Time-resolved photoluminescence: a precision tool for shallow trap density determination in perovskite films

Wei Chen; Yifeng Shi; Pengxiang Wang; Guodong Zhang; Hu Wang; Yifan Zheng; Yuchuan Shao

doi:10.3788/COL202422.084001

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 8, 084001(2024)

Time-resolved photoluminescence: a precision tool for shallow trap density determination in perovskite films

Wei Chen^1,2, Yifeng Shi¹, Pengxiang Wang¹, Guodong Zhang¹, Hu Wang¹, Yifan Zheng^1、*, and Yuchuan Shao^1、**

¹Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²School of Material Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

show less

References(35)

[1] M. Li, Y.-G. Yang, Z.-K. Wang et al. Perovskite grains embraced in a soft fullerene network make highly efficient flexible solar cells with superior mechanical stability. Adv. Mater., 31, 1901519(2019).

[2] Y. Chen, X. Zuo, Y. He et al. Dual passivation of perovskite and SnO2 for high-efficiency MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells. Adv. Sci., 8, 2001466(2021).

[3] Z. Chen, B. Turedi, A. Y. Alsalloum et al. Single-crystal MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells exceeding 21% power conversion efficiency. ACS Energy Lett., 4, 1258(2019).

[4] N. Li, A. Feng, X. Guo et al. Engineering the hole extraction interface enables single-crystal MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells with efficiency exceeding 22% and superior indoor response. Adv. Energy Mater., 12, 2103241(2022).

[5] J. Chang, H. Zhu, B. Li et al. Boosting the performance of planar heterojunction perovskite solar cell by controlling the precursor purity of perovskite materials. J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, 887(2016).

[6] E. A. Alharbi, A. Krishna, T. P. Baumeler et al. Methylammonium triiodide for defect engineering of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells. ACS Energy Lett., 6, 3650(2021).

[7] P. Chen, Y. Bai, S. Wang et al. In situ growth of 2D perovskite capping layer for stable and efficient perovskite solar cells. Adv. Funct. Mater., 28, 1706923(2018).

[8] J. Jiang, Z. Jin, F. Gao et al. CsPbCl3-driven low-trap-density perovskite grain growth for >20% solar cell efficiency. Adv. Sci., 5, 1800474(2018).

[9] D. Bai, J. Zhang, Z. Jin et al. Interstitial Mn2+-driven high-aspect-ratio grain growth for low-trap-density microcrystalline films for record efficiency CsPbi2Br solar cells. ACS Energy Lett., 3, 970(2018).

[10] F. Cai, Y. Yan, J. Yao et al. Ionic additive engineering toward high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with reduced grain boundaries and trap density. Adv. Funct. Mater., 28, 1801985(2018).

[11] Y. C. Choi, D. U. Lee, J. H. Noh et al. Highly improved Sb2S3 sensitized-inorganic–organic heterojunction solar cells and quantification of traps by deep-level transient spectroscopy. Adv. Funct. Mater., 24, 3587(2014).

[12] K. Lauer, A. Laades, H. Übensee et al. Detailed analysis of the microwave-detected photoconductance decay in crystalline silicon. J. Appl. Phys., 104, 104503(2008).

[13] S. Wang, P. Kaienburg, B. Klingebiel et al. Understanding thermal admittance spectroscopy in low-mobility semiconductors. J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 9795(2018).

[14] J. E. Kroeze, T. J. Savenije, J. M. Warman. Electrodeless determination of the trap density, decay kinetics, and charge separation efficiency of dye-sensitized nanocrystalline tio2. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 7608(2004).

[15] K. Fujihara, S. Izumi, T. Ohno et al. Time-resolved photoluminescence of particulate TiO2 photocatalysts suspended in aqueous solutions. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 132, 99(2000).

[16] A. Gorgis, T. Flissikowski, O. Brandt et al. Time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of individual gan nanowires. Phys. Rev. B, 86, 041302(2012).

[17] P. Lefebvre, J. Allègre, B. Gil et al. Time-resolved photoluminescence as a probe of internal electric fields in GaN-(GaAl)N quantum wells. Phys. Rev. B, 59, 15363(1999).

[18] J. Ryan, R. Taylor, A. Turberfield et al. Time-resolved photoluminescence of two-dimensional hot carriers in GaAs-AlGaAs heterostructures. Phys. Rev. Lett., 53, 1841(1984).

[19] J. Stathis, M. Kastner. Time-resolved photoluminescence in amorphous silicon dioxide. Phys. Rev. B, 35, 2972(1987).

[20] J. Qin, X.-K. Liu, C. Yin et al. Carrier dynamics and evaluation of lasing actions in halide perovskites. Trends Chem., 3, 34(2021).

[21] Y. Yamada, M. Endo, A. Wakamiya et al. Spontaneous defect annihilation in CH3NH3PbI3 thin films at room temperature revealed by time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 6, 482(2015).

[22] A. A. Baloch, F. H. Alharbi, G. Grancini et al. Analysis of photocarrier dynamics at interfaces in perovskite solar cells by time-resolved photoluminescence. J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 26805(2018).

[23] Y. Yamada, T. Nakamura, M. Endo et al. Photocarrier recombination dynamics in perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 for solar cell applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 11610(2014).

[24] T. Du, J. Kim, J. Ngiam et al. Elucidating the origins of subgap tail states and open-circuit voltage in methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells. Adv. Funct. Mater., 28, 1801808(2018).

[25] J. M. Ball, A. Petrozza. Defects in perovskite-halides and their effects in solar cells. Nat. Energy, 1, 16149(2016).

[26] S. Mirjalili, S. Mirjalili. Genetic algorithm. Evolutionary Algorithms and Neural Networks: Theory and Applications, 43(2019).

[27] Y. Shi, Y. Zheng, X. Xiao et al. Vertical grain-shape engineering for high-efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 4, 101649(2023).

[28] J. Zhou, D. He, Y. Li et al. Reducing trap density in organic solar cells via extending the fused ring donor unit of an A–D–A-type nonfullerene acceptor for over 17% efficiency. Adv. Mater., 35, 2207336(2022).

[29] W. Shockley, W. Read. Statistics of the recombinations of holes and electrons. Phys. Rev., 87, 835(1952).

[30] M. Maiberg, T. Hölscher, S. Zahedi-Azad et al. Theoretical study of time-resolved luminescence in semiconductors. III. Trap states in the band gap. J. Appl. Phys., 118, 10(2015).

[31] B. Olyaeefar, S. Ahmadi-Kandjani, A. Asgari. Bulk and interface recombination in planar lead halide perovskite solar cells: a drift-diffusion study. Physica E, 94, 118(2017).

[32] A. M. A. Leguy, P. Azarhoosh, M. I. Alonso et al. Experimental and theoretical optical properties of methylammonium lead halide perovskites. Nanoscale, 8, 6317(2016).

[33] G. Feng, P. Zeng, X. Liu et al. A realistic model of temperature dependent carrier diffusion constant in MaPbI3 films. Appl. Surf. Sci., 606, 154908(2022).

[34] G. Xing, N. Mathews, S. S. Lim et al. Low-temperature solution-processed wavelength-tunable perovskites for lasing. Nat. Mater., 13, 476(2014).

[35] S. Draguta, S. Thakur, Y. V. Morozov et al. Spatially non-uniform trap state densities in solution-processed hybrid perovskite thin films. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 7, 715(2016).

Tools

Get Citation

Copy Citation Text

Wei Chen, Yifeng Shi, Pengxiang Wang, Guodong Zhang, Hu Wang, Yifan Zheng, Yuchuan Shao, "Time-resolved photoluminescence: a precision tool for shallow trap density determination in perovskite films," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 084001 (2024)

Download Citation

EndNote(RIS)BibTex Plain Text

Set citation alerts for article

Save article for my favorites