Cuzzupe, Daniele T., Unlu, Feray, Le, Khan, Bernhardt, Robin, Wilhelm, Michael, Grosch, Matthias, Weissing, Rene, Fischer, Thomas, van Loosdrecht, Paul H. M. and Mathur, Sanjay (2022). Thermally-induced drift of A-site cations at solid-solid interface in physically paired lead halide perovskites. Sci Rep, 12 (1). BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

The promise of hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells rests on their exceptional power conversion efficiency routinely exceeding 25% in laboratory scale devices. While the migration of halide ions in perovskite thin films has been extensively investigated, the understanding of cation diffusion remains elusive. In this study, a thermal migration of A-site cations at the solid-solid interface, formed by two physically paired MAPbI(3) and FAPbI(3) perovskite thin films casted on FTO, is demonstrated through continuous annealing at comparably low temperature (100 degrees C). Diffusion of methylammonium (CH3NH3+, MA(+)) cations into the low-symmetry yellow delta-FAPbI(3) phase triggers a transition from the yellow (delta) to black (alpha) phase evident in the distinctive color change and verified by shifts in absorption bands and X-ray diffraction patterns. Intermixing of the A-site cations MA(+) and FA(+) (CH(NH2)(2)(+)) occurred for both systems, alpha-MAPbI(3)/delta-FAPbI(3) and alpha-MAPbI(3)/alpha-FAPbI(3). The structural and compositional changes in both cases support a thermally activated ion drift unambiguously demonstrated through changes in the absorption and X-ray photoelectron spectra. Moreover, the physical contact annealing (PCA) leads to healing of defects and pinholes in alpha-MAPbI(3) thin films, which was correlated to longer recombination lifetimes in mixed MA(x)FA(1-x)PbI(3) thin films obtained after PCA and probed by ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Cuzzupe, Daniele T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Unlu, FerayUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Le, KhanUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bernhardt, RobinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wilhelm, MichaelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Grosch, MatthiasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Weissing, ReneUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fischer, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
van Loosdrecht, Paul H. M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mathur, SanjayUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-668281
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14452-y
Journal or Publication Title: Sci Rep
Volume: 12
Number: 1
Date: 2022
Publisher: NATURE PORTFOLIO
Place of Publication: BERLIN
ISSN: 2045-2322
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
ORGANIC CATIONS; EFFICIENCY; TRIHALIDE; DYNAMICS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; MOBILITIES; FILMSMultiple languages
Multidisciplinary SciencesMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66828

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