@article{KiermaschFischerGilEscrigetal.2021,
  author    = {Kiermasch, David and Fischer, Mathias and Gil-Escrig, Lid{\´o}n and Baumann, Andreas and Bolink, Henk J. and Dyakonov, Vladimir and Tvingstedt, Kristofer},
  title     = {Reduced Recombination Losses in Evaporated Perovskite Solar Cells by Postfabrication Treatment},
  series = {Solar RRL},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Solar RRL},
  number    = {11},
  doi       = {10.1002/solr.202100400},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-258003},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {The photovoltaic perovskite research community has now developed a large set of tools and techniques to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE). One such arcane trick is to allow the finished devices to dwell in time, and the PCE often improves. Herein, a mild postannealing procedure is implemented on coevaporated perovskite solar cells confirming a substantial PCE improvement, mainly attributed to an increased open-circuit voltage (V\(_{OC}\)). From a V\(_{OC}\) of around 1.11 V directly after preparation, the voltage improves to more than 1.18 V by temporal and thermal annealing. To clarify the origin of this annealing effect, an in-depth device experimental and simulation characterization is conducted. A simultaneous reduction of the dark saturation current, the ideality factor (n\(_{id}\)), and the leakage current is revealed, signifying a substantial impact of the postannealing procedure on recombination losses. To investigate the carrier dynamics in more detail, a set of transient optoelectrical methods is first evaluated, ascertaining that the bulk carrier lifetime is increased with device annealing. Second, a drift-diffusion simulation is used, confirming that the beneficial effect of the annealing has its origin in effective bulk trap passivation that accordingly leads to a reduction of Shockley-Read-Hall recombination rates.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Kiermasch2020,
  author    = {Kiermasch, David},
  title     = {Charge Carrier Recombination Dynamics in Hybrid Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-20862},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-208629},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In order to facilitate the human energy needs with renewable energy sources in the future, new concepts and ideas for the electricity generation are needed. Solar cells based on metal halide perovskite semiconductors represent a promising approach to address these demands in both single-junction and tandem configurations with existing silicon technology. Despite intensive research, however, many physical properties and the working principle of perovskite PVs are still not fully understood. In particular, charge carrier recombination losses have so far mostly been studied on pure films not embedded in a complete solar cell. This thesis aimed for the identification and quantification of charge carrier recombination dynamics in fully working devices under conditions corresponding to those under real operation. To study different PV systems, transient electrical methods, more precisely Open-Circuit Voltage Decay (OCVD), Transient Photovoltage (TPV) and Charge Extraction (CE), were applied. Whereas OCVD and TPV provide information about the recombination lifetime, CE allows to access the charge carrier density at a specific illumination intensity. The benefit of combining these different methods is that the obtained quantities can not only be related to the Voc but also to each other, thus enabling to determine also the dominant recombination mechanisms.The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a better understanding of recombination losses in fully working perovskite solar cells and the experimental techniques which are applied to determine these losses.},
  subject      = {Solarzelle},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KiermaschRiederTvingstedtetal.2016,
  author    = {Kiermasch, David and Rieder, Philipp and Tvingstedt, Kristofer and Baumann, Andreas and Dyakonov, Vladimir},
  title     = {Improved charge carrier lifetime in planar perovskite solar cells by bromine doping},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  doi       = {10.1038/srep39333},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147976},
  pages     = {39333},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {The charge carrier lifetime is an important parameter in solar cells as it defines, together with the mobility, the diffusion length of the charge carriers, thus directly determining the optimal active layer thickness of a device. Herein, we report on charge carrier lifetime values in bromine doped planar methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI\(_3\)) solar cells determined by transient photovoltage. The corresponding charge carrier density has been derived from charge carrier extraction. We found increased lifetime values in solar cells incorporating bromine compared to pure MAPbI\(_3\) by a factor of ~2.75 at an illumination intensity corresponding to 1 sun. In the bromine containing solar cells we additionally observe an anomalously high value of extracted charge, which we deduce to originate from mobile ions.},
  language  = {en}
}