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Unraveling the Energetic Landscape of Perovskite Solar Cells: A Synergy of 2D Drift‐Diffusion Simulations and Tapered Cross‐Section Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Baretzky, Clemens ; Maheu, Clément ; Frericks, Markus ; Mayer, Thomas ; Würfel, Uli (2024)
Unraveling the Energetic Landscape of Perovskite Solar Cells: A Synergy of 2D Drift‐Diffusion Simulations and Tapered Cross‐Section Photoelectron Spectroscopy.
In: Solar RRL, 2023, 7 (20)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00027175
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Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Unraveling the Energetic Landscape of Perovskite Solar Cells: A Synergy of 2D Drift‐Diffusion Simulations and Tapered Cross‐Section Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Language: English
Date: 4 June 2024
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: October 2023
Place of primary publication: Weinheim
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Journal or Publication Title: Solar RRL
Volume of the journal: 7
Issue Number: 20
Collation: 10 Seiten
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00027175
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Origin: Secondary publication DeepGreen
Abstract:

Interfaces are crucial elements that define the electronic properties of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, obtaining the band structure of a full PSC and accessing its buried layers and interfaces without modifying the device is challenging. A tapered cross section (TCS) of a PSC (i.e., a PSC polished under a very shallow angle) offers access to these buried parts on a width one or two orders of magnitude larger than the lateral resolution of a photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) set‐up. Herein, 2D numerical drift‐diffusion simulations are combined with TCS‐PES measurements to access the electrostatic potential profile with high spatial resolution along the PSC, allowing us to construct the band diagram of device. Thus, it is confirmed experimentally that the presence of a band bending at the interfaces between perovskite and charge‐transport layers and quantified under various conditions relevant to solar cell operation. Such synergy between the TCS‐PES approach and numerical simulation provides substantial information about the energetic landscape at the interfaces in PSCs and is essential for devices without mostly field‐free layers. These insights for dark and illuminated conditions are central to understand the nature of interfaces within PSCs.

Uncontrolled Keywords: energetic landscape, perovskite solar cells, photoelectron spectroscopy, tapered cross section, 2D drift-diffusion simulations
Identification Number: Artikel-ID: 2300355
Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-271751
Classification DDC: 500 Science and mathematics > 530 Physics
Divisions: 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science > Surface Science
Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2024 12:37
Last Modified: 07 Jun 2024 07:36
SWORD Depositor: Deep Green
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/27175
PPN: 518865738
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