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Low-temperature processed solar cells with formamidinium tin halide perovskite/fullerene heterojunctions

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A new type of lead-free, formamidinium (FA)-based halide perovskites, FASnI2Br, are investigated as light-harvesting materials for low-temperature processed p–i–n heterojunction solar cells with different configurations. The FASnI2Br perovskite, with a band-gap of 1.68 eV, exhibits optimal photovoltaic performance after low-temperature annealing at 75 °C. By using C60 as electron-transport layer, the device yields a hysteresis-less power conversion efficiency of 1.72%. The possible use of an inorganic MoO x film as a new type of independent hole-transport layer for the present tin-based perovskite solar cells is also demonstrated.

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  1. Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and AIBN, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Meng Zhang, Miaoqiang Lyu, Jung-Ho Yun, Qiong Wang, Paul C. Dastoor & Lianzhou Wang

  2. Centre for Organic Electronics, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia

    Mahir Noori, Xiaojing Zhou, Nathan A. Cooling & Hua Yu

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Zhang, M., Lyu, M., Yun, JH. et al. Low-temperature processed solar cells with formamidinium tin halide perovskite/fullerene heterojunctions. Nano Res. 9, 1570–1577 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1051-8

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