TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kiermasch, David
A1  - Rieder, Philipp
A1  - Tvingstedt, Kristofer
A1  - Baumann, Andreas
A1  - Dyakonov, Vladimir
T1  - Improved charge carrier lifetime in planar perovskite solar cells by bromine doping
JF  - Scientific Reports
N2  - 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.
KW  - devices for energy harvesting
KW  - solar cells
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147976
VL  - 6
ER  -