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Title: Beyond Strain: Controlling the Surface Chemistry of CsPbI3 Nanocrystal Films for Improved Stability against Ambient Reactive Oxygen Species

Abstract

Colloidal halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have the possibility of easy scale-up due to their batch synthesis and have demonstrated excellent optoelectronic properties. In particular, perovskite NCs have remarkably high photoluminescence quantum yields in solution and as thin films and impressive open circuit voltages in photovoltaic devices. Despite these promising results, little work has been done to understand the stability of CsPbI3 NCs for optoelectronic device applications. It has been previously shown that the ligands impart tensile surface strain, which stabilizes the black three-dimensional (3D) perovskite phase against phase degradation, making CsPbI3 NCs some of the most structurally robust inorganic halide perovskites to date. However, understanding exactly how CsPbI3 NCs degrade under ambient conditions is critical. Additionally, we demonstrate that the degradation mechanism of NCs is unique from, and 2 orders of magnitude slower than, their polycrystalline thin-film counterparts. Under specific conditions, CsPbI3 NC films show a compositional instability instead of the phase instability seen in large grain CsPbI3. This is mediated through reactions with superoxide and other reactive oxygen species, which are initiated from surface defect states, O2 and light. We then use this mechanistic insight to identify multiple strategies to prolong the lifetimes of CsPbI3 NC films, by goingmore » beyond surface strain to mitigate key surface chemistries. We demonstrate that (1) minimizing the number of surface defects (2) using an alkylammonium bromide ligand surface treatment and (3) encapsulation with an oxygen scavenging layer all increase NC film lifetimes by inhibiting various steps in the photo-oxidation degradation reaction.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  3. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  4. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
  5. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Program; USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1762480
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-76721
Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756; MainId:9382;UUID:3dfb7532-d9c7-4330-8239-504647d04edd;MainAdminID:19204
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemistry of Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; cesium lead iodide; ambient stability; photo-oxidation; perovskite nanocrystal

Citation Formats

Moot, Taylor, Dikova, Desislava R., Hazarika, Abhijit, Schloemer, Tracy H., Habisreutinger, Severin N., Leick, Noemi, Dunfield, Sean P., Rosales, Bryan A., Harvey, Steven P., Pfeilsticker, Jason R., Teeter, Glenn, Wheeler, Lance M., Larson, Bryon W., and Luther, Joseph M. Beyond Strain: Controlling the Surface Chemistry of CsPbI3 Nanocrystal Films for Improved Stability against Ambient Reactive Oxygen Species. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02543.
Moot, Taylor, Dikova, Desislava R., Hazarika, Abhijit, Schloemer, Tracy H., Habisreutinger, Severin N., Leick, Noemi, Dunfield, Sean P., Rosales, Bryan A., Harvey, Steven P., Pfeilsticker, Jason R., Teeter, Glenn, Wheeler, Lance M., Larson, Bryon W., & Luther, Joseph M. Beyond Strain: Controlling the Surface Chemistry of CsPbI3 Nanocrystal Films for Improved Stability against Ambient Reactive Oxygen Species. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02543
Moot, Taylor, Dikova, Desislava R., Hazarika, Abhijit, Schloemer, Tracy H., Habisreutinger, Severin N., Leick, Noemi, Dunfield, Sean P., Rosales, Bryan A., Harvey, Steven P., Pfeilsticker, Jason R., Teeter, Glenn, Wheeler, Lance M., Larson, Bryon W., and Luther, Joseph M. Mon . "Beyond Strain: Controlling the Surface Chemistry of CsPbI3 Nanocrystal Films for Improved Stability against Ambient Reactive Oxygen Species". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02543. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1762480.
@article{osti_1762480,
title = {Beyond Strain: Controlling the Surface Chemistry of CsPbI3 Nanocrystal Films for Improved Stability against Ambient Reactive Oxygen Species},
author = {Moot, Taylor and Dikova, Desislava R. and Hazarika, Abhijit and Schloemer, Tracy H. and Habisreutinger, Severin N. and Leick, Noemi and Dunfield, Sean P. and Rosales, Bryan A. and Harvey, Steven P. and Pfeilsticker, Jason R. and Teeter, Glenn and Wheeler, Lance M. and Larson, Bryon W. and Luther, Joseph M.},
abstractNote = {Colloidal halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have the possibility of easy scale-up due to their batch synthesis and have demonstrated excellent optoelectronic properties. In particular, perovskite NCs have remarkably high photoluminescence quantum yields in solution and as thin films and impressive open circuit voltages in photovoltaic devices. Despite these promising results, little work has been done to understand the stability of CsPbI3 NCs for optoelectronic device applications. It has been previously shown that the ligands impart tensile surface strain, which stabilizes the black three-dimensional (3D) perovskite phase against phase degradation, making CsPbI3 NCs some of the most structurally robust inorganic halide perovskites to date. However, understanding exactly how CsPbI3 NCs degrade under ambient conditions is critical. Additionally, we demonstrate that the degradation mechanism of NCs is unique from, and 2 orders of magnitude slower than, their polycrystalline thin-film counterparts. Under specific conditions, CsPbI3 NC films show a compositional instability instead of the phase instability seen in large grain CsPbI3. This is mediated through reactions with superoxide and other reactive oxygen species, which are initiated from surface defect states, O2 and light. We then use this mechanistic insight to identify multiple strategies to prolong the lifetimes of CsPbI3 NC films, by going beyond surface strain to mitigate key surface chemistries. We demonstrate that (1) minimizing the number of surface defects (2) using an alkylammonium bromide ligand surface treatment and (3) encapsulation with an oxygen scavenging layer all increase NC film lifetimes by inhibiting various steps in the photo-oxidation degradation reaction.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02543},
journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
number = 18,
volume = 32,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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