High-Performance Lead-Free Solar Cells Based on Tin-Halide Perovskite Thin Films Functionalized by a Divalent Organic
Tin-based halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) hold the most promise among lead-free PSCs, but they are plagued with inadequate environmental stability and power-conversion efficiency (PCE). Here we demonstrate that the optimum incorporation of a bulky divalent organic cation, 4-(aminomethyl)- piperidinium (4AMP), in FASnI(3) thin films improves stability, optoelectronic properties, and PSC performance. The optimized PSC yields a maximum PCE of 10.9% and good 500-h operational stability under continuous illumination. This is attributed to the unique thin-film structure, where the strong ionic bonding afforded by divalent 4AMP may provide near-full-coverage functionalization (encapsulation) of FASnI(3) grain surfaces and grain boundaries, retarding O-2/H2O ingression and mitigating Sn-defects for reduced photocarrier nonradiative recombination.
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Chen, M., Dong, Q., Eickemeyer, F. T., Liu, Y., Dai, Z., Carl, A. D., Bahrami, B., Chowdhury, A. H., Grimm, R. L., Shi, Y., Qiao, Q., Zakeeruddin, S. M., Gratzel, M., & Padture, N. P. (2020). High-Performance Lead-Free Solar Cells Based on Tin-Halide Perovskite Thin Films Functionalized by a Divalent Organic. Acs Energy Letters, 5(7), 2223–2230. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00888
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WOS:000552668000012
2020-07-10
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