Probing the origins of photodegradation in organic–inorganic metal halide perovskites with time-resolved mass spectrometry

Song, Zhaoning; Wang, Changlei; Phillips, Adam B.; Grice, Corey R.; Zhao, Dewei; Yu, Yue; Chen, Cong; Li, Chongwen; Yin, Xinxing; Ellingson, Randy J.; Heben, Michael J.; Yan, Yanfa

doi:10.1039/C8SE00358K

Title: Probing the origins of photodegradation in organic–inorganic metal halide perovskites with time-resolved mass spectrometry

Journal Article · Wed Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Sustainable Energy & Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SE00358K· OSTI ID:1468489

^[1]; Wang, Changlei ^[1]; Phillips, Adam B. ^[1]; Grice, Corey R. ^[1]; Zhao, Dewei ^[1];

^[1]; Chen, Cong ^[1]; Li, Chongwen ^[1]; Yin, Xinxing ^[1];

^[1];

^[1]

University of Toledo, Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, 43606 USA

Our mass spectrometry measurements indicate that the hot-carrier-induced deprotonation of MA ⁺ cations is the fundamental origin of photodegradation.

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