In situ investigation of halide incorporation into perovskite solar cells

Aguiar, Jeffery A.; Alkurd, Nooraldeen R.; Wozny, Sarah; Patel, Maulik K.; Yang, Mengjin; Zhou, Weilie; Al-Jassim, Mowafak; Holesinger, Terry G.; Zhu, Kai; Berry, Joseph J.

doi:10.1557/mrc.2017.52

Title: In situ investigation of halide incorporation into perovskite solar cells

Journal Article · Mon Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · MRS Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2017.52· OSTI ID:1459819

^[1]; Alkurd, Nooraldeen R. ^[2]; Wozny, Sarah ^[3]; Patel, Maulik K. ^[4]; Yang, Mengjin ^[5]; Zhou, Weilie ^[3]; Al-Jassim, Mowafak ^[5];

^[6]; Zhu, Kai ^[5]; Berry, Joseph J. ^[5]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Materials Science and Technology Directorate; Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Materials Science and Engineering; Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Fuel Design and Development Directorate
Univ. of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (United States). Advanced Materials Inst.; Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (United States). Advanced Materials Inst.
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Materials Science and Technology Directorate
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

We report on the material chemistry following crystallization in the presence of water vapor of chlorinated formamidinium lead-triiodide (NH₂CH = NH₂PbI_3-xCl_x) perovskite films. We found in-situ exposure to water vapor reduces, or possibly eliminates, the retention of chlorine (Cl) inside NH₂CH = NH₂PbI_3-xCl_x crystals. There is a strong tendency toward Cl volatility, which indicates the sensitivity of these materials for their integration into solar cells. The requisite for additional efforts focused on the mitigation of water vapor is reported. Based on the in situ results, hot casting (<100°C) in dry conditions demonstrates improved film coverage and Cl retention with efficiencies reaching 12.07%.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; AC36-08-GO28308; 2013LANL8400

OSTI ID:: 1459819

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-27587; NREL/JA-5K00-68970; applab

Journal Information:: MRS Communications, Vol. 7, Issue 3; ISSN 2159-6859

Publisher:: Materials Research Society - Cambridge University PressCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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