directly on the passivation layer between the passivation layer and the cathode layer, the electron extraction layer comprising a layer of C60, a first charge transport layer comprising bathocuproine (BCP) and disposed between the electron extraction layer and the cathode, and a second charge transport layer comprising Poly [bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA) and disposed between the active layer and the anode. In certain aspects, the layer of C60 has a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 100 nm.
- According to yet another embodiment, a method of making or of forming a semiconductor device is provided. The process typically includes providing an active layer, wherein the active layer includes a perovskite material, and applying a passivation layer directly on a surface of the active layer, the passivation layer comprising a first material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer. In certain aspects, the method also typically includes forming a cathode layer on the passivation layer. In certain aspects, the method also typically includes forming an anode layer on a side of the active layer so that the active layer is disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer. In certain aspects, the method also typically includes forming a first carrier transport layer disposed between the passivation layer and the cathode layer, and forming a second carrier transport layer disposed between the active layer and the anode layer, the first carrier transport layer having a higher electron conductivity than the second carrier transport layer, the second carrier transport layer having a higher hole conductivity than the first carrier transport layer. In certain aspects, the first material comprises a quaternary ammonium halide (QAH) or a zwitterion molecule. In certain aspects, the layer of material comprises a zwitterionic amino acid. In certain aspects, the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine. In certain aspects, the perovskite material includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX3, or A2BX4, wherein A is methylammonium (CH3NH3 +), formamidinium (H2NCHNH2 +), or an alkali-metal ion , B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion, thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof.
- According to a further embodiment, a semiconductor device is provided that typically includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the active layer includes a perovskite layer, and a passivation layer disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between the cathode layer and the active layer, the passivation layer comprising a zwitterionic amino acid that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer. In certain aspects, the perovskite layer includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX3, or A2BX4, wherein A is methylammonium (CH3NH3 +), formamidinium (H2NCHNH2 +), or an alkali-metal ion (e.g., Cs+, Rb+), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion (e.g., Cl, Br, I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof. In certain aspects, the zwitterionic amino acid comprises one of valine or phenylalanine.
- For the various semiconductor devices, and formation processes, in certain aspects, the anode layer includes indium tin oxide (ITO) and the cathode layer includes copper. In certain aspects, the active layer has a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 10 μm. In certain aspects, the passivation layer has a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 30 nm.
- Reference to the remaining portions of the specification, including the drawings and claims, will realize other features and advantages of the present invention. Further features and advantages of the present invention, as well as the structure and operation of various embodiments of the present invention, are described in detail below with respect to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numbers indicate identical or functionally similar elements.
- The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying FIG.s. The use of the same reference numbers in different instances in the description and the FIG.s may indicate similar or identical items.
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FIGS. 1A and 1B show embodiments of device structures of organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) devices. -
FIG. 2 shows the passivation mechanism by quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs). The quaternary ammonium ions are expected to only passivate MA+ vacancies by occupying cuboctahedral sites to compensate the MA+ loss on the film surfaces, and the halide vacancies are compensated by additional halide ions from QAHs. -
FIG. 3 shows trap density of states (tDOS) obtained by thermal admittance spectroscopy for devices with PCBM and Choline chloride passivation layers. -
FIG. 4A shows current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of two-step processed MAPbI3 devices with different passivation layers. -
FIG. 4B shows J-V curves for the two-step processed MAPbI3 devices passivated by choline chloride and choline iodide. -
FIG. 4C shows statistics of VOC distribution for devices with PCBM, L-α-Phosphatidylcholine, Choline iodide, and Choline chloride, where solid lines represent the Gauss distribution fitting for the statistic of VOC. -
FIGS. 5A-5D show stability assessment of perovskite solar cells with different passivation layers: Evolution of PCE (FIG. 5A ), JSC (FIG. 5B ), VOC (FIG. 5C ), and FF (FIG. 5D ) relative to the initial parameters for the device over 35 days of storage in air. Each average (symbol) and standard deviation (error bar) was calculated from three solar cells. The initial efficiency is 19.5% and 20.1% for devices with L-α-Phosphatidylcholine, Choline chloride, respectively. -
FIG. 5E shows photographic images of the OIHP films with different treatments. The first and second rows show the images of the pristine films, with L-α-Phosphatidylcholine, and with Choline chloride from left to right, respectively, before after exposure to humidity of 90±5% for 2.5 h (the size of the film is 15 mm). -
FIG. 6A shows a schematic of normal and zwitterionic forms of amino acids according to an embodiment. -
FIG. 6B show a slab model of clean PbI2-terminated MAPbI3. -
FIG. 6C shows calculated transition levels ϵ(q′/q) of intrinsic acceptors on MAPbI3 surface. -
FIG. 6D shows calculated transition levels ϵ(q′/q) of intrinsic donors on MAPbI3 surface. -
FIG. 6E shows the structure of valine and phenylalanine. -
FIG. 6F shows I interstitial defects on a 9-layer PbI2-terminated MAPbI3 surface. -
FIG. 6G shows Pb interstitial defects on a 9-layer PbI2-terminated MAPbI3 surface. -
FIG. 6H shows Pb2 interstitial defects on a 9-layer PbI2-terminated MAPbI3 surface. -
FIG. 7A shows a schematic diagram of zwitterionic amino acids passivation of perovskite surface defects according to an embodiment. -
FIG. 7B shows calculated transition levels ϵ(q′/q) of Ii and Pbi after valine and phenylalanine passivation according to an embodiment. -
FIG. 8 shows in panels a)-c) density of states (DOS) for MAPbI3 surface with Pb interstitial defects, charge density of the highest occupied band (HOB) for unpassivated MAPbI3 surface with Pb interstitial defects, and charge density of HOB for passivated MAPbI3 surface with Pb interstitial defects, respectfully, and in panels d)-f) DOS for MAPbI3 surface with Pb2 interstitial defects, charge density of the highest occupied band (HOB) for unpassivated MAPbI3 surface with Pb2 interstitial defects, and charge density of HOB for passivated MAPbI3 surface with Pb2 interstitial defects, respectfully, and in panels g)-i), DOS for MAPbI3 surface with I interstitial defects, charge density of the highest occupied band (HOB) for unpassivated MAPbI3 surface with I interstitial defects, and charge density of HOB for passivated MAPbI3 surface with I interstitial defects, respectfully -
FIG. 9A shows a device structure of a perovskite planar heterojunction solar cell including an amino acid passivation layer according to an embodiment. -
FIG. 9B shows current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of two-step-processed devices with different passivation layers, PCBM (control), phenylalanine (black), valine (blue). -
FIG. 9C shows statistics of VOC distribution for devices with valine (black), phenylalanine (red) and PCBM (green). -
FIG. 9D shows trap density of states obtained by thermal admittance spectroscopy for devices with PCBM (blue), valine (yellow) and phenylalanine (red). - The history of power conversion efficiency (PCE) enhancement for thin-film and polycrystalline photovoltaic cells has witnessed the importance of reducing charge recombination loss both inside the photoactive layer and at the electrode contacts. Passivation of defects at the film surface becomes critical when the charge recombination inside the photoactive layer is negligible, which is the case for the organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) devices such as solar cells. Solution-processed OIHP devices embrace many intriguing optoelectronics attributes, such as strong light absorption, high charge carrier mobility, and long intrinsic carrier recombination lifetime. The insensitivity to point defects and easy crystallization of OIHP materials give rise to negligible charge recombination in perovskite polycrystalline thin films. However, the much shorter measured photoluminescence (PL) recombination lifetime of the polycrystalline films than the intrinsic carrier recombination lifetime from a single crystal interior indicates there is still high density of defects at the surface and grain boundaries of polycrystalline grains which are not benign electronically. These defects originate most likely from the low thermal stability, or low formation energy of OIHP materials containing organic components which tends to easily evaporate away from the surface during the thermal annealing process. These surface and grain boundary (GB) defects may not dramatically reduce device photocurrent output, because a portion of the trapped charges may still escape over a long time and be collected by the electrodes, as evidenced by the relative large short circuit current (JSC) of many non-optimized devices, while they would significantly impact open circuit voltage (VOC) of the devices due to their energy disorder and reduced carrier concentration which pull down the quasi-Fermi level splitting. In addition, these defects can cause other device instability issues, including ion migration and associated current hysteresis, and device degradation in ambient environment. A recent study of moisture dependent perovskite grain stability showed that the degradation of perovskite grains was initialized by the defective surface and GBs, while some single crystals with low surface defect density and no GBs could be stable in air for several years. The ionic defects (e.g., iodine or methylammonium vacancies) in the polycrystalline film have small migration activation energy (e.g., <0.1 eV) under 1 sun illumination. The defects could also initialize the permeation of moisture or oxygen into the perovskite films to accelerate the degradation of perovskite devices. Thus, it is desirable to electronically passivate the defects at the surface and GB to boost the PCE, and to heal these defects to prolong the durability of OIHP devices.
- The ionic nature of OIHP materials imposes different requirements for the defects passivation with covalent-bonding semiconductors such as silicon (Si). The passivation of Si is mainly achieved by the elimination of the Si dangling bonds by formation of Si—O, Si—N or Si—H covalent bonds, which is however not applicable to strong ionic OIHPs. So far different passivation molecules have been reported to perform as electron donors or electron acceptors that can interact with the charged defects of OIHPs, and thereafter annihilate the relevant defect-induced charge traps. Lewis acids, such as phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), as the good electron transporting materials could accept an electron from the negative charged Pb-I antisite defects, Pbl3 − or under-coordinated halide ions and thus passivate the halide-induced deep traps. Lewis base molecules, such as thiophene or pyridine, usually perform as the electron donors which could bind to the positively charged, under-coordinated Pb2+ ions. However, these molecules could only passivate one type of defects, either positive charged or negative charged defects, but not both together. The defects in OIHP materials are charged, either positively or negatively, and therefore the passivation of them should take the charge neutrality into consideration.
- In certain embodiments, a system of materials, including quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs), are used to passivate both cationic and anionic defects in OIHP with its negative- and positive-charged components. The dual-modality passivation remarkably reduces the trap density and prolongs the carrier lifetime, which universally enhances the VOC of the OIHP planar heterojunction devices with different bandgaps and consequently increases the PCE by 10%-35%. This strategy can also enhance the stability of OIHPs devices, with almost no efficiency loss after 800 h of storage in ambient condition. The general rules for the passivation of ionic OIHPs include: the molecules or ions should have similar size with that of the ionic defects, and the molecules should have positive or negative charged components for self-assembling with the charged defects. These results highlight the importance of all-round passivation of charged ionic defects for improvement of the efficiency and durability of OIHPs devices.
- Methods
- Perovskite material layers are formed, e.g. a two-step method may be used to make MAPbI3 films, e.g., fabricated by a thermal annealing-induced interdiffusion method. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 9,391,287, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Perovskite materials may also be formed using a one-step, solvent engineering method, e.g., as described in Jeon, N. J. et al., “Solvent Engineering for High performance Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells,” Nat. Mater. 13, 897-903 (2014), which is incorporated by reference. The hole transport layer (HTL) poly(bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine) (PTAA) with concentration of 2 mg/ml dissolved in toluene were spin coated at the speed of 6,000 r.p.m for 35 s and then annealed at 100° C. for 10 min. PbI2 beads (99.999% trace metals basis) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. After dissolved in N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) at temperature of 100° C., around 50 μl of hot (−90 ° C.) 630 mg/ml PbI2 DMF precursor solutions was quickly dropped onto the substrate and spin coated at the speed of 6,000 r.p.m. The as-fabricated PbI2 films were dried and annealed at 90° C. for 10 min. After the PbI2 films cooled to 70° C., 60 μl of 63 mg/ml methylammonium iodide (MAI) 2-propanol (IPA) precursor solution at the temperature of 70° C. was spun on the PbI2 films. Subsequently, the sample was annealed at 70° C. for 20 min and 100° C. for 60 min. During the thermal annealing process, around 10 p.1 of DMF was added to the edge of the petri dish when the temperature reached 100° C.
- The functional layer was applied to or disposed on the perovskite material layer (active layer). For example, the functional layer may be coated onto the perovskite substrate by spin coating, e.g., at 4,000 r.p.m. for 35 s, and annealing, e.g., at 100° C. for 30 min. The devices were finished by disposing or applying other layers thereto, e.g., thermally evaporating additional layers thereon, such as C60 (23 nm), BCP (8 nm) and copper (80 nm) in sequential order.
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FIG. 1A illustrates a device structure of anOIHP photodetector device 1 according to an embodiment. As shown,device 1 includes acathode layer 10, ananode layer 20, and anactive layer 30 disposed between thecathode layer 10 and theanode layer 20.Device 1 also includes apassivation layer 40 disposed directly on a surface of the active layer between theactive layer 30 and thecathode layer 10. Thepassivation layer 30 includes a layer of material that passivates both cationic and anionic defects in the surface of the active layer as discussed herein. Thepassivation layer 40 should generally have a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 30 nm or more, depending on the specific application. Theactive layer 30 in an embodiment includes a layer of perovskite material, where the perovskite material includes organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula ABX3, or A2BX4, wherein A is methylammonium (CH3NH3 +), formamidinium (H2NCHNH2 +), or an alkali-metal ion (e.g., Cs+, Rb+), B is a metal cation, and X is a halide anion (e.g., Cl, Br, or I), thiocyanate (SCN-) or a mixture thereof. For example, in an embodiment,active layer 30 may include an organometal trihalide perovskite having the formula FAxMA1-xBX3 where FA is formamidinium (H2NCHNH2 +), and MA is methylammonium (CH3NH3 +) and x is a fractional value between (and including) 0 and 1. In an embodiment, X may be a mixture of two or more halides. For example, theactive layer 40 may include FAxMA1-xB(Br1-yIy)3 where y is a fractional value between (and including) 0 and 1 and where x may have the same value of y or a different value. Specific examples might include FA0.85MA0.15B(Br0.15I0.85)3, FA0.83MA0.17B(Br0.17I0.83)3, and FA0.83MA0.17B(Br0.4I0.6)3. Theactive layer 30 should generally have a thickness of between about 1 nm and about 10 μm depending on the specific application. For example, for typical photodetection applications, a perovskite active layer will have a thickness of about 100 nm to about 2 μm. Additionally, theactive layer 30 should generally have an active device area e.g., the cross-sectional light-capturing area, of between about 0.04 mm2 to about 7 mm2, where a smaller active area may be more desirable as will be discussed below. - The
anode layer 20 and thecathode layer 10 generally include conductive materials suited for the particular application. Useful materials for theanode layer 20 includes indium tin oxide (ITO), fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO), aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), antimony-tin mixed oxide (ATO), a conductive polymer, a network of metal nanowire, a network of carbon nanowire, nanotube, nanosheet, nanorod, carbon nanotube, silver nanowire, or graphene. Useful materials for the cathode layer include copper, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, lithium, sodium, potassium, strontium, cesium, barium, iron, cobalt, nickel, silver, zinc, tin, samarium, ytterbium, chromium, gold, graphene, an alkali metal fluoride, an alkaline-earth metal fluoride, an alkali metal chloride, an alkaline-earth metal chloride, an alkali metal oxide, an alkaline-earth metal oxide, a metal carbonate, a metal acetate, or a combination of at least two of the above materials. -
FIG. 1B illustrates a perspective view of a specific device structure of anOIHP photodetector device 100 according to an embodiment. The specific structure ofdevice 100 is composed ofanode 20 including conductive layer 24: e.g., indium tin oxide (ITO) and second buffer layer 22: e.g., poly(bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine (PTAA)/active layer 30: e.g., CH3NH3PbI3(MAPbI3)/functional layer 40/andcathode layer 10 including electron extraction layer 12: e.g., fullerene, C60, first buffer layer 14: e.g., 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP), and conductive material layer 16: e.g., Copper(Cu). As shown, theelectron extraction layer 12 includes only fullerene (C60), but may include a combination of material layers, such as a phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM)/C60 double layer. In this embodiment, thefunctional layer 40 is disposed directly on the organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP)film 30 to passivate of the ionic defects of the perovskite film to enhance both the performance and the stability of the OIHP device. - In
device 100,cathode layer 10 further includes anelectron extraction layer 12 disposed between thecathode material layer 16 and theactive layer 30. Theelectron extraction layer 12, in one embodiment, includes a layer of fullerene such as C60 directly disposed on thepassivation layer 40. -
Cathode layer 10 optionally includes a firstcharge transport layer 14 disposed between theelectron extraction layer 12 and thecathode material layer 16.Anode layer 20 optionally includes a secondcharge transport layer 22 disposed between theactive layer 30 and theanode material layer 24. When present, the firstcharge transport layer 14 should have a higher electron conductivity than the secondcharge transport layer 22, and the secondcharge transport layer 22 should have a higher hole conductivity than the firstcharge transport layer 14, e.g., thefirst transport layer 14 acts as an electron transport layer (ETL) and the secondcharge transfer layer 22 acts as a hole transport layer (HTL). - In certain embodiments, the first
charge transport layer 14 includes at least one of C60, a fullerene, a fullerene-derivative, LiF, CsF, LiCoO2, CS2CO3, TiOx, TiO2 nanorods (NRs), ZnO, ZnO nanorods (NRs), ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), ZnO, Al2O3, CaO, bathocuproine (BCP), copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), pentacene, pyronin B, pentadecafluorooctyl phenyl-C60-butyrate (F-PCBM), C60/LiF, ZnO NRs/PCBM, ZnO/cross-linked fullerene derivative (C-PCBSD), single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), Polyethylenimine (PEI), poly(dimethylsiloxaneblock-methyl methacrylate) (PDMS-b-PMMA), polar polyfluorene (PF-EP), polyfluorene bearing lateral amino groups (PFN), polyfluorene bearing quaternary ammonium groups in the side chains (WPF-oxy-F), polyfluorene bearing quaternary ammonium groups in the side chains (WPF-6-oxy-F), fluorene alternating and random copolymer bearing cationic groups in the alkyl side chains (PFNBr-DBTI5), fluorene alternating and random copolymer bearing cationic groups in the alkyl side chains (PFPNBr), or poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). Representative fullerene groups include C60, C70, C71, C76, C78, C80, C82, C84, and C92. C60 derivative is at least one C60 derivative selected from the group consisting of C60PCBM, bis-adduct C60PCBM, tris-adduct C60PCBM, tetra-adduct C60PCBM, penta-adduct C60PCBM, hexa-adduct C60PCBM, C60ThCBM, bis-adduct C60ThCBM, tris-adduct C60ThCBM, tetra-adduct C60ThCBM, penta-adduct C60ThCBM, hexa-adduct C60ThCBM, C60 mono-indene adduct, C60 bis-indene adduct, C60 tris-indene adduct, C60 tetra-indene adduct, C60 penta-indene adduct, C60 hexa-indene adduct, C60 mono-quinodimethane adduct, C60 bis-quinodimethane adduct, C60 tris-quinodimethane adduct, C60 tetra-quinodimethane adduct, C60 penta-quinodimethane adduct, C60 hexa-quinodimethane adduct, C60 mono-(dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate) adduct, C60 bis-(dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate) adduct, C60 tris-(dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate) adduct, C60 tetra-(dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate) adduct, C60 penta-(dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate) adduct, C60 hexa-(dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate) adduct, and a mixture thereof. C70 and C84 derivatives include PC70BM, IC70BA, and PC84BM. - In certain embodiments, the second charge transport layer 22 includes at least one of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxithiophene) (PEDOT) doped with poly(styrene sulfonicacid) (PSS), 4,4′ bis [(ptrichlorosilylpropylphenyl)phenylamino]biphenyl (TPD-Si2), poly(3-hexyl-2,5-thienylene vinylene) (P3HTV) and C60, copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), poly[3,4-(lhydroxymethyl) ethylenedioxythiophene] (PHEDOT), n-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid/hydrochloric acid-doped poly(aniline) nanotubes (a-PANIN)s, poly(styrenesulfonic acid)-graft-poly(aniline) (PSSA-g-PANI), poly [(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-co-N-(4-(1-methylpropyl)phenyl)diphenylamine] (PFT), 4,4′ bis [(p-trichlorosilylpropylphenyl)phenylamino] biphenyl (TSPP), 5,5′-bis[(p-trichlorosilylpropylphenyl) phenylamino]-2,20-bithiophene (TSPT), N-propyltriethoxysilane, 3,3,3 -trifluoropropyltrichlorosane or 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilanePoly [bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA), V2O5, VOx, MoO3, WO3, ReO3, NiOx, AgOx/PEDOT:PSS, Cu2O, CuSCN/P3HT, or Au nanoparticles.
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Functional layer 40 may include one or more different structured molecules with varied functional groups, including, for example, phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), L-α-Phosphatidylcholine, Tween-20, Polyethylene-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (PE-PEG), Choline chloride, and/or Choline iodide. In certain embodiments, the functional layer includes a QAH having a structure of NR4 +X−, where R is an alkyl or aryl group and X is a halide. -
FIG. 4A shows the current density-voltage (J-V) curves of the MAPbI3 (active layer) devices with deposition of different functional/passivation layers. The control device with PCBM layer showed typical performance with a short circuit current density (JSC) of 22.5 mAcm−2, a VOC of 1.04 V, a fill factor (FF) of 73.0%, and a PCE of 17.1%. Compared to the device with PCBM layers, the performances of the MAPbI3 devices with Tween, and PE-PEG buffer layers were even worse with maximum PCE between 13.6% and 15.5%, even after optimization of the concentration of Tween and PE-PEG solution. It indicates that Tween and PE-PEG cannot passivate the surface defects on MAPbI3. In striking contrast, the devices with L-α-Phosphatidylcholine layer showed a significantly improved performance with an average JSC of 22.7 mA cm−2, VOC of 1.08 V, FF of 80.0%, and PCE of 19.6%. The performance enhancement and hysteresis-free behavior were tentatively attributed to the passivation effect of L-α-Phosphatidylcholine molecules. - In comparison to Tween and PE-PEG, L-α-Phosphatidylcholine has the same long alkyl chain, while the difference is that L-α-Phosphatidylcholine has a choline phosphate zwitterion structure. The zwitterion structure with the choline group most likely passivates MAPbI3. To verify, two other choline zwitterion molecules, also known as quaternary ammonium halides (QAHs), including choline iodide and choline chloride which have no long alkyl chain, were used as the interfacial layer. As shown in
FIG. 4B , the VOC of the perovskite devices was significantly increased by choline iodide and choline chloride as passivation layers without sacrificing the JSC and FF of the devices, which confirmed the speculation. The devices with choline iodide and choline chloride showed higher VOC of 1.14 and 1.15 V. Consequently, PCEs of the CH3NH3PbI3 devices with choline iodide and choline chloride passivation layers were increased to 20.1%, and 20.0%, respectively.FIG. 4C shows the VOC distribution of the devices with different passivation layers. The average VOC values are 1.04, 1.09, 1.13, and 1.13 V for the statistic VOC of the devices with PCBM, L-α-Phosphatidylcholine, choline iodide and choline chloride, respectively. The larger average VOC of the devices passivated by QAHs than by L-α-Phosphatidylcholine indicates there is an additional passivation effect from the halide ions, because both of them have the quaternary ammonium component. There are both positively-charged cationic and negatively-charged anionic defects in OIHPs, such as I− and MA+ vacancies, respectively, while quaternary ammonium ions are expected to only passivate MA+ vacancies by occupying cuboctahedral sites to compensate the MA+ loss on the film surfaces, as illustrated inFIG. 2 . Loss of halide ions by the evaporation of MAI during thermal annealing process needs to be compensated by additional halide ions. Therefore, the dual passivation effect is critical in achieving the high efficiency devices according to various embodiments herein. The notable better passivation effect of choline chloride than choline iodide can be explained by the stronger Pb—Cl bonding than Pb—I bond, and small amount of Cl addition has been broadly reported to enhance the charge recombination lifetime in MAPbI3. Based on the mechanism of passivation presented herein, any Zwitterion molecular structure should have a good passivation effect, because they have both negative and positive electric charges. A Zwitterion molecule may passivate both cationic and anion defects if the spacing of these defects is similar to or the same as the size of the Zwitterion molecule. However, the defects at the surface of perovskite films may have a very complicated distribution and compositions. The positive and negative charge defects may distribute away from each other, and their ratio may not be 1:1, because the perovskite film surface does not necessarily reach thermal dynamic stable states right after annealing processing, and the surfaces defects may pair up with bulk defects. In this context, the QAH molecule with separated positive and negative ions have the advantage of self-adaptive selection of defects with opposite charges for passivation, which is not limited by the complicated surface defect composition or distribution. - To further analyze the passivation effect of the QAH, measurements of the trap density of states (tDOS) were made for the devices fabricated by two-step processed MAPbI3 perovskite with choline chloride or PCBM passivation. The trap densities were extracted using thermal admittance spectroscopy (TAS) analysis, which is a well-established and effective technique to characterize both shallow and deep defects of thin film and organic solar cells.
FIG. 3 shows that the device with choline chloride layers had overall the lowest tDOS over the whole trap depth region. The device with choline chloride layer had low tDOS in deeper trap region (0.40-0.52 eV) which were assigned to defects at the film surface. In addition, the density of shallower trap states (0.35-0.40 eV), which was assigned to traps at grain boundaries, in the choline chloride passivated devices was about three times smaller than in the PCBM passivated devices. This indicates that choline chloride may also diffuse into grain boundaries to passivate them. The better passivation effect of choline chloride than PCBM verifies that both cationic and anionic defects in OIHPs need to be considered in passivation techniques. - The stability of OIHPs devices in the ambient condition is challenged by their sensitivity to moisture and oxygen due to the hydroscopic nature of the OIHP films. Recent studies revealed that the degradation of perovskite films was generally initialized at the defects sites at the film surface and grain boundaries where the molecules have highest activity and diffusivity. The passivation may also enhance the stability of the perovskite films in ambient environment, because the healing of the defective sites on the film surface may inhibit the permeation of moisture and oxygen through the defects. To verify this, the stability of OIHPs devices with choline chloride and L-α-Phosphatidylcholine functional layers were monitored by placing the unencapsulated devices in ambient atmosphere at room temperature and relative humidity of 50%-85%; the device performance is summarized in
FIGS. 5A-5D . The devices with choline chloride layers retained almost 100% of the initial PCEs after storage in the ambient condition for over one month. Interestingly, the VOC of the devices increased during the first 5 days of storage in both types of devices with choline chloride passivation. This phenomenon may be caused by the additional passivation effect at the anode side by the diffusion of sodium ions into the perovskite films. The L-α-Phosphatidylcholine modified devices showed inferior performance, 30% loss of the initial PCE after 800 h storage in the ambient condition, despite that the long hydrophobic alkane tails could hinder the permeation of moisture. The difference in stability of the devices with two passivation layers highlighted the importance of healing both types of defects. The humidity stability test for the bare OIHP films (FIG. 5e ) shows that the films with QAHs have much slower degradation rate than the control films without QAHs when they were exposed to the humidity of 90±5% for same time intervals. This result confirmed that the healing of the defect sites by choline chloride effectively improves the moisture stability of OIHPs films. - Based on the passivation mechanism, there are at least two kinds of molecules that have the desired passivation effect. A first kind of molecule includes molecules that have a functional group (ammonium (—NH2), halides, small atomic radius metal ions) which have the similar size to the corresponding vacancy, and thereafter fill these vacancies. The following molecules are expected to have the passivation effect because of this mechanism: Guanidine thiocyanate, aniline, benzylamine, and phenethylamine, Poly(ethylene glycol) bis(amine), (2-Methylbutyl)amine, 4-Pentyn-1-amine, N-Isopropylpyridin-2-amine, isochroman-6-amine, 2-phenylbutan-1-amine, 1-benzofuran-5-amine, 2-methylcyclopropan-1-amine, 3-Buten-1-amine, 1,4-Benzodioxan-6-amine, 5-methylpyrimidin-2-amine, 1-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-amine, 2,4,6-Trifluorobenzyl amine, 1,6-naphthyridin-2-amine, 1,2-benzisoxazol-3-amine, 1-Cyclohexyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine, Methylammonium iodide, Methylammonium bromide, Methylammonium chloride, phenylethylammonium Iodide, phenylethylammonium bromide, phenylethylammonium chloride, n-butylammonium Iodide, n-butylammonium bromide, n-butylammonium chloride, NaCl, KCl, Ki, NaI, CsCl, CsI, RbCl, RbI, CoI2, CoCl2, SrCl2, SrI2. A second kind of molecule includes molecules that have the Zwitterionic structure which is composed of positive and negative charged components that could self-assemble with different charged defects, resulting in the healing of the charged defects. The following molecules are expected to have the passivation effect because of the above mechanism: Choline chloride, Choline iodide, Choline bromide, L-α-Phosphatidylcholine, Betaine, Tetrabutylammonium iodide, 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide, Tetrabutylammonium phosphate monobasic, 3-(4-tert-Butyl-1-pyridinio)-1-propanesulfonate, 3-(1-Pyridinio)-1-propanesulfonate, 3-(Benzyldimethylammonio)propanesulfonate, 3-(Decyldimethylammonio)-propane-sulfonate inner salt, Guanidinium iodide, Guanidinium thiocyanate, Guanidinium chloride. The functional molecules having at least one feature of the suitable size or Zwitterionic structure have the passivation effect on the OIHPs devices.
- Amino acids are known to have two forms, namely, regular form and zwitterion form (see
FIG. 6A on the right). In the regular form, the N atom in the —NH2 functional group has a lone pair of electrons which can passivate positive charged metal cations. Meanwhile, the oxygen site in carboxyl group (—COOH) can passivate the positively charged defects. While in the zwitterion form, amino acids have a positive charged —NH3 end and a negative charged —COO end, thereby may passivate both positive and negative charged defects - In certain embodiments, zwitterionic amino acids are used for passivating ionic defects in perovskite materials, including hybrid perovskite materials, at both surface and grain boundaries. Specific examples of zwitterionic amino acids include valine (VA) and phenylalanine (PA), which both are representative of amino acids with a hydrophobic side chain (see,
FIG. 6E ). For example, DFT calculations show that valine and phenylalanine are able to passivate both positively and negatively charged defects. Experiments have confirmed that the charge trap density in a valine- or phenylalanine-passivated device is reduced, e.g. as compared to a PCBM passivated device, that an improved open-circuit-voltage results, and that efficiency is enhanced up to 21.2%. - In certain embodiments, non-zwitterion amino acids (e.g., having unionized structure) may be used to passivate defects in perovskite materials.
- Advantages of amino acids include their ability to behave as either electron donor or acceptor, as the amino acid has both electron rich and electron deficient ends in its zwitterionic form (as shown in
FIG. 6A ), thus allowing them to passivate both positive charged and negative charged defects. Further, the sizes of amino acids are relatively small, therefore enabling efficient penetration into the grain boundaries to passivate the defects. Moreover, with a proper choice of the side chain, amino acids can be hydrophobic, thus enabling enhancement of moisture resistance. Valine (VA) and phenylalanine (PA), two typical hydrophobic amino acids, are discussed herein. Theoretical results predicted that these molecules could effectively passivate both negatively charged iodide and positively charged lead ions, which is further confirmed from the experiment, showing that amino acids passivation remarkably reduced the trap density and enhanced the VOC, consequently, the PCE of valine and phenylalanine passivated devices were boosted to 20.6% and 21.2%, respectively. These results highlight the importance of dual passivation of the surface and grain boundary defects to improve the efficiency of OIHP devices. - To simulate the surface defects, a 9-layer PbI2-terminated slab model of the tetragonal structure of MAPbI3 as shown in
FIG. 6B is used. The MAPbI3 in this example was synthesized under the condition of slightly excess of PbI2. Six intrinsic point defects at the surface were considered, including two vacancies (V1, VPb), two interstitials (Pbi, Ii) and two antisites (Pbi, IPb). The calculated transition levels (ϵ(q′/q)) of donor-like and acceptor-like defects are plotted inFIG. 6C andFIG. 6D . VI is a shallow donor with a ϵ(0/+1) lies 0.04 eV below conduction band minimum (CBM), while VPb has a (0/−1) transition level at 0.09 eV above valance band maximum (VBM) and a (−1/−2) transition level at 0.62 eV above VBM, acting as deep acceptors. I and Pb interstitials, and Pb2 interstitials are shown inFIGS. 6E-6H ; I interstitial is a typical negative charged defect, while the other two are representative positive charged defects. For two interstitials, Pbi exhibits deep transition levels in the band gap, including ϵ(0/+1)=1.09 eV, and ϵ(+1/+2)=1.52 eV, thus acting as deep donors, while L has a (0/−1) transition level at 0.35 eV above VBM, makes it a deep acceptor defect. For the antisite IPb, it has (−1/−2) and (−2/−3) transition levels above CBM, but the (0/−1) transition level lies at 0.48 eV above VBM, making it a deep acceptor. PbI is deep donor, with (0/1+) and (1+/3+) transition levels at 0.29 eV and 0.43 eV below CBM. As compared to the transition levels of intrinsic point defects in bulk MAPbI3 (see, Yin W-J, Shi T, Yan Y. Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber. Applied Physics Letters 104, 063903 (2014)), the transition levels of points defects at the surface shows a quite different picture, for example, both Ii and Pbi are benign in bulk but have deep transition levels on the surface. This could be accounted from the missing of space confinement effect as well as the different bonding nature of defect sites with its neighbors on the surface as compared to its bulk counterpart. - Although Ii, VPb, Pbi, PbI, IPb all have deep transition levels, Ii and Pbi defects were used for the amino acid passivation, for the reason that under the condition of slight excess of PbI2, the formation energy of Ii and Pbi defects are relatively lower than others. A schematic passivation diagram can be found in
FIG. 7A , where the electron-rich —NH3 end is supposed to passivate the positive charged defects, while the electron deficient —COO end is presumed to neutralize the negative charged defects. The calculated transition levels of Ii and Pbi defects on valine and phenylalanine passivated MAPbI3 surfaces are plotted inFIG. 7B . It can be clearly seen that upon valine or phenylalanine passivation, both the deep acceptor and deep donor states become shallower. For example, the (0/1−) transition level of Ii are at 0.15 eV and 0.18 eV above VBM for valine and phenylalanine passivated models, respectively, while it is 0.35 eV in the unpassivated model. For the Pbi defect, the (1+/2+) transition level at 0.18 eV below CBM goes to above CBM after valine or phenylalanine passivation, while the (0/1+) transition level goes to 0.17 eV and 0.15 eV below CBM upon valine or phenylalanine passivation, respectively, in comparison with 0.61 eV when the surface is unpassivated. - For the I interstitial defect, additional calculations were performed for the electronic properties of the aforementioned passivated and unpassivated three defected surface models. From the density of states (DOS) as plotted in
FIG. 8 , panels a), d) and g), one can see that PbI2-terminated MAPbI3 surface with I and Pb2 interstitial appear to have deep trap states (as marked with arrows), the deep acceptor states (unoccupied) of I interstitial are located at about 0.6 eV above the valence band maximum (VBM), while the deep donor states (occupied) of Pb2 interstitial are located at about 0.7 eV below the conduction band maximum (CBM). While for the Pb interstitial the defect donor state is quite shallow, lies at about 0.04 eV below CBM. The charge density of these defect states are plotted inFIG. 8 , panels b), e) and h), from which one can clearly see that these states are relatively localized around the defects. For the valine passivated ones, it is found that I interstitial can interact with the —NH2 end in valine. The interstitial I defect gains electron from valine, thus the deep acceptor state in the unpassivated structure becomes an occupied state, and the new acceptor state in the passivated structure becomes a rather delocalized one, as shown inFIG. 8 , panel i). Similarly, for the Pb2 interstitial defect, one finds the Pb2 bond with the two O atoms in the carboxyl group of valine in its zwitterion form, the valine gains electron from the Pb2, and the localized donor state becomes much more delocalized states after passivation, as shown inFIG. 8 , panel f). For the Pb interstitial defect, although the computed energy level of the donor state is quite shallow, the charge density of the state as plotted inFIG. 8 , panel a) shows that it is still a relatively localized state, although the passivation does not significantly change the energy level, the new donor state after valine passivation shows it is a delocalized one. - To confirm the predicted passivation effects of valine and phenylalanine amino acids, experimental studies of the valine and phenylalanine amino acid passivated perovskites were conducted. The planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells in this specific embodiment were built as poly [bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA)/CH3NH3PbI3/amino acid passivation layer/fullerene (C60)/2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP)/copper (Cu), as shown in FIG. 9A. The low-temperature two-step inter-diffusion of lead iodide (PbI2) and a methyl ammonium iodide (MAI) stacking layer followed by a solvent annealing process was used to synthesize the perovskite layer. PCBM is used in the control device here. The current density-voltage (J-V) curves of the devices with different passivation are shown in
FIG. 9B . The control device with PCBM layer shows a performance with a short circuit current density (JSC) of 22.4 mA cm−2, an open circuit voltage (VOC) of 1.06 eV, a fill factor (FF) of 78.4%, and a PCE of 18.63%. Both valine and phenylalanine show significantly improved performance, with a JSC of 22.41 mA cm−2, a VOC of 1.14 eV, a FF of 80.5% and a PCE of 20.57% for valine; and a JSC of 22.5 mA cm−2, a VOC of 1.19 eV, a FF of 79% and a PCE of 21.2% for phenylalanine. The VOC of the perovskite devices was significantly increased with valine and phenylalanine as passivation layers without sacrificing the JSC and FF of the devices.FIG. 9C shows the VOC distribution of the devices with different passivation layers. The average VOC values are 1.06, 1.14, and 1.19V for the devices with PCBM, valine and phenylalanine as passivation layer, respectively. To further verify the passivation effect of valine and phenylalanine amino acids, the trap density of states (tDOS) was also measured for the devices with PCBM, valine or phenylalanine passivation. The trap densities were extracted from the thermal admittance spectroscopy analysis. As shown inFIG. 9D , the devices with valine and phenylalanine have lower tDOS than PCBM over the entire trap depth region, specifically, the device with phenylalanine owns the lowest tDOS over the deeper trap region (0.40-0.52 eV) and the shallower trap region (0.30-0.40 eV). It is noted that the deeper trap states were assigned to the surface defects, while the shallower trap region was assigned to the defects at grain boundaries. In the shallower trap region, tDOS of the valine passivated device is about one order lower than the PCBM passivated device, while the phenylalanine passivated device is strikingly more than two orders lower than that of PCBM, indicating valine and phenylalanine amino acids can also efficiently diffuse into the grain boundary regions, and passivate the defects there. - First principles calculations. First-principles calculation was carried out in the framework of density functional theory as implemented in the VASP program. The generalized gradient approximation in the form of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) was used for the exchange-correlation function. The ion-electron interaction was treated with the projector-augmented wave method. Surface slabs were modelled as PbI2-terminated slabs of the tetragonal structure as the MAPbI3 was synthesized with slight excess PbI2, the slab model has 9 layers of MAI and PbI2 in total. About 30 Å vacuum was added on top of the slab surface to minimize the interaction between the adjacent slabs. An energy cutoff of 500 eV was employed, and atomic positions were optimized until the maximum force on each atom is less than 0.02 eV/Å. Grimme's DFT-D3 correction was also adopted to describe the long-range Van der Waals interaction. The thermodynamic transition levels between different charge states of the defects were calculated according to: (q′/q)=[DFE(q′, EF=0)−DFE(q, EF=0)]/(q−q′), where DFE(q, EF=0) is the formation energy of defect at q charge state.
- Device fabrication: Patterned ITO substrates were cleaned by ultra-sonication with soap, acetone and isopropanol for 15 minutes, respectively. The hole transport layer poly(bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine) (PTAA) with a concentration of 2 mg.ml−1 dissolved in toluene was spin-coated at a speed of 4,000 RPM for 35 s, followed by annealing at 100° C. for 10 min. The PTAA film was pre-wetted by spinning 75 μl dimethyl formamide (DMF) at 4,000 RPM for 15 s to improve the wetting property of the perovskite precursor solution. The perovskite precursor solution composed of mixed cations (lead (Pb), cesium(Cs), formamidinium (FA) and methylammonium (MA)) and halides (I, Br) was dissolved in mixed solvent (DMF/DMSO=4:1) with a chemical formula of Cs0.05FA0.81MA0.14PbI2.55Br0.45. The amino-acid was added into perovskite precursor solution with the concentration of 1.5 mg/mL. Then 80 μl precursor solution was spin-coated at 2000 RPM for 2 s and 4000 RPM for 25 s, and the film was quickly washed with 130 μl toluene at 20 s during the procedure. The sample was annealed at 65° C. and 100° C. each for 10 min. C60 (30 nm), BCP (8 nm) and copper layers (140 nm) were thermally evaporated in sequential order to finish the devices.
- Characterization: J-V analysis of solar cells was performed using a solar light simulator (Oriel 67005, 150 W Solar Simulator) and the power of the simulated light was calibrated to 100 mW.cm−2 by a silicon (Si) diode (Hamamatsu S1133) equipped with a Schott visible-color glass filter (KG5 color-filter). All cells were measured using a Keithley 2400 source-meter with a scan rate of 0.1 V.s−1. External quantum efficiency curves were characterized with a Newport QE measurement kit by focusing a monochromatic beam of light onto the devices. The tDOS of solar cells were derived from the frequency-dependent capacitance (C-f) and voltage dependent capacitance (C-V), which were obtained from the TAS measurement performed by a LCR meter (Agilent E4980A).
- The use of the terms “a” and “an” and “the” and “at least one” and similar referents in the context of describing the disclosed subject matter (especially in the context of the following claims) are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural, unless otherwise indicated herein or clearly contradicted by context. The use of the term “at least one” followed by a list of one or more items (for example, “at least one of A and B”) is to be construed to mean one item selected from the listed items (A or B) or any combination of two or more of the listed items (A and B), unless otherwise indicated herein or clearly contradicted by context. The terms “comprising,” “having,” “including,” and “containing” are to be construed as open-ended terms (i.e., meaning “including, but not limited to,”) unless otherwise noted. Recitation of ranges of values herein are merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range, unless otherwise indicated herein, and each separate value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. All methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or example language (e.g., “such as”) provided herein, is intended merely to better illuminate the disclosed subject matter and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention unless otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element as essential to the practice of the invention.
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