Stabilizing <i>α</i>-phase FAPbI<sub>3</sub> solar cells

Yaxin Wang; Xin Zhang; Zejiao Shi; Lixiu Zhang; Anran Yu; Yiqiang Zhan; Liming Ding

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/43/4/040202

J. Semicond. > 2022, Volume 43?>?Issue 4?> 040202

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Stabilizing α-phase FAPbI₃ solar cells

Yaxin Wang¹, Xin Zhang^{1, 2}, Zejiao Shi¹, Lixiu Zhang³, Anran Yu^1,, Yiqiang Zhan^1, and Liming Ding^3,

+ Author Affiliations

1. Center for Micro-Nano Systems, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
2. Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
3. Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China

Author Bio:

Yaxin Wang received her BE from Harbin Engineering University in 2019. She is now a PhD candidate in School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University under the supervision of Prof. Yiqiang Zhan. Her research focuses on perovskite solar cells.

Anran Yu is an Associate Professor in School of Information Science and Technology at Fudan University. His research focuses on organic/perovskite optoelectronics. He received BS and PhD from Department of Physics, Fudan University.

Yiqiang Zhan is the Director and full professor in the Center for Micro-Nano Systems, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University. He obtained his PhD in physics from Fudan University in 2005, then moved to ISMN-CNR as a postdoc. From 2007, he continued his research in Link?ping University, initially as a postdoc and then as an assistant professor. He joined Fudan University as an associate professor in 2011 and was promoted to be Professor in 2016. His research focuses on organic and perovskite electronics.

Liming Ding got his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China (was a joint student at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS). He started his research on OSCs and PLEDs in Olle Ingan?s Lab in 1998. Later on, he worked at National Center for Polymer Research, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Argonne National Lab (USA). He joined Konarka as a Senior Scientist in 2008. In 2010, he joined National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as a full professor. His research focuses on innovative materials and devices. He is RSC Fellow, the nominator for Xplorer Prize, and the Associate Editor for Journal of Semiconductors.

Corresponding author: Anran Yu, aryu@fudan.edu.cn; Yiqiang Zhan, yqzhan@fudan.edu.cn; Liming Ding, ding@nanoctr.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/43/4/040202

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Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) UV–Vis absorption spectra for APbI₃ perovskites, where A is either Cs, MA or FA^[8]. Copyright 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry. (b) Illustration for the interaction between MACl and FAPbI₃^[17]. (c) Using MASCN or FASCN vapor treatment to convert yellow δ-FAPbI₃ film to pure α-FAPbI₃ film^[11]. Copyright 2020, The American Association for the Advancement of Science. (d) Images for PbI₂@MAFa and PbI₂@DMF:DMSO solutions and schematic for interactions in solutions^[21]. Copyright 2021, The American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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[1]	Correa-Baena J P, Saliba M, Buonassisi T, et al. Promises and challenges of perovskite solar cells. Science, 2017, 358, 739 doi: 10.1126/science.aam6323
[2]	Jena A K, Kulkarni A, Miyasaka T. Halide perovskite photovoltaics: background, status, and future prospects. Chem Rev, 2019, 119, 3036 doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00539
[3]	Jeong J, Kim M, Seo J, et al. Pseudo-halide anion engineering for α-FAPbI₃ perovskite solar cells. Nature, 2021, 592, 381 doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03406-5
[4]	Bi D, Yi C, Luo J, et al. Polymer-templated nucleation and crystal growth of perovskite films for solar cells with efficiency greater than 21%. Nat Energy, 2016, 1, 16142 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.142
[5]	Green M A, Ho-Baillie A, Snaith H J. The emergence of perovskite solar cells. Nat Photonics, 2014, 8, 506 doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.134
[6]	Liu M, Johnston M B, Snaith H J. Efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells by vapour deposition. Nature, 2013, 501, 395 doi: 10.1038/nature12509
[7]	Wang Q, Shao Y, Dong Q, et al. Large fill-factor bilayer iodine perovskite solar cells fabricated by a low-temperature solution-process. Energy Environ Sci, 2014, 7, 2359 doi: 10.1039/C4EE00233D
[8]	Eperon G E, Stranks S D, Menelaou C, et al. Formamidinium lead trihalide: a broadly tunable perovskite for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells. Energy Environ Sci, 2014, 7, 982 doi: 10.1039/c3ee43822h
[9]	Li Y, Liu F Z, Waqas M, et al. Formamidinium-based lead halide perovskites: structure, properties, and fabrication methodologies. Small Methods, 2018, 2, 1700387 doi: 10.1002/smtd.201700387
[10]	Xu X, Zheng H, Liu G, et al. Elimination of yellow phase: an effective method to achieve high quality HC(NH₂)₂PbI₃-based perovskite films. ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 956 doi: 10.1002/cssc.201903216
[11]	Lu H, Liu Y, Ahlawat P, et al. Vapor-assisted deposition of highly efficient, stable black-phase FAPbI₃ perovskite solar cells. Science, 2020, 370, eabb8985 doi: 10.1126/science.abb8985
[12]	Zuo C, Ding L. An 80.11% FF record achieved for perovskite solar cells by using the NH₄Cl additive. Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 9935 doi: 10.1039/C4NR02425G
[13]	Wang Z, Zhou Y, Pang S, et al. Additive-modulated evolution of HC(NH₂)₂PbI₃ black polymorph for mesoscopic perovskite solar cells. Chem Mater, 2015, 27, 7149 doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03169
[14]	Mu C, Pan J, Feng S, et al. Quantitative doping of chlorine in formamidinium lead trihalide (FAPbI_{3? x}Cl_x) for planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells. Adv Energy Mater, 2017, 7, 1601297 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201601297
[15]	Xie F, Chen C C, Wu Y, et al. Vertical recrystallization for highly efficient and stable formamidinium-based inverted-structure perovskite solar cells. Energy Environ Sci, 2017, 10, 1942 doi: 10.1039/C7EE01675A
[16]	Qing J, Liu X K, Li M, et al. Aligned and graded type-II ruddlesden-popper perovskite films for efficient solar cells. Adv Energy Mater, 2018, 8, 1800185 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201800185
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[18]	Min H, Kim M, Lee S U, et al. Efficient, stable solar cells by using inherent bandgap of α-phase formamidinium lead iodide. Science, 2019, 366, 749 doi: 10.1126/science.aay7044
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