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Nanostructured bismuth chloride based ((CH3NH3)3Bi2IxCl9-x) active layers for lead-free perovskite solar cells

  • Pavithrakumar Palanichamy ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Venkatraman Madurai Ramakrishnan ORCID logo , Rajesh Govindaraj ORCID logo , Agilan Santhanam und Dhayalan Velauthapillai
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 10. Dezember 2024
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
Aus der Zeitschrift Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Band 239 Heft 8

Abstract

Bismuth is one of the promising elements that can replace toxic lead in perovskite solar cells. However, surface roughness and inhomogeneous morphology with voids on the bismuth perovskite films limits their photovoltaic performance. In the present work, a scalable doctor-blade technique is employed to prepare perovskite thin film with high surface coverage. Methylammonium bismuth halide (MABiH) ((CH3NH3)3Bi2ClxI9-x) nanoparticles were synthesized by conventional sol-gel technique. The formation of perovskite structure was confirmed by X-ray diffraction measurement which confirmed that MABiH perovskite films were in hexagonal symmetry with polycrystalline nature. The prepared perovskite nanoparticles were deposited on mesoporous TiO2-coated FTO substrates through the spin coating technique and doctor blade method. Morphology analysis of MABiH perovskite revealed the formation of an orange Lily-like structure with higher surface coverage. Lead-free mesoporous perovskite solar cells prepared using MABiH perovskite material with carbon as hole extraction layer showed a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 0.004 %, with short circuit current density of 89 μA/cm2, open circuit voltage of 0.12 V and fill factor of 38 %. These results allow us to step toward fabricating bulk MABiH lead-free perovskite solar cells.

Keywords: lead-free perovskite; bismuth; bismuth chloride; sol-gel; Cu2I; perovskite solar cells
Corresponding author: Pavithrakumar Palanichamy, Department of Physics, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Perundurai, 638057, Tamil Nadu, India, E-mail:

  1. Research ethics: The research work submitted here is done by the author and the data are original.

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  3. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  4. Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.

  5. Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  6. Research funding: The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the TEQIP–III, Government of India and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Bergen, Norway (Indo-Norwegian Collaborative Project – UTFORSK-10051).

  7. Data availability: The data analyzed during the current study are available from corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Received: 2024-03-03
Accepted: 2024-10-30
Published Online: 2024-12-10
Published in Print: 2025-08-26

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Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
lead-free perovskite; bismuth; bismuth chloride; sol-gel; Cu2I; perovskite solar cells

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Contributions to “Materials for solar water splitting”
  3. Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization with topology analysis, drug-likeness (ADMET), and molecular docking of novel antitumor molecule 5-Amino-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-isonicotinoyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile
  4. Probing structural, surface morphological, optical, low temperature magnetic studies and electrochemical studies on gadolinium tellurite (GdTeO3)
  5. Nanostructured bismuth chloride based ((CH3NH3)3Bi2IxCl9-x) active layers for lead-free perovskite solar cells
  6. Structural, morphological and dielectric properties of Ni-doped ZnO nanoceramics prepared by Sol-gel method
  7. The impact of additives and dope composition on hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane for pure water permeability
  8. Third-order nonlinear optical characteristics of natural dye anthocyanin extracted from Ixora coccinea
  9. Dimethylsulfoxide functionalized cadmium sulfide quantum dot for heavy metal ion detection
  10. Synthesis of functionalized mesoporous silica hybrid nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery under pH-stimuli
  11. Editorial
  12. Editorial epilog on the special issue “solar water splitting and artificial photosynthesis (SWAP)”
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