BARC/PUB/2023/0004

 
 

Study of bias-induced degradation mechanism in perovskite CH3NH3PbI3-xClx solar cells by electroluminescence spectroscopy

 
     
 
Author(s)

Gupta, D.; Veerender, P.; Sridevi, C.; Koiry, S. P.; Jha, P.; Chauhan, A. K.
(TPD)

Source

Applied Physics-A, 2023. Vol. 129: Article no. 127

ABSTRACT

We investigate the electrical bias-induced degradation mechanism in non-encapsulated mixed halide perovskite CH3NH3PbI3-xClx solar cells in ambient conditions using spatial and time-resolved electroluminescence (EL) measurements. The analyses of spatially resolved EL images reveal the inhomogeneous distribution of luminescence efficiency of the perovskite layer. A significant decrease of ~33% in power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 12.15 to 8.15% is found after applying a bias voltage larger than the open-circuit voltage (Voc) for ~60 min in the ambient environment. Our findings show that the combined effects of cation defects (MA+/VMA+) migration and decomposition of the perovskite layer are primarily responsible for degrading EL intensity and the photovoltaic properties.

 
 
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