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Title: Stability of organometal perovskites with organic overlayers

Abstract

The air-stability of vapour-phase-deposited methylammonium lead triiodide (CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3}) perovskite thin films has been studied using X-ray diffraction. It is found that the perovskite structure without organic coating decomposes completely within a short period of time (∼two days) upon exposure to ambient environment. The degradation of the perovskite structure is drastically reduced when the perovskite films are capped with thin N,N′-Di(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine (NPB) films. We discovered that the amount of lead iodide (PbI{sub 2}), a product of the degradation, grows as a function of time in a sigmoidal manner. Further mathematical modeling analysis shows that the perovskite degradation follows the Avrami equation, a kinetics theory developed for quantifying phase transformations in solid-state materials.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 3E4 (Canada)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22492335
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIPHENYL; CUBIC LATTICES; LAYERS; LEAD IODIDES; METHYL IODIDE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SOLIDS; THIN FILMS; TIME DEPENDENCE; VAPORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

Tran, Catherine D. T., Liu, Yi, Thibau, Emmanuel S., Llanos, Adrian, and Lu, Zheng-Hong. Stability of organometal perovskites with organic overlayers. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4930082.
Tran, Catherine D. T., Liu, Yi, Thibau, Emmanuel S., Llanos, Adrian, & Lu, Zheng-Hong. Stability of organometal perovskites with organic overlayers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930082
Tran, Catherine D. T., Liu, Yi, Thibau, Emmanuel S., Llanos, Adrian, and Lu, Zheng-Hong. 2015. "Stability of organometal perovskites with organic overlayers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930082.
@article{osti_22492335,
title = {Stability of organometal perovskites with organic overlayers},
author = {Tran, Catherine D. T. and Liu, Yi and Thibau, Emmanuel S. and Llanos, Adrian and Lu, Zheng-Hong},
abstractNote = {The air-stability of vapour-phase-deposited methylammonium lead triiodide (CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3}) perovskite thin films has been studied using X-ray diffraction. It is found that the perovskite structure without organic coating decomposes completely within a short period of time (∼two days) upon exposure to ambient environment. The degradation of the perovskite structure is drastically reduced when the perovskite films are capped with thin N,N′-Di(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine (NPB) films. We discovered that the amount of lead iodide (PbI{sub 2}), a product of the degradation, grows as a function of time in a sigmoidal manner. Further mathematical modeling analysis shows that the perovskite degradation follows the Avrami equation, a kinetics theory developed for quantifying phase transformations in solid-state materials.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4930082},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22492335}, journal = {AIP Advances},
issn = {2158-3226},
number = 8,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}