title: Toward Revealing the Critical Role of Perovskite Coverage in Highly Efficient Electron-Transport Layer-Free Perovskite Solar Cells: An Energy Band and Equivalent Circuit Model Perspective.
abstract: Currently, most efficient perovskite solar cells (PVKSCs) with a p-i-n structure require simultaneously electron transport layers (ETLs) and hole transport layers (HTLs) to help collecting photogenerated electrons and holes for obtaining high performance. ETL free planar PVKSC is a relatively new and simple structured solar cell that gets rid of the complex and high temperature required ETL (such as compact and mesoporous TiO2). Here, we demonstrate the critical role of high coverage of perovskite in efficient ETL free PVKSCs from an energy band and equivalent circuit model perspective. From an electrical point of view, we confirmed that the low coverage of perovskite does cause localized short circuit of the device. With coverage optimization, a planar p-i-n(++) device with a power conversion efficiency of over 11% was achieved, implying that the ETL layer may not be necessary for an efficient device as long as the perovskite coverage is approaching 100%.
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China.
authors.forename: Like
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Ningbo University , Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoxiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China.
authors.forename: Yangyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China.
authors.forename: Hongkun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Ningbo University , Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China.
authors.forename: Ziyang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China.
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: electron-transport layer; energy band structure; equivalent circuit model; full coverage perovskite; perovskite solar cells; ultraviolet-ozone treatment