A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) offer an efficient, inexpensive alternative to current photovoltaic technologies, with the potential for manufacture via high-throughput coating methods. However, challenges for commercial-scale solution-processing of metal-halide perovskites include the use of harmful...
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| author | Gallant, BM Holzhey, P Smith, JA Choudhary, S Elmestekawy, KA Caprioglio, P Levine, I Sheader, AA Hung, EY Yang, F Toolan, DTW Kilbride, RC Zaininger, K Ball, JM Christoforo, MG Noel, NK Herz, LM Kubicki, DJ Snaith, HJ |
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| description | Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) offer an efficient, inexpensive alternative to current photovoltaic technologies, with the potential for manufacture via high-throughput coating methods. However, challenges for commercial-scale solution-processing of metal-halide perovskites include the use of harmful solvents, the expense of maintaining controlled atmospheric conditions, and the inherent instabilities of PSCs under operation. Here, we address these challenges by introducing a high volatility, low toxicity, biorenewable solvent system to fabricate a range of 2D perovskites, which we use as highly effective precursor phases for subsequent transformation to α-formamidinium lead triiodide (α-FAPbI3), fully processed under ambient conditions. PSCs utilising our α-FAPbI3 reproducibly show remarkable stability under illumination and elevated temperature (ISOS-L-2) and “damp heat” (ISOS-D-3) stressing, surpassing other state-of-the-art perovskite compositions. We determine that this enhancement is a consequence of the 2D precursor phase crystallisation route, which simultaneously avoids retention of residual low-volatility solvents (such as DMF and DMSO) and reduces the rate of degradation of FA+ in the material. Our findings highlight both the critical role of the initial crystallisation process in determining the operational stability of perovskite materials, and that neat FA+-based perovskites can be competitively stable despite the inherent metastability of the α-phase. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:6dee0274-173b-4b28-833b-944b924fe0ac2024-11-30T20:03:44ZA green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cellsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6dee0274-173b-4b28-833b-944b924fe0acEnglishJisc Publications RouterNature Research2024Gallant, BMHolzhey, PSmith, JAChoudhary, SElmestekawy, KACaprioglio, PLevine, ISheader, AAHung, EYYang, FToolan, DTWKilbride, RCZaininger, KBall, JMChristoforo, MGNoel, NKHerz, LMKubicki, DJSnaith, HJPerovskite solar cells (PSCs) offer an efficient, inexpensive alternative to current photovoltaic technologies, with the potential for manufacture via high-throughput coating methods. However, challenges for commercial-scale solution-processing of metal-halide perovskites include the use of harmful solvents, the expense of maintaining controlled atmospheric conditions, and the inherent instabilities of PSCs under operation. Here, we address these challenges by introducing a high volatility, low toxicity, biorenewable solvent system to fabricate a range of 2D perovskites, which we use as highly effective precursor phases for subsequent transformation to α-formamidinium lead triiodide (α-FAPbI3), fully processed under ambient conditions. PSCs utilising our α-FAPbI3 reproducibly show remarkable stability under illumination and elevated temperature (ISOS-L-2) and “damp heat” (ISOS-D-3) stressing, surpassing other state-of-the-art perovskite compositions. We determine that this enhancement is a consequence of the 2D precursor phase crystallisation route, which simultaneously avoids retention of residual low-volatility solvents (such as DMF and DMSO) and reduces the rate of degradation of FA+ in the material. Our findings highlight both the critical role of the initial crystallisation process in determining the operational stability of perovskite materials, and that neat FA+-based perovskites can be competitively stable despite the inherent metastability of the α-phase. |
| spellingShingle | Gallant, BM Holzhey, P Smith, JA Choudhary, S Elmestekawy, KA Caprioglio, P Levine, I Sheader, AA Hung, EY Yang, F Toolan, DTW Kilbride, RC Zaininger, K Ball, JM Christoforo, MG Noel, NK Herz, LM Kubicki, DJ Snaith, HJ A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells |
| title | A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells |
| title_full | A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells |
| title_fullStr | A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells |
| title_short | A green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells |
| title_sort | green solvent enables precursor phase engineering of stable formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells |
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