Title |
Photon recycling in lead iodide perovskite solar cells
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Published in |
Science, March 2016
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DOI | 10.1126/science.aaf1168 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Luis M Pazos-Outón, Monika Szumilo, Robin Lamboll, Johannes M Richter, Micaela Crespo-Quesada, Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi, Harry J Beeson, Milan Vrućinić, Mejd Alsari, Henry J Snaith, Bruno Ehrler, Richard H Friend, Felix Deschler |
Abstract |
Lead-halide perovskites have emerged as high-performance photovoltaic materials. We mapped the propagation of photogenerated luminescence and charges from a local photoexcitation spot in thin films of lead tri-iodide perovskites. We observed light emission at distances of ≥50 micrometers and found that the peak of the internal photon spectrum red-shifts from 765 to ≥800 nanometers. We used a lateral-contact solar cell with selective electron- and hole-collecting contacts and observed that charge extraction for photoexcitation >50 micrometers away from the contacts arose from repeated recycling between photons and electron-hole pairs. Thus, energy transport is not limited by diffusive charge transport but can occur over long distances through multiple absorption-diffusion-emission events. This process creates high excitation densities within the perovskite layer and allows high open-circuit voltages. |
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