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Solution-combustion-based nickel oxide hole transport layers via fuel regulation in inverted planar perovskite solar cells

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In recent years, metal oxide hole transporting layers (HTLs) have been commonly used in inverted planar perovskite solar cells. Due to high optical transmittance, better long-term stability, and suitable energy band characteristics, NiOx HTLs have been intensively studied. The NiOx materials prepared by solution-combustion method with characteristics of self-energy generation and exothermic reaction have received much attention, which significantly reduces the reaction temperature compared with the traditional sol–gel methods. In this paper, a NiOx film with better conductivity and enhanced carrier extraction was obtained by adjusting the fuel concentration in the nickel oxide precursor solution. It was also confirmed that perovskite film was improved with larger grain size and reduced trap-state densities. As a consequence, by using the 10 ul/ml optimal concentration of acetylacetone in the NiOx precursor solution, the inverted planar perovskite solar cells achieved a maximum power conversion efficiency of 14.37%.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61974074), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (17JCYBJC21200, 18JCQNJC71800), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Nankai University (63191101, 63191740, 63191745).

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  1. Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Yue Liu, Hongkun Cai, Jian Su, Xiaofang Ye, Jingtao Yang, Xiaojuan Liang, Jiayi Guan, Xiaojun Zhou, Jian Ni, Juan Li & Jianjun Zhang

  2. Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Hongkun Cai, Jian Ni, Juan Li & Jianjun Zhang

  3. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Film Electronic &Communication Devices, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China

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Liu, Y., Cai, H., Su, J. et al. Solution-combustion-based nickel oxide hole transport layers via fuel regulation in inverted planar perovskite solar cells. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 15225–15232 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04087-y

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