@article{KrausHeiberVaethetal.2016,
  author    = {Kraus, Hannes and Heiber, Michael C. and V{\"a}th, Stefan and Kern, Julia and Deibel, Carsten and Sperlich, Andreas and Dyakonov, Vladimir},
  title     = {Analysis of Triplet Exciton Loss Pathways in PTB7:PC\(_{71}\)BM Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  number    = {29158},
  doi       = {10.1038/srep29158},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147413},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {A strategy for increasing the conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaics has been to increase the VOC by tuning the energy levels of donor and acceptor components. However, this opens up a new loss pathway from an interfacial charge transfer state to a triplet exciton (TE) state called electron back transfer (EBT), which is detrimental to device performance. To test this hypothesis, we study triplet formation in the high performing PTB7:PC\(_{71}\)BM blend system and determine the impact of the morphology-optimizing additive 1,8-diiodoctane (DIO). Using photoluminescence and spin-sensitive optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) measurements at low temperature, we find that TEs form on PC\(_{71}\)BM via intersystem crossing from singlet excitons and on PTB7 via EBT mechanism. For DIO blends with smaller fullerene domains, an increased density of PTB7 TEs is observed. The EBT process is found to be significant only at very low temperature. At 300 K, no triplets are detected via ODMR, and electrically detected magnetic resonance on optimized solar cells indicates that TEs are only present on the fullerenes. We conclude that in PTB7:PC\(_{71}\)BM devices, TE formation via EBT is impacted by fullerene domain size at low temperature, but at room temperature, EBT does not represent a dominant loss pathway.},
  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}
}
@article{TvingstedtMalinkiewiczBaumannetal.2014,
  author    = {Tvingstedt, Kristofer and Malinkiewicz, Olga and Baumann, Andreas and Deibel, Carsten and Snaith, Henry J. and Dyakonov, Vladimir and Bolink, Henk J.},
  title     = {Radiative efficiency of lead iodide based perovskite solar cells},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {4},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  doi       = {10.1038/srep06071},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-119360},
  pages     = {6071},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {The maximum efficiency of any solar cell can be evaluated in terms of its corresponding ability to emit light. We herein determine the important figure of merit of radiative efficiency for Methylammonium Lead Iodide perovskite solar cells and, to put in context, relate it to an organic photovoltaic (OPV) model device. We evaluate the reciprocity relation between electroluminescence and photovoltaic quantum efficiency and conclude that the emission from the perovskite devices is dominated by a sharp band-to-band transition that has a radiative efficiency much higher than that of an average OPV device. As a consequence, the perovskite have the benefit of retaining an open circuit voltage ~0.14 V closer to its radiative limit than the OPV cell. Additionally, and in contrast to OPVs, we show that the photoluminescence of the perovskite solar cell is substantially quenched under short circuit conditions in accordance with how an ideal photovoltaic cell should operate.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BaumannTvingstedtHeiberetal.2014,
  author    = {Baumann, A. and Tvingstedt, K. and Heiber, M. C. and V{\"a}th, S. and Momblona, C. and Bolink, H. J. and Dyakonov, V.},
  title     = {Persistent photovoltage in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells},
  series = {APL Materials},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {APL Materials},
  number    = {8},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.4885255},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-119397},
  pages     = {081501},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {We herein perform open circuit voltage decay (OCVD) measurements on methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite solar cells to increase the understanding of the charge carrier recombination dynamics in this emerging technology. Optically pulsed OCVD measurements are conducted on CH3NH3PbI3 solar cells and compared to results from another type of thin-film photovoltaics, namely, the two reference polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cell devices based on P3HT:PC60BM and PTB7:PC70BM blends. We observe two very different time domains of the voltage transient in the perovskite solar cell with a first drop on a short time scale that is similar to the decay in the studied organic solar cells. However, 65\%-70\% of the maximum photovoltage persists on much longer timescales in the perovskite solar cell than in the organic devices. In addition, we find that the recombination dynamics in all time regimes are dependent on the starting illumination intensity, which is also not observed in the organic devices. We then discuss the potential origins of these unique behaviors.},
  language  = {en}
}