A rapid annealing technique for efficient perovskite solar cells fabricated in air condition under high humidity

A rapid annealing technique for fabricating perovskite materials via microwave radiation in air condition is presented. A planar-heterojunction perovskite device via microwave radiation within 6 min exhibits an efficiency of 10.29%, compared to 11.08% for a 90 min heating-annealed device in inert atmosphere, which is higher than that (8.04%) of a heating-annealed device in air condition under high humidity (similar to 60%). We believe that the microwave annealing technique provides a fast and less energy-intensive process for fabricating ideal perovskite active layers for high performance solar cells. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.