Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells Based on CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots Electron Transporting Layer with Superior UV Stability

摘要： Stability is the main challenge in the field of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Finding new strategies is required to protect the PSCs from deteriorated agents such as humidity, heating, and illumination. In this study, we propose a new electron transporting layer (ETL), i.e., CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) for the fabrication of efficient and stable PSCs. CdSe/ZnS QDs layer not only works as an ETL but also has down-shifting property, which can improve both efficiency and stability of the PSCs. Using CdSe/ZnS QDs ETL with green emission, a PSC with maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18% is achieved. More importantly, our device shows great UV stability much better than the device with TiO2 ETL, where it retains 90% of its initial PCE value after 75 h under continuous UV illumination.