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Title: Large grained perovskite solar cells derived from single-crystal perovskite powders with enhanced ambient stability

Abstract

In this study, we demonstrate the large grained perovskite solar cells prepared from precursor solution comprising single-crystal perovskite powders for the first time. Here, the resultant large grained perovskite thin film possesses negligible physical (structural) gap between each large grain and are highly crystalline as evidenced by its fan-shaped birefringence observed under polarized light, which is very different to the thin film prepared from the typical precursor route (MAI + PbI2).

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Contributing Org.:
H.J.Y. and H.L.W. thank the financial support by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy. H.J.Y. thanks the J.R. Oppenheimer Fellowship for supporting the materials synthesis and characterization. A.K.Y.Jthanks the financial support by the Office of Naval Research (N00014-14-1-0246), the AsianOffice of Aerospace R&D (FA2386-11-1-4072), the Department of Energy SunShot (DEEE0006710), and the Boeing-Johnson Foundation.
OSTI Identifier:
1343599
Report Number(s):
DOE-UW-Jen-28
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0006710
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; perovskite; single crystal; large grain; ambient stability; solar cell

Citation Formats

Yen, Hung -Ju, Liang, Po -Wei, Chueh, Chu -Chen, Yang, Zhibin, Jen, Alex K. -Y., and Wang, Hsing -Lin. Large grained perovskite solar cells derived from single-crystal perovskite powders with enhanced ambient stability. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.6b02169.
Yen, Hung -Ju, Liang, Po -Wei, Chueh, Chu -Chen, Yang, Zhibin, Jen, Alex K. -Y., & Wang, Hsing -Lin. Large grained perovskite solar cells derived from single-crystal perovskite powders with enhanced ambient stability. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b02169
Yen, Hung -Ju, Liang, Po -Wei, Chueh, Chu -Chen, Yang, Zhibin, Jen, Alex K. -Y., and Wang, Hsing -Lin. Wed . "Large grained perovskite solar cells derived from single-crystal perovskite powders with enhanced ambient stability". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b02169. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343599.
@article{osti_1343599,
title = {Large grained perovskite solar cells derived from single-crystal perovskite powders with enhanced ambient stability},
author = {Yen, Hung -Ju and Liang, Po -Wei and Chueh, Chu -Chen and Yang, Zhibin and Jen, Alex K. -Y. and Wang, Hsing -Lin},
abstractNote = {In this study, we demonstrate the large grained perovskite solar cells prepared from precursor solution comprising single-crystal perovskite powders for the first time. Here, the resultant large grained perovskite thin film possesses negligible physical (structural) gap between each large grain and are highly crystalline as evidenced by its fan-shaped birefringence observed under polarized light, which is very different to the thin film prepared from the typical precursor route (MAI + PbI2).},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.6b02169},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 23,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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