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Title: Amine additive reactions induced by the soft Lewis acidity of Pb 2+ in halide perovskites. Part I: evidence for Pb–alkylamide formation

Abstract

Simple aliphatic amine additives are shown to react with PbI 2 in perovskite inks to form amido Pb and alkylammonium species.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [1]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  2. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  3. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Palaiseau (France). Inst. Potovoltaique d'lle de France (IPVF)
  4. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  5. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1524327
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1484048
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5K00-74034
Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7526; JMCCCX
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7526
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; additives; amines; crystal impurities; inclusions; layered semiconductors; metal halides; molecules; morphology; optoelectronic devices; passivation; perovskites

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Kerner, Ross A., Schloemer, Tracy H., Schulz, Philip, Berry, Joseph J., Schwartz, Jeffrey, Sellinger, Alan, and Rand, Barry P. Amine additive reactions induced by the soft Lewis acidity of Pb 2+ in halide perovskites. Part I: evidence for Pb–alkylamide formation. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8TC04871A.
Kerner, Ross A., Schloemer, Tracy H., Schulz, Philip, Berry, Joseph J., Schwartz, Jeffrey, Sellinger, Alan, & Rand, Barry P. Amine additive reactions induced by the soft Lewis acidity of Pb 2+ in halide perovskites. Part I: evidence for Pb–alkylamide formation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC04871A
Kerner, Ross A., Schloemer, Tracy H., Schulz, Philip, Berry, Joseph J., Schwartz, Jeffrey, Sellinger, Alan, and Rand, Barry P. Thu . "Amine additive reactions induced by the soft Lewis acidity of Pb 2+ in halide perovskites. Part I: evidence for Pb–alkylamide formation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC04871A. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1524327.
@article{osti_1524327,
title = {Amine additive reactions induced by the soft Lewis acidity of Pb 2+ in halide perovskites. Part I: evidence for Pb–alkylamide formation},
author = {Kerner, Ross A. and Schloemer, Tracy H. and Schulz, Philip and Berry, Joseph J. and Schwartz, Jeffrey and Sellinger, Alan and Rand, Barry P.},
abstractNote = {Simple aliphatic amine additives are shown to react with PbI 2 in perovskite inks to form amido Pb and alkylammonium species.},
doi = {10.1039/C8TC04871A},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry C},
number = 18,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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