Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting Material

Perovskite photovoltaics is one of the fastest growing research field in materials science. The effect of caffeine in the absorber structure of the PSCs was studied systematically in this study. Caffeine was added at different concentration ratio of 0.3 ml (S1), 0.6 ml (S2), 0.9 ml (S3) and 1.2 ml (...

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Main Authors: Nicodemus Kure, Onimisi, M. Y., Ali, H., Ige, O.O., Owolabi, A., Ahmed N.
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Published: Nigerian Defence Academy 2024-04-01
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author Nicodemus Kure
Onimisi, M. Y.
Ali, H.
Ige, O.O.
Owolabi, A.
Ahmed N.
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Onimisi, M. Y.
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Ige, O.O.
Owolabi, A.
Ahmed N.
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description Perovskite photovoltaics is one of the fastest growing research field in materials science. The effect of caffeine in the absorber structure of the PSCs was studied systematically in this study. Caffeine was added at different concentration ratio of 0.3 ml (S1), 0.6 ml (S2), 0.9 ml (S3) and 1.2 ml (S4) while the PSCs without caffeine content is denoted as C. The as-prepared PSCs were characterized via SEM, UV-vis, Profiler and J-V analysis techniques. The SEM results shows a nucleated orientation with average diameter of 185.16±0.2 µm. Optical analysis shows a red shift within the visible light spectrum, indicated a more visible lights are being absorbed, thus, a potential photoanode for perovskite solar cells applications. The profiler results shows the as-prepared nanomaterials is within the range of ⁓40 nm. The electrical performance of PSCs, caffeine NPs was observed to have enhanced the PSCs by improving Jsc, Voc, FF and PCE of the fabricated devices. The highest performing PSCs was observed in device S1 with PCE of 9.57%, Jsc of 15.71 mAcm-2, Voc 0.94 and FF 0.65, which shows ~1.57 times improvement in PCE over the control device (C). The addition of caffeine NPs increased the rate of exciton generation and the probability of exciton dissociation, enhancing charge separation, reducing the recombination rate as well as facilitating carrier transport in the device. Thus, in this study, device S1 showed an improved PCE of 9.57%.
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spelling doaj-art-113f1c6f7964435fa805348bca224fc02025-08-20T02:09:43ZengNigerian Defence AcademyAcademy Journal of Science and Engineering2734-38982024-04-01181108117327Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting MaterialNicodemus Kure0Onimisi, M. Y.1Ali, H.2Ige, O.O.3Owolabi, A.4Ahmed N.5Kaduna State universityDepartment of Physics, Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Kaduna State, NigeriaPerovskite photovoltaics is one of the fastest growing research field in materials science. The effect of caffeine in the absorber structure of the PSCs was studied systematically in this study. Caffeine was added at different concentration ratio of 0.3 ml (S1), 0.6 ml (S2), 0.9 ml (S3) and 1.2 ml (S4) while the PSCs without caffeine content is denoted as C. The as-prepared PSCs were characterized via SEM, UV-vis, Profiler and J-V analysis techniques. The SEM results shows a nucleated orientation with average diameter of 185.16±0.2 µm. Optical analysis shows a red shift within the visible light spectrum, indicated a more visible lights are being absorbed, thus, a potential photoanode for perovskite solar cells applications. The profiler results shows the as-prepared nanomaterials is within the range of ⁓40 nm. The electrical performance of PSCs, caffeine NPs was observed to have enhanced the PSCs by improving Jsc, Voc, FF and PCE of the fabricated devices. The highest performing PSCs was observed in device S1 with PCE of 9.57%, Jsc of 15.71 mAcm-2, Voc 0.94 and FF 0.65, which shows ~1.57 times improvement in PCE over the control device (C). The addition of caffeine NPs increased the rate of exciton generation and the probability of exciton dissociation, enhancing charge separation, reducing the recombination rate as well as facilitating carrier transport in the device. Thus, in this study, device S1 showed an improved PCE of 9.57%.https://ajse.academyjsekad.edu.ng/index.php/new-ajse/article/view/356caffeinehole transporting materialperovskiteefficiency solar cells
spellingShingle Nicodemus Kure
Onimisi, M. Y.
Ali, H.
Ige, O.O.
Owolabi, A.
Ahmed N.
Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting Material
Academy Journal of Science and Engineering
caffeine
hole transporting material
perovskite
efficiency
solar cells
title Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting Material
title_full Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting Material
title_fullStr Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting Material
title_full_unstemmed Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting Material
title_short Caffeine Doped Perovskite Solar Cells without Hole Transporting Material
title_sort caffeine doped perovskite solar cells without hole transporting material
topic caffeine
hole transporting material
perovskite
efficiency
solar cells
url https://ajse.academyjsekad.edu.ng/index.php/new-ajse/article/view/356
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