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Synergistic Effect of Polyethylene Oxide Layer on TiO2/TiO2-Graphene based Perovskite Solar Cell

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2020.23034
Deepika Gaur
Department of Applied Sciences, The NorthCap University, Gurugram-122017, India
Sunita Sharma
Department of Applied Sciences, The NorthCap University, Gurugram-122017, India
S.K. Ghoshal
Department of Physics, AOMRG, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Pooja Seth
School of Basics and Applied Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Delhi-110078, India
Shruti Aggarwal
School of Basics and Applied Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Delhi-110078, India
Neha Aggarwal
Advanced Materials and Devices, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012, India

Corresponding Author(s) : Sunita Sharma

sunphotonics@gmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 32 No. 12 (2020): Vol 32 Issue 12, 2020

Abstract

This article reports the influence of titania (TiO2) and TiO2-graphene (TGr) as electron transport layer (ETL) on the performance of polyethylene oxide (PEO) based perovskite solar cell (PSC). Compared to most commonly used ETLs, graphene based ETLs showed immense promise towards scalable fabrication and higher carrier injection of PSC. Driven by this idea, PEO layer was introduced in TiO2 and TGr based PSC to inspect the feasibility of achieving notably high fill factor. As-grown nanocomposites were analyzed using varied analytical tools to determine the effect of graphene inclusion on their morphology, optical and electrical properties. An increase in the absorption bandwidth and red-shift in the absorption peak was observed from UV-VIS spectra indicating band gap narrowing. By exploiting TGr nanocomposite in perovskite solar cells as electron collection layer, a remarkable fill factor of 44% has been achieved. In short, present disclosure may contribute towards the development of ETL in high performing PEO based perovskite solar cell (PSC).

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Perovskite solar cells Titania Graphene Absorption Photoluminescence Fill factor
Gaur, D., Sharma, S., Ghoshal, S., Seth, P., Aggarwal, S., & Aggarwal, N. (2020). Synergistic Effect of Polyethylene Oxide Layer on TiO2/TiO2-Graphene based Perovskite Solar Cell. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 32(12), 3219–3226. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2020.23034
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