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Lith. J. Phys. 60, 172–184 (2020)
 

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES OF HYBRID PEROVSKITES IN SOLAR CELLS WITH TiO2 AND Mg0.2Zn0.8O ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS
Aurimas Čerškusa.b, Steponas Ašmontasa, Kazimeras Petrauskasa, Algirdas Sužiedėlisa, Jonas Gradauskasa.b, Anatoliy Serhiyovuch Opanasyukc, and Bonifacas Vengalisa
  a State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, 02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
b Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
c Sumy State University, 2 Rymskogo-Korsakova St., 40007 Sumy, Ukraine
Email: aurimas.cerskus@ftmc.lt

Received 28 November 2019; revised 3 February 2020; accepted 17 March 2020

This paper presents a study of the photoluminescence properties of hybrid perovskite films deposited on titanium and magnesium zinc oxide films, as electron transport layers, using the spin-coating technique. The subject of the investigation was continuous wave photoluminescence versus temperature, excitation power and transient photoluminescence. Moreover, the paper discusses possible carrier recombination mechanisms. Complex temporal decay was approximated through the use of several models, but only the four-exponent model and the model using the sum of two hyperbolic functions provided a good agreement with the experimental data. The first attempt to replace titanium dioxide with magnesium zinc oxide in conjunction with the perovskite layer showed improved optical properties such as a weaker non-radiative recombination process and a longer decay time constant.
Keywords: perovskite, solar cell, photoluminescence, time resolved spectroscopy
PACS: 81.10.Dn, 84.60.Jt, 78.55.-m, 78.47.D

HIBRIDINIŲ PEROVSKITŲ FOTOLIUMINESCENCIJOS SAVYBĖS SAULĖS ELEMENTUOSE SU TiO2 IR Mg0,2Zn0,8O ELEKTRONŲ PERNAŠOS SLUOKSNIAIS
Aurimas Čerškusa.b, Steponas Ašmontasa, Kazimeras Petrauskasa, Algirdas Sužiedėlisa, Jonas Gradauskasa.b, Anatoliy Serhiyovuch Opanasyukc, Bonifacas Vengalisa

a Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centras, Vilnius, Lietuva
b Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas, Vilnius, Lietuva
c Valstybinis Sumų universitetas, Sumai, Ukraina
Pateikiami perovskitų sluoksnių, nusodintų centrifuginio dengimo metodu ant titano dioksido ir cinko magnio oksido kaip elektronų pernašos sluoksnių, fotoliuminescencijos savybių tyrimai. Ištirta liuminescencijos priklausomybė nuo temperatūros ir žadinimo intensyvumo bei liuminescencijos gesimo kinetika. Be to, darbe aptariami galimi krūvininkų rekombinacijos mechanizmai. Sudėtingas liuminescencijos gesimas buvo aproksimuotas keliais modeliais, tačiau tik keturių eksponenčių ir dviejų hiperbolinių funkcijų sumos modelis geriausiai aprašo eksperimentinius rezultatus. Pirmas bandymas pakeisti titano dioksidą magnio cinko oksidu pagerino perovskito optines savybes: sumažėjo nespindulinė rekombinacija ir pailgėjo gesimo trukmė.
 
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