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SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
Volume 185, Issue -, Pages 47-50Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.03.044
Keywords
Halide perovskites; Thin films; Mechanical behavior; Grain boundaries; Solar cells
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- Office of Naval Research [N00014-17-1-2232]
- National Science Foundation [OIA-1538893, OIA-1929019]
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Organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) thin films at the heart of the new perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are very brittle, limiting the mechanical reliability of PSCs. Here we show that fine-grained MAPbI(3) (prototypical OIHP) films with grain size (similar to 290 nm) smaller than the typical film thickness (similar to 500 nm) tend to fracture intergranularly, resulting in low toughness (0.41 J.m(-2)). In contrast, MAPbI(3) /substrate interfacial fracture occurs in films with grains larger (similar to 730 nm) than the film thickness, resulting in much higher toughness (1.14 J.m(-2)). Thus, coarse-grained OIHP films are deemed desirable for not only improved PSCs performance and stability but also mechanical reliability. (C) 2020 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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