Tuning Film Stresses for Open-Air Processing of Stable Metal Halide Perovskites

Ahmad, Muneeza; Cartledge, Carsen; McAndrews, Gabriel; Giuri, Antonella; McGehee, Michael D.; Rizzo, Aurora; Rolston, Nicholas

doi:10.1021/acsami.3c11151

Tuning Film Stresses for Open-Air Processing of Stable Metal Halide Perovskites

Journal Article · Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c11151· OSTI ID:2283542

^[1]; Cartledge, Carsen ^[2]; McAndrews, Gabriel ^[3]; Giuri, Antonella ^[4]; ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[2]

Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States); Arizona State University
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
University of Salento, Lecce (Italy); CNR NANOTEC, Leece (Italy). Institute of Nanotechnology

Challenges to upscaling metal halide perovskites (MHPs) include mechanical film stresses that accelerate degradation, dominate at the module scale, and can lead to delamination or fracture. In this work, we demonstrate open-air blade coating of single-step coated perovskite as a scalable method to control residual film stress after processing and introduce beneficial compression in the thin film with the use of polymer additives such as gellan gum and corn starch. The optoelectronic properties of MHP films with compression are improved with higher photoluminescence yields. MHP film stability is significantly improved under compression, under humidity, heat, and thermal cycling. By measuring the evolution of film stresses, we demonstrate for the first time that stress relaxation occurs in MHP films with tensile stress that correlates with film degradation. Finally, this discovery of a new mechanism underpinning MHP degradation shows that film stress can be used as a parameter to screen MHP devices and modules for quality control before deployment as a design for reliability criterion.

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Research Organization:: Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0010502

OSTI ID:: 2283542

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 44 Vol. 15; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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