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ACS MATERIALS LETTERS
卷 3, 期 3, 页码 299-307出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00571
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- New Frontiers in Research Fund-Exploration and Canada Research Chairs Supplement Fund
Tin is considered as a suitable replacement for toxic lead in conventional perovskite solar cells, but due to its different chemical properties, tin-based PSCs are not efficient. Recent findings suggest that tin-based perovskites can oxidize even in the absence of oxygen, highlighting unconventional pathways for oxidation.
Lead (Pb) in conventional perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is toxic and has to be replaced. Situated in one group of the periodic table of elements, tin (Sn) has the same valence electrons' configuration as Pb (ns(2)np(2)), promising analogous chemical properties. Hence, Sn is considered a suitable replacement to Pb. However, because of the lack of lanthanide shrinkage, Sn behaves differently: Pb is stable in Pb2+ form, an 2 oxidation state needed for perovskite structure, while Sn tends to lose all its valence electrons forming Sn4+. As a result, PSCs based on Sn are not efficient. Traces of oxygen have been conventionally discussed as a source of Sn oxidation. But recent findings point to the oxidation of Sn-based perovskites even in the absence of oxygen. This perspective summarizes recently-discovered unconventional oxidation pathways of Sn perovskites, including reaction with solvent molecules and disproportionation. We explain these phenomena by a Frost-Ebsworth diagram and argue that a deeper understanding of this diagram is a key toward stable and efficient Pb-free Sn-based PSCs.
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