Perovskite Self-Passivation with PCBM for Small Open-Circuit Voltage Loss

It is well known that [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) is a common n-type passivation material in PSCs, usually used as an interface modification layer. However, PCBM is extremely expensive and is not suitable for future industrialization. Herein, the various concentrations of PCBM as an additive are adopted for PSCs. It not only avoids the routine process of spin coating the multi-layer films, but also reduces the PCBM material and cost. Meanwhile, PCBM can passivate the grain surface and modulate morphology of perovskite films. Furthermore, the most important optical parameters of solar cells, the current density (Jsc), fill factor (FF), open-circuit voltage (Voc) and power conversion efficiencies (PCE) were improved. Especially, when the PCBM doping ratio in CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) precursor solution was 1 wt%, the device obtained the smallest Voc decay (less than 1%) in the p-i-n type PSCs with poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) as hole transport layer (HTL) and fullerene (C60) as electron transport layer (ETL). The PSCs Voc stability improvement is attributed to enhanced crystallinity of photoactive layer and decreased non-radiative recombination by PCBM doping in the perovskites.

Effect of temperature on pull-in voltage and nonlinear vibration behavior of nanoplate-based NEMS under hydrostatic and electrostatic actuations

This paper deals with the study of the temperature effect on the nonlinear vibration behavior of nanoplate-based nano electromechanical systems（NEMS） subjected to hydrostatic and electrostatic actuations. Using Eringen＇s nonlocal elasticity and Gurtin–Murdoch theory, the nonlocal plate model is derived through Hamilton＇s principle. The governing equation which is extremely nonlinear due to the geometrical nonlinearity and electrostatic attraction forces is solved numerically using the differential quadrature method（DQM）. The accuracy of the present method is veriied by comparing the obtained results with the experimental data and those in the literature and very good agreement is obtained. Finally a comprehensive study is carried out to determine the inluence of temperature on the nonlinear vibration characteristics of NEMS made of two different materials including aluminum（Al）and silicon（Si） and some conclusions are drawn.