Impacts of plasmonic nanoparticles incorporation and interface energy alignment for highly efficient carbon-based perovskite solar cells.

ABSTRACT: This work utilizes a realistic electro-optical coupled simulation to study the (i) impact of mesoporous TiO₂ removal; (ii) the embedding of Ag@SiO₂ and SiO₂@Ag@SiO₂ plasmonic nanoparticles; (iii) utilization of solution-processed inorganic p-type copper(I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) layer at the perovskite/carbon interface; and (iv) the increase of the work function of carbon electrodes (via incorporation of suitable additives/binders to the carbon ink) on the performance of carbon-based PSCs. Removal of mesoporous TiO₂ increased the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the device from 14.83 to 16.50% due to the increase in exciton generation rate and charge carriers' mobility in the vicinity of the perovskite-compact TiO₂ interfac

SUBMITTER: Omrani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8967905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature