Microwave-Synthesized Tin Oxide Nanocrystals for Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Planar Junction Organo-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
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Abulikemu, Mutalifu
Neophytou, Marios
Barbe, Jeremy

Tietze, Max Lutz
El Labban, Abdulrahman

Anjum, Dalaver H.

Amassian, Aram

McCulloch, Iain

Del Gobbo, Silvano
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionChemical Science Program
Electron Microscopy
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Group
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2017Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623096
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Tin oxide has been demonstrate to possess outstanding optoelectronic properties such as optical transparency and high electron mobility, therefore, it was successfully utilized as electron transporting layer in various kind of solar cells. In this study, for the first time, highly dispersible SnO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by microwave-assisted non-aqueous sol-gel route in an organic medium. Ethanol dispersion of the as-prepared nanoparticles was used to cast an uniform thin layer of SnO2 without the aid of aggregating agent and at low temperatures. Organohalide perovskite solar cells were fabricated using SnO2 as electron transporting layer. Morphological and spectroscopic investigations, in addition to the good photoconversion efficiency obtained evidenced that nanoparticles synthesized by this route have optimal properties such small size and crystallinity to form a continuous film, furthermore, this method allows high reproducibility and scalability of the film deposition process.Citation
Abulikemu M, Neophytou M, Barbé J, Tietze ML, El Labban A, et al. (2017) Microwave-Synthesized Tin Oxide Nanocrystals for Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Planar Junction Organo-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. J Mater Chem A. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ta00975e.Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
Journal of Materials Chemistry Aae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1039/c7ta00975e