Yang, L;
Dall'Agnese, C;
Dall'Agnese, Y;
Chen, G;
Gao, Y;
Sanehira, Y;
Jena, AK;
... Miyasaka, T; + view all
(2019)
Surface‐Modified Metallic Ti3C2Tx MXene as Electron Transport Layer for Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells.
Advanced Functional Materials
, 29
(46)
, Article 1905694. 10.1002/adfm.201905694.
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Abstract
MXenes are a large and rapidly expanding family of 2D materials that, owing to their unique optoelectronic properties and tunable surface termination, find a wide range of applications including energy storage and energy conversion. In this work, Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets are applied as a novel type of electron transport layer (ETL) in low‐temperature processed planar‐structured perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Interestingly, simple UV‐ozone treatment of the metallic Ti3C2Tx that increases the surface TiO bonds without any change in its bulk properties such as high electron mobility improves its suitability as an ETL. Improved electron transfer and suppressed recombination at the ETL/perovskite interface results in augmentation of the power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 5.00% in the case of Ti3C2Tx without UV‐ozone treatment to the champion PCE of 17.17%, achieved using the Ti3C2Tx film after 30 min of UV‐ozone treatment. As the first report on the use of pure MXene layer as an ETL in PSCs, this work shows the great potential of MXenes to be used in PSCs and displays their promise for applications in photovoltaic technology in general.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Surface‐Modified Metallic Ti3C2Tx MXene as Electron Transport Layer for Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/adfm.201905694 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201905694 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | UV-ozone treatment, Ti3C2Tx MXene, electron transport layers, perovskite solar cells |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > MAPS Faculty Office UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > MAPS Faculty Office > Institute for Materials Discovery |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081720 |
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