Recently, based on a lot of advantages, organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite has been used in many ways, among which it exhibited outstanding characteristic for photovoltaic performance in application to solar cells. In addition, low-cost fabricat...
Recently, based on a lot of advantages, organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite has been used in many ways, among which it exhibited outstanding characteristic for photovoltaic performance in application to solar cells. In addition, low-cost fabrication and low-temperature solution process are possible, and since it has an appropriate band gap, there are lot of interest and research as a material for the next generation of solar cells. The CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3)-perovskite solar cells (PSCs) show effective solar light utilization and high solar efficiency compared to conventional solar cells, but because they are greatly affected by external environments (such as temperature, moisture, light, etc.). For this reason, the research is needed to improve the stability of the perovskite materials and prevent the degradation of the PSCs. The utility of solar light used as an energy source for solar cells and the following problems must also be solved. The range of solar light entering the PSCs is mostly in a wide area of wavelengths from ultraviolet (UV) to infrared (IR), but the wavelength region mainly used is the visible light, which is about half of the actual incoming solar light. Unfortunately, the MAPbI3 PSCs show effective photovoltaic performance but exhibit low utilization and instability in the UV region within the solar usage range. The UV-light easily decomposes MAPbI3, which adversely affects the performance of PSCs and is also limited and inefficient in their use.
Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to enhance the availability of UV-light used in the PSCs. Ultimately, I tried to increase the utilization of UVlight in sunlight and consequently improve the performance of the PSCs. Europium (Eu) from the Lanthanide group and Bathophenanthroline (Bphen) were synthesized a powder called Eu-complex that converts the UV-light into the visible-light. This conversion is referred to down-conversion. The downconversion mechanism allows more sunlight to be utilized, thus allowing more light to be harvested, resulting in more effects when introduced into the PSCs. It was confirmed that the performance and power conversion efficiency increased, compared to the reference cell. As a result, the Eu-complex was shown to enhance the light-harvesting of the PSCs and to raise the stability of the UV region through the down-conversion process.