PMID- 29308238
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210109
IS  - 2054-5703 (Print)
IS  - 2054-5703 (Electronic)
IS  - 2054-5703 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 12
DP  - 2017 Dec
TI  - Enhancing the efficiency of planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells via 
      interfacial engineering with 3-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane hydrolysate.
PG  - 170980
LID - 10.1098/rsos.170980 [doi]
LID - 170980
AB  - The interfacial compatibility between compact TiO(2) and perovskite layers is 
      critical for the performance of planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells 
      (PSCs). A compact TiO(2) film employed as an electron-transport layer (ETL) was 
      modified using 3-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane (APMS) hydrolysate. The power 
      conversion efficiency (PCE) of PSCs composed of an APMS-hydrolysate-modified 
      TiO(2) layer increased from 13.45 to 15.79%, which was associated with a 
      significant enhancement in the fill factor (FF) from 62.23 to 68.04%. The results 
      indicate that APMS hydrolysate can enhance the wettability of gamma-butyrolactone 
      (GBL) on the TiO(2) surface, form a perfect CH(3)NH(3)PbI(3) film, and increase 
      the recombination resistance at the interface. This work demonstrates a simple 
      but efficient method to improve the TiO(2)/perovskite interface that can be 
      greatly beneficial for developing high-performance PSCs.
FAU - Wang, Ya-Qiong
AU  - Wang YQ
AD  - College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of 
      Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, People's Republic of China.
AD  - China Academy of Engineering Physics, Institute of Chemical Materials, Mianyang, 
      Sichuan 621900, People's Republic of China.
FAU - Xu, Shou-Bin
AU  - Xu SB
AD  - China Academy of Engineering Physics, Institute of Chemical Materials, Mianyang, 
      Sichuan 621900, People's Republic of China.
FAU - Deng, Jian-Guo
AU  - Deng JG
AD  - China Academy of Engineering Physics, Institute of Chemical Materials, Mianyang, 
      Sichuan 621900, People's Republic of China.
FAU - Gao, Li-Zhen
AU  - Gao LZ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7569-6052
AD  - College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of 
      Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, People's Republic of China.
LA  - eng
SI  - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3938962
SI  - Dryad/10.5061/dryad.8s544
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20171220
PL  - England
TA  - R Soc Open Sci
JT  - Royal Society open science
JID - 101647528
PMC - PMC5750005
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - 3-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane
OT  - interfacial engineering
OT  - perovskite solar cells
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2018/01/09 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/09 06:01
PMCR- 2017/12/20
CRDT- 2018/01/09 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/11/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/01/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/01/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/12/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - rsos170980 [pii]
AID - 10.1098/rsos.170980 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - R Soc Open Sci. 2017 Dec 20;4(12):170980. doi: 10.1098/rsos.170980. eCollection 
      2017 Dec.