High Electrical Conductivity 2D MXene Serves as Additive of Perovskite for Efficient Solar Cells

Abstract

MXenes, a newly intriguing family of 2D materials, have recently attracted considerable attention owing to their excellent properties such as high electrical conductivity and mobility, tunable structure, and termination groups. Here, the Ti₃ C₂ T_x MXene is incorporated into the perovskite absorber layer for the first time, which aims for efficiency enhancement. Results show that the termination groups of Ti₃ C₂ T_x can retard the crystallization rate, thereby increasing the crystal size of CH₃ NH₃ PbI₃ . It is found that the high electrical conductivity and mobility of MXene can accelerate the charge transfer. After optimizing the key parameters, 12% enhancement in device performance is achieved by 0.03 wt% amount of MXene additive. This work unlocks opportunities for the use of MXene as potential materials in perovskite solar cell applications.