Zn2SnO4-Based Photoelectrodes for Organolead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

We report a new ternary Zn 2 SnO 4 (ZSO) electron-transporting electrode of a CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 perovskite solar cell as an alternative to the conventional TiO 2 electrode. The ZSO-based perovskite solar cells have been prepared following a conventional procedure known as a sequential (or two-step) process with ZSO compact/mesoscopic layers instead of the conventional TiO 2 counterparts, and their solar cell properties have been investigated as a function of the thickness of either the ZSO compact layer or the ZSO mesoscopic layer. The presence of the ZSO compact layer has a negligible influence on the transmittance of the incident light regardless of its thickness, whereas the thickest compact layer blocks the back-electron transfer most efficiently. The open-circuit voltage and fill factor increase with the increasing thickness of the mesoscopic ZSO layer, whereas the short-circuit curre…