Novel GO/g-C3N4 heterojunction assisted interface engineering for
efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
Abstract
The energy level matching of perovskites was regarded as the
prerequisites for achieving high photovoltaic performance. Graphitic
carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a two-dimensional polymer semiconductor
material, which has good semiconductor properties, suitable electronic
band structure and excellent physical and chemical stability, and is
widely used in energy and materials science fields such as photoelectric
conversion. Graphene oxide (GO) is a two-dimensional π-conjugated carbon
atom sheet formed by sp2 hybrid bonds. Due to its unique electronic
properties, g-C3N4 is seamlessly splice with the two-dimensional domains
of GO through continuous π-conjugated bonds, which not only effectively
modify the electronic structure of g-C3N4, but also contribute to the
unhindered separation and transfer of electrons and holes in the plane.
Therefore, in this work, we can effectively passivate film trap defects
and significantly reduce non-radiative recombination by constructing
GO/g-C3N4 heterostructures as an ultra-thin interface modification layer
between the perovskite layer and the electron transport layer (ETL). As
a result, the addition of GO/g-C3N4 heterojunction modification layer
exhibited a much-improved conversion efficiency, inhibited the
recombination of carriers, and improved the mobility of carriers. The
unpackaged device demonstrated excellent stability, maintaining an
initial efficiency of more than 90% after over 1,000 hours of storage
under ambient conditions.