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Air-Processed Efficient Perovskite Solar Cell via Antisolvent Additive Engineering

안티솔벤트 첨가제 공정에 의한 대기 중 고효율 페로브스카이트 태양전지 제작

  • Se-Yeong Baek (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Seok-Soon Kim (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kunsan National University)
  • 백세영 (군산대학교 화학공학과) ;
  • 김석순 (군산대학교 화학공학과)
  • Received : 2024.02.27
  • Accepted : 2024.03.20
  • Published : 2024.04.10
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Abstract

Although antisolvent-assisted crystallization is one of the promising processes to produce high-quality perovskite films, general antisolvents such as chlorobenzene (CB) have toxic and volatile properties. In addition, CB is not suitable to control the crystallization of perovskite in the atmospheric air. In this work, isopropyl acetate (IA) is used as an eco-friendly antisolvent to demonstrate air-processed perovskite solar cells, and ethyl-4-cyanocinnamate (E4CN) with a cyano group, carbonyl group, and aromatic ring is introduced in IA to improve the performance and stability of devices. Defects at the surface and grain boundaries of the perovskite layer, such as un-coordinated Pb2+ and iodine, can be decreased resulting from the interaction of E4CN and perovskite, and thus reduced recombination and enhanced carrier transport can be expected. As a result, the perovskite device with E4CN achieves a high maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.89% and outstanding stability, maintaining 60% of the initial efficiency for 300 h in the air without any encapsulation.

안티솔벤트를 이용한 결정화는 밀도 높고 균일한 페로브스카이트 필름을 얻는 효과적인 접근 방법이나, 일반적으로 사용되는 chlorobenzene (CB)과 같은 안티솔벤트는 독성을 가지며, 공기 중에서 페로브스카이트 결정화의 제어가 용이하지 않다. 본 연구에서는 공기 중 공정에 적합하며 친환경적인 안티솔벤트인 isopropyl acetate (IA)를 사용하여 페로브스카이트 태양전지를 제작하고자 하며 사이아노기, 카보닐기 및 벤젠 고리와 같은 작용기를 포함한 ethyl-4-cyanocinnamate (E4CN)을 안티솔벤트에 첨가제로 사용함으로서 성능 및 안정성을 개선하고자 한다. E4CN과 페로브스카이트 결함과의 상호작용으로 페로브스카이트 필름에 존재하는 un-coordinated Pb2+ 및 I2 결함을 제어할 수 있으며 이로 인한 재조합의 억제와 전하추출의 개선을 관찰할 수 있다. 그 결과 E4CN을 사용한 페로브스카이트 소자는 기준 소자 대비 개선된 18.89%의 최대 전력 변환 효율을 보여준다. 더불어, 기준 소자의 경우, 소자효율이 시간에 따라 급격히 감소하여 200 시간 후 효율값이 0%까지 저하되지만 E4CN이 도입된 소자의 경우, 300 시간 후 초기 광전변환효율의 60%를 유지하는 개선된 안정성을 보여준다.

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본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부(MSIT)와 교육부의 재원으로 한국연구재단(NRF)의 지원을 받아 수행된 중견연구지원사업 (NRF-2021R1A2C1010194)의 결과입니다.

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