Journal
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
Volume 74, Issue -, Pages 172-178Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2019.07.007
Keywords
Crystallization; Grain size; Lewis acid-base adduct; Hot-casting; Perovskite solar cell
Funding
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India [DST/TSG/PT/2009/23, DST/SB/S1/PC-020/2014]
- Deity, India [5(9)/2012-NANO (Vol. II)]
- MaxPlanck-Gesellschaft [IGSTC/MPG/PG(PKI)/2011A/48]
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The precise control of perovskite crystallization process that could provide smooth films with large grains is a prerequisite for solar cell fabrication to achieve higher efficiencies. To regulate this crystallization process and to achieve it multiple times remains a humongous challenge. This process has been reproducibly demonstrated here through efficient molecular exchange via a Lewis acid-base adduct formation. In this work, a Lewis acid-base adduct approach in concurrence with hot casting technique was employed to efficiently control the perovskite crystallization by judiciously adding dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to a precursor solution of lead iodide (PbI2) and methyl ammonium chloride (MACl) in dimethylformamide (DMF). High quality perovskite films were fabricated by precisely controlling the volume of DMSO which resulted in low recombination rate and which had better light harvesting ability. Uniform films of MAPbCl(x)I(3-x) having large grain size were formed reproducibly on addition of 1.5 equivalents (eq.) DMSO to the precursor solution. Perovskite solar cells fabricated using this solution resulted in maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 14.11% with enhanced stability as compared to the reduced PCE values obtained with other DMSO ratios and pure DMF solution cast films.
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