Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.140, No.44, 14952-14957, 2018
Ultrafast Broadband Charge Collection from Clean Graphene/CH(3)NH(3)Pbl(3) Interface
Photocarrier generation in a material, transportation to the material surface, and collection at the electrode interface are of paramount importance in any optoelectronic and photovoltaic device. In the last collection process, ideal performance comprises ultrafast charge collection to enhance current conversion efficiency and broadband collection to enhance energy conversion efficiency. Here, for the first time, we demonstrate ultrafast broadband charge collection achieved simultaneously at the clean graphene/organic-inorganic halide perovskite interface. The clean interface is realized by directly growing perovskite on graphene surface without polymer contamination. The tunable two-color pump-probe spectroscopy, time resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy, and time-dependent density functional theory all reveal that the clean-interfacial graphene collects band-edge photocarriers of perovskite in an ultrashort time of similar to 400 fs, with a current collection efficiency close to 99%. In addition, graphene can extract deep-band hot carriers of perovskite within only, similar to 50 fs, several orders faster than hot carrier relaxation and cooling in perovskite itself, due to the unique Dirac linear band structure of graphene, indicating a potential high energy conversion efficiency exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit. Adding other graphene superiority of good transparency, high carrier mobility, and extreme flexibility, clean-interfacial graphene provides an ideal charge collection layer and electrode candidate for future optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications in two dimensions.