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Inorganic based hole transport materials for perovskite solar cells

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In this article, we report the photovoltaic performance of MAPbI3 perovskite using inorganic hole transport materials such as CuI and CuSCN. Structural, optical and morphological investigations were carried out by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV–visible absorption and scanning electron microscopy. Two different architectures such as mesoscopic (FTO/TiO2/MAPbI3/CuSCN/Au) and inverted (ITO/CuI/MAPbI3/PCBM/Ag) structures were used. The devices displayed (cell area of 0.25 cm2) a short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 16.82 mA/cm2, open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.89 V, fill factor of 61.4%, and a PCE of 9.2%. Under similar conditions, the device with CuI shows a PCE of 3.4%, with a decrease in the Jsc (12.30 mA/cm2), fill factor (47.20%) and Voc (0.57 V). The variations of the device performance have been discussed in detail.

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The authors express their sincere thanks to Department of Atomic Energy - Board of Research in Nuclear Science, Government of India, (34/14/12/2016-BRNS/34038) Mumbai for financial Support.

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  1. Department of Energy Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, 630 003, India

    S. Karuppuchamy & K. Ramachandran

  2. Electrochemical Materials Science Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, 630 003, India

    G. Murugadoss & R. Thangamuthu

  3. Technical Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 085, India

    Vibha Saxena

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Karuppuchamy, S., Murugadoss, G., Ramachandran, K. et al. Inorganic based hole transport materials for perovskite solar cells. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 8847–8853 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8902-x

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