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Postpassivation of Multication Perovskite with Rubidium Butyrate

Germino, Jose Carlos
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Szostak, Rodrigo  
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Motti, Silvia G.
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August 19, 2020
Acs Photonics

Many multication perovskites for highly stable and efficient solar cells benefit from rubidium iodide introduced in the precursor solution. It is well-known that Rb+ influences positively the optoelectronic and mobility properties and has a direct effect upon crystallization and halide homogenization. As Rb+ is often incorporated by adding Rb+ in the precursor solution, it can be difficult to distinguish the influence of Rb+ and I- separately. Herein, we report a postpassivation of methylammonium-free (CsFA) perovskite films with rubidium butyrate (RbBu). The passivation with RbBu increases the hydrophobicity of the perovskite surface and passivates shallow and deep traps, leading to an increase of charge-carrier lifetimes and diffusion lengths. Consequently, a better photovoltaic performance is also observed. These superior properties are attributed to both surface (halide-vacancy) and grain-boundary passivation by the carboxylate group and Rb+, respectively. We found that Rb+ itself acts as a direct and powerful passivating agent for multication perovskites, and this is proven by decoupling its contribution and halide's contribution to other important performance parameters (e.g., crystallization, halide vacancies filling, etc.).

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acsphotonics.0c00878
Web of Science ID

WOS:000563072500048

Author(s)
Germino, Jose Carlos
Szostak, Rodrigo  
Motti, Silvia G.
Moral, Raphael F.
Marchezi, Paulo E.
Seleghini, Heitor S.
Bonato, Luiz G.
de Araujo, Francineide Lopes
Atvars, Teresa D. Z.
Herz, Laura M.
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Date Issued

2020-08-19

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
Acs Photonics
Volume

7

Issue

8

Start page

2282

End page

2291

Subjects

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Optics

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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Optics

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Physics

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perovskite solar cells

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surface-trap passivation

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rubidium

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thz pump-probe

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perovskite defects

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diffusion lengths

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organometal halide perovskites

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solar-cells

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phase segregation

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hybrid perovskites

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carrier mobility

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efficiency

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passivation

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cations

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state

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recombination

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