Colloidally prepared La-doped BaSnO 3 electrodes for efficient, photostable perovskite solar cells

Abstract
Transporter layers for greater stability: Although perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can have power conversion efficiencies exceeding 20%, they can have limited stability under ultraviolet irradiation. This is in part because the mesoporous TiO 2 used as an electron-transporting layer can photocatalyze unwanted reactions in the perovskite layer. Shin et al. report a low-temperature colloidal method for depositing La-doped BaSnO 3 films as a replacement for TiO 2 to reduce such ultraviolet-induced damage. Solar cells retained over 90% of their initial performance after 1000 hours of full sun illumination. Science , this issue p. 167
Funding Information
  • Global Frontier R&D Program for Multiscale Energy System (NRF-2011-0031565, NRF-2016M3A6A7945503)
  • Climate Change Program (NRF-2015M1A2A2056542)
  • Wearable Platform Materials Technology Center (2016R1A5A1009926)
  • National Research Foundation of Korea