Le soleil offre une ressource abondante et inépuisable d’énergie. Le photovoltaïque est la technologie la plus importante pour rendre l'énergie solaire utilisable car les cellules solaires photovoltaïques recueillent le rayonnement solaire et le convertissent en énergie électrique. Les cellules solaires à colorant (DSSC) ont été très étudiées en raison de leur faible coût, d’une technique de fabrication facile et une grande versatilité. Un dispositif classique DSSC comprend une photo-anode à colorant, une contre-électrode et un électrolyte contenant un couple redox et des additifs. Pour améliorer la stabilité de ces dispositifs, le remplacement de l'électrolyte liquide par des matériaux solides transporteur de trous a été étudié pour donner ce que l’on appelle des cellules solaires à colorant solides (ssDSSCs). Récemment, les pérovskites hybrides organique/inorganiques ont été introduites dans les systèmes ssDSSCs comme absorbeur de lumière. Les cellules correspondantes, appelées cellules solaires à pérovskite (PSC) ont ouvert une nouvelle ère en photovoltaïque en raison du faible coût de ce matériau et la grande efficacité de ces cellules. L'efficacité de conversion de puissance a augmenté de 3,8% en 2009 à un rendement certifié de 20,1% fin 2014. Les composants des cellules solaires à pérovskite comprennent: une couche compacte d'oxyde jouant le rôle de barrière pour les trous photogénérés, une couche de transport des électrons (un semiconducteur de type n), la couche de l’absorbeur de lumière à base de pérovskite d’halogénure de plomb, la couche de transport des trous et le contact arrière. Dans cette thèse, nous nous sommes concentrés sur la préparation et l’amélioration des propriétés de la couche de transport d'électrons et la couche de pérovskite... / Solar energy is one of the most important resources in our modern life. Photovoltaic is the most important technology to render the solar energy usable since photovoltaic solar cells harvest light coming from sun and convert sunlight into electrical energy. Dye sensitized solar cells have gained widespread attention due to their low cost, easy fabrication technique and tunable choice for the device. A traditional DSSC device includes a dye-sensitized photo-anode, a counter electrode and an electrolyte containing a redox couple system and additives. To improve the device stability, the liquid electrolyte replacement by a solid state hole transport material has been studied in so-called solid-state dye sensitized solar cells (ssDSSCs). Recently, an amazing light perovskite absorber was introduced into the ssDSSC system to replace the dye, opening the new field of research. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) open a new era in photovoltaic due to the low cost of this material and the high efficiency of these cells. The power conversion efficiency has risen from 3.8% to a certified 20.1% within a few years. The components in the perovskite solar cell include: the compact metal oxide blocking layer, the electron transport layer, the lead halide perovskite layer, the hole transport layer and the back contact. In this thesis, we focused on the preparation and improving the properties of the electron transport layer and the perovskite layer...

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and perovskite solar cells are emerging as promising potential low-cost alternatives to established crystalline silicon photovoltaics. Of the employed functional materials, however, many fundamental optoelectronic properties governing photovoltaic device operation are not sufficiently well understood. This thesis reports on a series of studies using ultrafast THz and photoluminescence spectroscopy on two classes of such materials, providing insight into the dynamics of charge-transport and recombination processes following photoexcitation. For TiO₂-nanotubes, which have been proposed as easy-to-fabricate electron transporters for DSSCs, fast, shallow electron trapping is identified as a limiting factor for efficient charge collection. Trapping lifetimes are found to be about an order of magnitude shorter than in the prevalently employed sintered nanoparticles under similar excitation conditions and trap saturation effects are not observed, even at very high excitation densities. In organo-lead halide perovskites - specifically CH₃NH₃PbI₃ and CH₃NH₃PbI_3-xCl_x, which have only recently emerged as highly efficient absorbers and charge transporters for thin-film solar cells, carrier mobilities and fundamental recombination dynamics are revealed. Extremely low bi-molecular recombination rates at least four orders of magnitude below the prediction of Langevin's model are found as well as relatively high charge-carrier mobilities in comparison to other solution-processable materials. Furthermore a very low influence of trap-mediated recombination channels was observed. Due to a combination of these factors, diffusion lengths reach hundreds of nanometres for CH₃NH₃PbI₃ and several microns for CH₃NH₃PbI_3-xCl_x. These results are shown to hold for both, solution processed and vapour-deposited CH₃NH₃PbI_3-xCl_x and underline the superb suitability of the materials as absorbers in solar cells, even in planar heterojunction architectures. The THz-frequency spectrum of the conductivity of the investigated perovskites is consistent with Drude-like charge transport additionally exhibiting weak signatures of phonon coupling. These coupling effects are also reflected in the luminescence of CH₃NH₃PbI_3-xCl_x, where they are believed to be the cause of the observed homogeneous spectral broadening. Further photoluminescence measurements were performed at temperatures between 4 K and room temperature to study the nature of recombination pathways in the material.

<div> <div> <div> <p>Organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells have increased efficiencies substantially (from 3% to > 22%), within a few years. However, these solar cells degrade very rapidly due to humidity and no longer are capable of converting photons into electrons. Methylammonium Lead Triiodide (CH3NH3PbI3 or MAPbI3) is the most common type of halide perovskite solar cell and is the crystal studied in this thesis. Graphene is an effective encapsulation method of MAPbI3 perovskite to reduce degradation, while also being advantageous because of its excellent optical and conductive properties. Using a PMMA transfer method graphene was chemical vapor depostion (CVD) grown graphene was transferred onto MAPbI3 and reduced the MAPbI3 degradation rate by over 400%. The PMMA transfer method in this study is scalable for roll-to- roll manufacturing with fewer cracks, impurites, and folds improving upon dry transfer methods. To characterize degradation a fluorescent microscope was used to capture photoluminescence data at initial creation of the samples up to 528 hours of 80% humidity exposure. Atomic force microscopy was used to characterize topographical changes during degradation. The study proves that CVD graphene is an effective encapsulation method for reducing degradation of MAPbI3 due to humidity and retained 95.3% of its initial PL intensity after 384 hours of 80% humidity exposure. Furthermore, after 216 hours of 80% humidity exposure CVD graphene encapsulated MAPbI3 retained 80.2% of its initial number of peaks, and only saw a 35.1% increase in surface height. Comparatively, pristine MAPbI3 only retained 16% of its initial number of peaks and saw a 159% increase in surface height. </p> </div> </div> </div>

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