Journal
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 599-606Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.06.040
Keywords
Halide vacancies; Perovskite solar cells; Two-step method; Ionic liquid
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [62004129, 51472189, 22005202]
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission [JCYJ20200109105003940]
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [15221320, CRF C5037 -18G, C7018 -20G]
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University Fund (Sir Sze-yuen Chung Endowed Professorship Fund) [8-8480]
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University Fund (RISE) [Q-CDA5]
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This study investigated the mechanism of ionic-liquid-assisted perovskite film formation using a two-step method. The research found that the introduced ionic liquid methylammonium formate (MAFa) can lower the perovskite formation enthalpy and accelerate the crystallization process. The ionic liquid can also fill up halide vacancies in perovskite crystals, resulting in reduced trap states. With the help of MAFa IL, uniform perovskite films with larger grains and lower defect density were prepared, and the corresponding device efficiency exceeded 23% with significantly improved stability.
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been widely applied in the one-step fabrication of perovskite with noticeable enhancement in the device performance. However, in-depth mechanism of ionic-liquid-assisted perovskite film formation is not well understood for also important two-step perovskite fabrication method, with better control of crystallization behavior. In this work, we introduced ionic liquid methylammonium formate (MAFa) into organic salt to produce perovskite film via a two-step method. Systematic investigations on the influence of MAFa on the perovskite thin film formation mechanism were performed. Ionic liquid is shown to assist lowering the perovskite formation enthalpy upon the density functional theory (DFT) calculation, leading to an accelerated crystallization process evidenced by in-situ UV-Vis absorption measurement. A gradient up-down distribution of ionic liquid has been confirmed by time-of-flight SIMS. Importantly, besides the surface passivation, we found the HCOO- can diffuse into the perovskite crystals to fill up the halide vacancies, resulting in significant reduction of trap states. Uniform perovskite films with significantly larger grains and less defect density were prepared with the help of MAFa IL, and the corresponding device efficiency over 23% was obtained by two-step process with remarkably improved stability. This research work provides an efficient strategy to tune the morphology and opto-electronic properties of perovskite materials via ionic-liquid-assisted two-step fabrication method, which is beneficial for upscaling and application of perovskite photovoltaics. (C) 2022 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. and Science Press. All rights reserved.
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