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Negative capacitance and hysteresis in encapsulated MAPbI3 and lead–tin (Pb–Sn) perovskite solar cells

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Impedance measurements on encapsulated Pb–Sn and MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells reveal unique capacitance and hysteresis behavior. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) of Pb–Sn and MAPbI3 solar cells remains around 9% and 10% after 71 and 51 days, respectively. Trap density and trap energy of around 1016 cm−3 and 0.45 eV were observed in Pb–Sn perovskite solar cells and around 1016 cm−3 and 0.13 eV for the MAPbI3 solar cell. The origin of negative capacitance was analyzed by impedance spectroscopy and an equivalent circuit based on the surface polarization model was used to extract transport parameters. The electric field within the depletion region, diffusion coefficient, diffusion length, mobility of ions, diffusion, and drift of mobile ions were calculated. We found that the negative capacitance behavior is directly related to the aging of perovskite samples. The results of impedance spectroscopy on PSC can be explained by a simple model of diffusion-controlled hysteresis.

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Acknowledgments

This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Agreement No 80NSSC19M0140 issued through NASA Oklahoma EPSCoR. The authors would also like to thank The University of Tulsa for financial support and Rusiri Rathnasekara, Grant Mayberry, and James Brenner for their help and support.

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    Ganga R. Neupane & Parameswar Hari

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK, 74106, USA

    Matthew Bamidele, Vishal Yeddu & Do Young Kim

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Neupane, G.R., Bamidele, M., Yeddu, V. et al. Negative capacitance and hysteresis in encapsulated MAPbI3 and lead–tin (Pb–Sn) perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Research 37, 1357–1372 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00540-2

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