Dual-functional electrostatic self-assembly nanoparticles enable suppressed defects and improved charge transport in perovskite optoelectronic devices

Abstract

The performance of perovskite solar cells and photodetectors strongly depends on the carrier extraction in the electron transport layer/perovskite interface and the film quality of the perovskite layer. Ti3C2Tx MXene quantum dots, which exhibit both good conductivity of MXene materials and size-dependent tunable optoelectronic properties of quantum dots, were synthesized to form electrostatic self-assembly nanoparticles and further introduced into perovskite optoelectronic devices. The carrier extraction in electron transport layer/perovskite interface was significantly improved, and the defect density of the modified perovskite layer was effectively reduced. These improvements ultimately lead to a remarkable power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells increasing from 16.57 % to 23.47 %, and the photodetectors achieve responsivity approaching 35.54 mA W−1 and response speed of 154 ms (rise time) and 120 ms (decay time). Meanwhile, the long-time humidity, thermal and light stress stability of the devices were largely boosted, which originated from the better crystallization and suppressed degradation of the perovskite films.