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Title: In situ dynamic observations of perovskite crystallisation and microstructure evolution intermediated from [PbI6]4– cage nanoparticles

Abstract

Hybrid lead halide perovskites have emerged as high-performance photovoltaic materials with their extraordinary optoelectronic properties. In particular, the remarkable device efficiency is strongly influenced by the perovskite crystallinity and the film morphology. Here, we investigate the perovskites crystallisation kinetics and growth mechanism in real time from liquid precursor continually to the final uniform film. We utilize some advanced in situ characterisation techniques including synchrotron-based grazing incident X-ray diffraction to observe crystal structure and chemical transition of perovskites. The nano-assemble model from perovskite intermediated [PbI6]4– cage nanoparticles to bulk polycrystals is proposed to understand perovskites formation at a molecular- or nano-level. A crystallisation-depletion mechanism is developed to elucidate the periodic crystallisation and the kinetically trapped morphology at a mesoscopic level. Based on these in situ dynamics studies, the whole process of the perovskites formation and transformation from the molecular to the microstructure over relevant temperature and time scales is successfully demonstrated.

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [4]; ORCiD logo [4];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8]; ORCiD logo [9];  [9]
  1. Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)
  3. Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  5. Univ. of Surrey, Surrey (United Kingdom)
  6. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)
  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., Shanghai (China)
  8. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
  9. Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China); Shanxi Univ. Shanxi (China)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1379893
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Energy; Materials chemistry; Materials for energy and catalysis

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Hu, Qin, Zhao, Lichen, Wu, Jiang, Gao, Ke, Luo, Deying, Jiang, Yufeng, Zhang, Ziyi, Zhu, Chenhui, Schaible, Eric, Hexemer, Alexander, Wang, Cheng, Liu, Yi, Zhang, Wei, Gratzel, Michael, Liu, Feng, Russell, Thomas P., Zhu, Rui, and Gong, Qihuang. In situ dynamic observations of perovskite crystallisation and microstructure evolution intermediated from [PbI6]4– cage nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms15688.
Hu, Qin, Zhao, Lichen, Wu, Jiang, Gao, Ke, Luo, Deying, Jiang, Yufeng, Zhang, Ziyi, Zhu, Chenhui, Schaible, Eric, Hexemer, Alexander, Wang, Cheng, Liu, Yi, Zhang, Wei, Gratzel, Michael, Liu, Feng, Russell, Thomas P., Zhu, Rui, & Gong, Qihuang. In situ dynamic observations of perovskite crystallisation and microstructure evolution intermediated from [PbI6]4– cage nanoparticles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15688
Hu, Qin, Zhao, Lichen, Wu, Jiang, Gao, Ke, Luo, Deying, Jiang, Yufeng, Zhang, Ziyi, Zhu, Chenhui, Schaible, Eric, Hexemer, Alexander, Wang, Cheng, Liu, Yi, Zhang, Wei, Gratzel, Michael, Liu, Feng, Russell, Thomas P., Zhu, Rui, and Gong, Qihuang. Wed . "In situ dynamic observations of perovskite crystallisation and microstructure evolution intermediated from [PbI6]4– cage nanoparticles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15688. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1379893.
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title = {In situ dynamic observations of perovskite crystallisation and microstructure evolution intermediated from [PbI6]4– cage nanoparticles},
author = {Hu, Qin and Zhao, Lichen and Wu, Jiang and Gao, Ke and Luo, Deying and Jiang, Yufeng and Zhang, Ziyi and Zhu, Chenhui and Schaible, Eric and Hexemer, Alexander and Wang, Cheng and Liu, Yi and Zhang, Wei and Gratzel, Michael and Liu, Feng and Russell, Thomas P. and Zhu, Rui and Gong, Qihuang},
abstractNote = {Hybrid lead halide perovskites have emerged as high-performance photovoltaic materials with their extraordinary optoelectronic properties. In particular, the remarkable device efficiency is strongly influenced by the perovskite crystallinity and the film morphology. Here, we investigate the perovskites crystallisation kinetics and growth mechanism in real time from liquid precursor continually to the final uniform film. We utilize some advanced in situ characterisation techniques including synchrotron-based grazing incident X-ray diffraction to observe crystal structure and chemical transition of perovskites. The nano-assemble model from perovskite intermediated [PbI6]4– cage nanoparticles to bulk polycrystals is proposed to understand perovskites formation at a molecular- or nano-level. A crystallisation-depletion mechanism is developed to elucidate the periodic crystallisation and the kinetically trapped morphology at a mesoscopic level. Based on these in situ dynamics studies, the whole process of the perovskites formation and transformation from the molecular to the microstructure over relevant temperature and time scales is successfully demonstrated.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms15688},
journal = {Nature Communications},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 152, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5131790

Recent progress towards roll-to-roll manufacturing of perovskite solar cells using slot-die processing
journal, January 2020

  • Li, Hengyue; Zuo, Chuantian; Scully, Andrew D.
  • Flexible and Printed Electronics, Vol. 5, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ab639e

Meniscus fabrication of halide perovskite thin films at high throughput for large area and low-cost solar panels
journal, June 2019

  • Dai, Xuezeng; Deng, Yehao; Van Brackle, Charles H.
  • International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Vol. 1, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ab263e

Strained hybrid perovskite thin films and their impact on the intrinsic stability of perovskite solar cells
journal, November 2017


Surfactant-controlled ink drying enables high-speed deposition of perovskite films for efficient photovoltaic modules
text, January 2018

  • X., Zheng,; Q., Wang,; Y., Bai,
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
  • DOI: 10.17615/06w1-cw07

Strained hybrid perovskite thin films and their impact on the intrinsic stability of perovskite solar cells
text, January 2017

  • Jinsong, Huang,; Haotong, Wei,; E., Shield, Jeffrey
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
  • DOI: 10.17615/74eg-ak28

Inkjet‐Printed Micrometer‐Thick Perovskite Solar Cells with Large Columnar Grains
text, January 2020


Manipulation of facet orientation in hybrid perovskite polycrystalline films by cation cascade
journal, July 2018


Strained hybrid perovskite thin films and their impact on the intrinsic stability of perovskite solar cells
journal, November 2017