1. Electronic Properties of Meso-Superstructured and Planar Organometal Halide Perovskite Films: Charge Trapping, Photodoping, and Carrier Mobility
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Tomas Leijtens, Michael M. Lee, Giles E. Eperon, James M. Ball, Ian J. McPherson, Samuel D. Stranks, Håkan Rensmo, Erik M. J. Johansson, Rebecka Lindblad, and Henry J. Snaith
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Electron mobility ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Photoconductivity ,Inorganic chemistry ,Doping ,General Engineering ,Trihalide ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Halide ,Heterojunction ,Condensed Matter::Materials Science ,Condensed Matter::Superconductivity ,Optoelectronics ,Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons ,General Materials Science ,Thin film ,business ,Perovskite (structure) - Abstract
Solution-processed organometal trihalide perovskite solar cells are attracting increasing interest, leading to high performances over 15% in thin film architectures. Here, we probe the presence of sub gap states in both solid and mesosuperstructured perovskite films and determine that they strongly influence the photoconductivity response and splitting of the quasi-Fermi levels in films and solar cells. We find that while the planar perovskite films are superior to the mesosuperstructured films in terms of charge carrier mobility (in excess of 20 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1)) and emissivity, the planar heterojunction solar cells are limited in photovoltage by the presence of sub gap states and low intrinsic doping densities.
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- 2014