Wang, Y;
Li, S;
Zhang, P;
Liu, D;
Gu, X;
Sarvari, H;
Ye, Z;
... Chen, ZD; + view all
(2016)
Solvent annealing of PbI2 for the high-quality crystallization of perovskite films for solar cells with efficiencies exceeding 18%.
Nanoscale
, 8
(47)
pp. 19654-19661.
10.1039/c6nr07076k.
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Abstract
While most work carried out to date has focused on the solvent annealing of perovskite, in the present work, we focused on the solvent annealing of lead iodide. Based on the two-step spin-coating method, we designed a screening method to search for an effective solvent annealing process for PbI2. PbI2 films were annealed in diverse solvent atmospheres, including DMF, DMSO, acetone, and isopropanol (IPA). We found that the solvent annealing of PbI2 in the DMF, acetone, and IPA atmospheres resulted in dense PbI2 films, which impeded the complete conversion of PbI2 to CH3NH3PbI3. Surprisingly, employing the DMSO solvent annealing process for PbI2 led to porous PbI2, which facilitated the complete conversion of PbI2 to perovskite with larger grain sizes. Solar cells fabricated using the DMSO solvent annealing process exhibited the best efficiency of 18.5%, with a fill factor of 76.5%. This unique solvent annealing method presents a new way of controlling the perovskite film quality for highly efficient solar cells.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Solvent annealing of PbI2 for the high-quality crystallization of perovskite films for solar cells with efficiencies exceeding 18% |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6nr07076k |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6nr07076k |
| Additional information: | © Royal Society of Chemistry 2016 |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Technology, Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Applied, Chemistry, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Materials Science, Physics, Sequential Deposition, Ch3Nh3Pbi3, Morphology, Conversion, Growth, Iodide, Layers, Size |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1536158 |
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