Achieving 20% photovoltaic efficiency by manganese doped methylammonium lead halide perovskites

Abstract We report a transition metal such as manganese doped methylammonium lead halide perovskite (MA(Pb:Mn)I3) solar cell with an power conversion efficiency (PCE) over 20%. The rational design and fabrication of MA(Pb:Mn)I3 lead to the enhancements of all the photovoltaic parameters. To incorporate Mn can effectively eliminate the trap-assist and bi-molecular recombination. The photo-absorption ability at shorter wavelengths (i.e., less than 500 nm) and charge carrier lifetime can be elaborated. More importantly, the existence of the Mn2+-I−-Mn3+ motif contributes for the double exchange effect, giving rise to the charge/spin transport. By a combination of linearly and circularly polarized photo-excitations, we have explicitly determined the role of intrinsic spin–orbit coupling (SOC) in MA(Pb:Mn)I3. More dark states are expected to be available for the photocurrent generation. This study may pave the way for deep understandings of transition metals doped hybrid perovskites for highly efficient solar cell applications.