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Combined Precursor Engineering and Grain Anchoring Leading to MA-Free, Phase-Pure, and Stable alpha-Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites for Efficient Solar Cells

Ling, Xufeng
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Zhu, Hongwei  
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Xu, Weidong
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November 18, 2021
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

alpha-Formamidinium lead iodide (alpha-FAPbI(3)) is one of the most promising candidate materials for high-efficiency and thermally stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) owing to its outstanding optoelectrical properties and high thermal stability. However, achieving a stable form of alpha-FAPbI(3) where both the composition and the phase are pure is very challenging. Herein, we report on a combined strategy of precursor engineering and grain anchoring to successfully prepare methylammonium (MA)-free and phase-pure stable alpha-FAPbI(3) films. The incorporation of volatile FA-based additives in the precursor solutions completely suppresses the formation of non-perovskite delta-FAPbI(3) during film crystallization. Grains of the desired alpha-phase are anchored together and stabilized when 4-tert-butylbenzylammonium iodide is permeated into the alpha-FAPbI(3) film interior via grain boundaries. This cooperative scheme leads to a significantly increased efficiency close to 21 % for FAPbI(3) perovskite solar cells. Moreover, the stabilized PSCs exhibit improved thermal stability and maintained approximate to 90 % of their initial efficiency after storage at 50 degrees C for over 1600 hours.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/anie.202112555
Web of Science ID

WOS:000719981700001

Author(s)
Ling, Xufeng
Zhu, Hongwei  
Xu, Weidong
Liu, Cheng
Pan, Linfeng  
Ren, Dan  
Yuan, Jianyu
Larson, Bryon W.
Gratzel, Carole  
Kirmani, Ahmad R.
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Date Issued

2021-11-18

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH

Published in
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume

60

Issue

52

Start page

27299

End page

27306

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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perovskites

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solar cells

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light-emitting-diodes

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highly efficient

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performance

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interface

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bandgap

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