Thermally stable propanethiol.ligand exchanged Ag nanoparticles for enhanced dispersion in perovskite solar cells via an effective incorporation method

Jae Sang Cho; Woongsik Jang; Soyun Park; Byung Ki Kim; Dong Hwan Wang

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.61, 71-77, May, 2018

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.002 Export Citation

Thermally stable propanethiol.ligand exchanged Ag nanoparticles for enhanced dispersion in perovskite solar cells via an effective incorporation method

Jae Sang Cho, Woongsik Jang, Soyun Park, Byung Ki Kim, and Dong Hwan Wang^†

School of Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-Ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea

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In this research, ligand exchanged silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were incorporated into perovskite by an effective method during the solvent treatment. Since PVP-capped or bare-Ag NPs tend to aggregate in organic solvents, the original capping agent was replaced by propanethiol which reduced aggregation and enhanced thermal stability, which was confirmed by Zeta-radius measurement and morphological analysis. Accordingly, Ag NPs with propanethiol improved light absorption by facilitating scattering which contributed to increased charge generation/transport with reduced recombination. The effective ligand exchange and incorporation method can be a useful approach for device stability between Ag NPs and methyl ammonium lead halide perovskite.

Keywords:Perovskite solar cells;Ag nanoparticles;Capping agent;Solvent treatment;Dispersity

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