High‐Quality Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite Film for Lead‐Free Inverted Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells with 2.2 % Efficiency

• Published in: Chemphyschem 2018-07, Vol.19 (14), p.1696-1700
• Main Authors: Gao, Weiyin, Ran, Chenxin, Xi, Jun, Jiao, Bo, Zhang, Wenwen, Wu, Mincai, Hou, Xun, Wu, Zhaoxin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: anti-solvent; Cs2AgBiBr6; Energy conversion efficiency; Heterojunctions; lead-free double perovskite; micro-sized grains; Morphology; Perovskites; Photovoltaic cells; planar heterojunction solar cells; Solar cells; Stability
• ISSN: 1439-4235; 1439-7641
• DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800346

All‐inorganic double‐metal perovskite materials have recently gained much attention due to their three dimensionality (3D) and non‐toxic nature to replace lead‐based perovskite materials. Among all those double perovskite materials, theoretical works have demonstrated that Cs2AgBiBr6 shows high stability and possesses a suitable band gap for solar‐cell applications. However, the film‐forming ability of Cs2AgBiBr6 is found to be the utmost challenge hindering its development in thin‐film solar‐cell devices. In this work, a high‐quality Cs2AgBiBr6 film with ultra‐smooth morphology, micro‐sized grains, and high crystallinity is realized via anti‐solvent dropping technology and post‐annealing at high temperature. After optimization, the first example of an inverted planar heterojunction solar‐cell device based on Cs2AgBiBr6 exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 2.23 % with VOC=1.01 V, JSC=3.19 mA/cm2, and FF=69.2 %. Besides, the device shows no hysteresis and a high stability. A high‐quality double perovskite film is prepared by fast crystallization via the anti‐solvent dropping method. Micro‐sized grains and a high crystallinity of the film can be obtained by a post‐annealing process. The resulting inverted planar heterojunction solar‐cell devices show a decent efficiency of 2.23% with no hysteresis and a high stability.